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Debbie Allen

1950 - Today

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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. She has been nominated for 22 Emmy Awards (winning five), and two Tony Awards. She has won a Golden Globe Award, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. In 2025, she received an Academy Honorary Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Debbie Allen is the 4,077th most popular actor (down from 3,645th in 2024), the 6,552nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,446th in 2019) and the 1,889th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Debbie Allen ranks 4,077 out of 13,578. Before her are Alessandra Panaro, Maite Perroni, Mikhail Pugovkin, Philip Jackson, Tyrese Gibson, and Elizabeth Allen. After her are Željko Ivanek, Yuri Lowenthal, Debra Messing, Henry Gibson, Jude Ciccolella, and Julie Dreyfus.

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Among people born in 1950, Debbie Allen ranks 348. Before her are Kristina Wayborn, Michael Tomasello, Susana Higuchi, Karim Khalili, Maricica Puică, and Thom Barry. After her are Christian Zacharias, Ulf Ekman, Liz Chase, Shabana Azmi, Rubén Ayala, and Damo Suzuki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Debbie Allen ranks 6,553 out of 20,380. Before her are Ronee Blakley (1945), Harry Cohn (1891), Tyrese Gibson (1978), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), and Julian Castro (1974). After her are Art Langley (1896), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), and Rodney Dangerfield (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Debbie Allen ranks 1,889. Before her are Richard Quine (1920), Charles King (1895), Emily Procter (1968), Ronee Blakley (1945), Tyrese Gibson (1978), and Elizabeth Allen (1929). After her are Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Colm Feore (1958), and Peter Riegert (1947).

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