Debbie Allen
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1950-01-16
Locus Natus: Houston, Texas, USA
Et ut: Debra Allen, Deborah Allen
Fame
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
release : 1980.05.16popularis : 10.755
Everything's Jake
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
release : 2000.09.25popularis : 2.804
Ragtime
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other...
release : 1981.11.20popularis : 14.169
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its modern-day interpretations which reveal the political and...
release : 2020.06.30popularis : 1.082
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on April 18, 1999 on Fox. It stars Michael Jace as Michael Jordan.
release : 1999.04.18popularis : 1.328
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related...
release : 1986.05.02popularis : 2.452
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become...
release : 1979.11.06popularis : 5.089
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
This is a live performance for the British fans of Fame that recreates their most memorable episode moments like "Desdamona". The excitment of the...
release : 1983.04.02popularis : 2.941
Bring Back... Fame
Justin Lee Collins attempts to track down the cast of Fame, both the film and the TV series.
release : 2008.12.27popularis : 3.123
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great...
release : 2005.08.07popularis : 3.139
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood, have in recent years begun to ascend to the top...
release : 2022.02.03popularis : 3.055
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
A documentary with stars from the original cast.
release : 2011.11.15popularis : 1.123
All About You
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that...
release : 2001.08.04popularis : 5.328
Alice at the Palace
Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the...
release : 1982.01.16popularis : 1.803
Mona Must Die
Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor, Rachel, a struggling estate agent. Only one thing...
release : 1994.05.12popularis : 1.757
The Hidden Power of Purpose
Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found purpose in their lives with the insights of leading...
release : 2023.10.08popularis : 0.911
The Old Settler
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably,...
release : 2001.04.25popularis : 1.556
Out-of-Sync
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
release : 1995.06.04popularis : 2.059
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...
release : 1985.03.10popularis : 4.621
Broadway: The Next Generation
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
release : 2017.11.16popularis : 4.192
Tournament of Dreams
The Lady Cavaliers high school girls' basketball team is on the verge of extinction because of school budget cuts. The school's principal is just...
release : 2007.04.24popularis : 0.699
The Painting
Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man)...
release : 2001.10.27popularis : 1.075
A Star for Rose
Small town girl Marcy comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on Search for a Star. Instead, with little money and no...
release : 2013.10.19popularis : 1.28
Women of San Quentin
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
release : 1983.10.23popularis : 2.255
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and...
release : 1979.08.03popularis : 2.021
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
release : 1977.10.26popularis : 2.131
Blank Check
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his...
release : 1994.02.11popularis : 24.884
Sunday in Paris
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career...
release : 1991.07.07popularis : 2.022
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence.
release : 2002.03.23popularis : 7.6
It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
release : 2002.02.08popularis : 3.839
Next Day Air
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten...
release : 2009.02.06popularis : 7.653
Confessions of an Action Star
A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame...
release : 2005.01.23popularis : 8.21
American Tap
The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-depth documentary is an absorbing narrative about a...
release : 2018.07.24popularis : 1.132
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith...
release : 1990.01.01popularis : 1.233
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine...
release : 1999.07.20popularis : 1.361
Stompin' at the Savoy
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs,...
release : 1992.04.19popularis : 1.196
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous,...
release : 2019.11.10popularis : 3.305
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty...
release : 2006.08.19popularis : 5.344
Fame
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
release : 2009.09.23popularis : 8.194
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
This documentary spotlights Debbie Allen's career and follows her group of dance students as they prepare for Allen's annual "Hot Chocolate...
release : 2020.11.27popularis : 1.107
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a theatre festival asks to re-stage the work with a younger...
release : 2021.04.08popularis : 4.872
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a...
release : 1985.02.18popularis : 4.276