Caption: Still of Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, Michael DeLorenzo, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague, Carlo Imperato, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Valerie Landsburg, P.R. Paul, Gene Anthony Ray and Bronwyn Thomas in Fame (1982)
Actress, Director, Miscellaneous Crew
Born: January 16, 1950
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Known for: A Different World (1987), Fame (1982), All of Us (2003), The Old Settler (2001)
Source: IMDB
Deborah Kaye Allen was born in Houston, Texas, to African-American parents, Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Debbie, her older brother, Andrew (called Tex), and her older sister, actress Phylicia Rashad, lived in Mexico to escape US racism. Their mother decided to live there ...