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Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. [1][2] She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning five), [3] and two Tony Awards. [4] She has won a Golden Globe Award, [5] and ...
Amongst them is Vivian Ayers Allen, mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad. Called a “true Renaissance woman” by Debbie , Vivian is not only a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet but a cultural ...
Debbie Allen (sister) DeVaughn Nixon (nephew) Vivian Nixon (niece) Phylicia Rashad (/ fɪˈliːʃərəˈʃɑːd / fih-li-shə rə-shahd) (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three year contract ended in May 2024. [ 1 ]
Born in Miami, Florida, she is one of three children of former NBA star Norm Nixon and actress Debbie Allen. [2] She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is actress Phylicia Rashad and her younger brother is basketball player Norm E. Nixon Jr. Vivian took gymnastics until a fellow gymnast fell and was seriously injured, and her mother took her out of the sport at age 13.
When Debbie Allen — the six-time Emmy-winning actress, producer, director and choreographer known for Fame and That's So Raven, and the founder of a dance academy dedicated to helping ...
Debbie Allen and Whoopi Goldberg Getty Images (2) When A Different World made the historic decision to address the AIDS epidemic head-on, Debbie Allen knew exactly who she had to call. “I ...
Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) [1] is an American actress, producer and comedienne. She began her career appearing in a recurring role in the ABC drama series, Thirtysomething (1989–1991), and later appearing in the comedy films Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Beethoven (both 1992). Heaton went on to star in the short-lived ...
When Debbie Allen received a call from Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma saying she’d been selected to receive the 2021 Governors Award, the entertainer was totally shocked.