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Filmography
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
Splinter
Movie · as Mrs. James
A Different World
TV · as Dr. Langhorne · 2 eps
A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is Deadly
Movie · as Detective Foster
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Hidden Power of Purpose
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Movie · as Self
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TV · as Myrtle (voice) · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
JANET JACKSON.
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Movie · as Betty Samson
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Movie · as Self
Dance Dreams - Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Movie · as Herself
Cardi Tries
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Movie · as Self
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
American Tap
Movie · as Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Raven's Home
TV · as Great Aunt Maureen · 1 ep
S.W.A.T.
TV · as Charice Harrelson · 12 eps
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Dorothy · 1 ep
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Movie
Jane the Virgin
TV · as Beverly Flores · 1 ep
A Star for Rose
Movie · as Rose
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie · as Self
Dance Moms
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Next Day Air
Movie · as Ms. Jackson
Fame
Movie · as Ms. Angela Simms
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bring Back... Fame
Movie · as Self
Tournament of Dreams
Movie · as Rhonda Dillins
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie · as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Confessions of an Action Star
Movie · as Self
Everybody Hates Chris
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
So You Think You Can Dance
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Catherine Fox, Catherine Avery · 56 eps
Bring Back...
TV · as Self - Lydia Grant · 1 ep
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Self
All of Us
TV · 1 ep
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
It's Black Entertainment
Movie · as Self
All About You
Movie · as Ruth
The Old Settler
Movie · as Quilly McGrath
The Painting
Movie · as Bertha Lee Gilmore
The Division
TV · as Wanda · 1 ep
Everything's Jake
Movie · as Debbie Allen
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Movie · as Deloris Jordan
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie · as Herself
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage
Movie · as Narrator
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
C Bear and Jamal
TV · 13 eps
Out-of-Sync
Movie · as Manicurist
In the House
TV · as Jackie Warren · 26 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Precious (voice), Lola (voice) · 1 ep
Mona Must Die
Movie · as Betty
Blank Check
Movie · as Yvonne
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Valerie Hill · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stompin' at the Savoy
Movie · as Estelle
Sunday in Paris
Movie · as Sunday Chase
Sunday in Paris
TV · 1 ep
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Movie · as Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
Movie
The Debbie Allen Special
Movie · as Self
Quantum Leap
TV · as Joanna Chapman · 1 ep
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Superstars and their Moms
Movie · as Self
A Different World
TV · as Dr. Langhorne, Debbie Allen (uncredited) · 2 eps
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Movie · as Michelle
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Dancing in the Wings
Movie · as Debbie
Motown Returns to the Apollo
Movie
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Movie · as Self - Performer
The Cosby Show
TV · as Emma · 1 ep
Celebrity
TV · as Regina Brown · 3 eps
The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London
Movie · as Self
Women of San Quentin
Movie · as Carol Freeman
Alice at the Palace
Movie · as Red Queen
Fame
TV · as Lydia Grant · 136 eps
Ragtime
Movie · as Sarah
Fame
Movie · as Lydia
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie · as Ola
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Movie · as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Nan Branch Haley · 1 ep
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
Movie · as Self
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Movie · as Julie Sutton
The Love Boat
TV · as Selena Moore, Reesa Marlowe · 1 ep
3 Girls 3
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Battle of the Network Stars
TV · 1 ep
Good Times
TV · 2 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep