<P> Allen is married to former NBA player Norm Nixon, and they have three children: dancer Vivian Nichole Nixon, basketball player Norman Ellard Nixon Jr . (Wofford College & Southern University), and DeVaughn Nixon . Allen was previously married to Win Wilford from 1975 to 1983 . She is the sister of actress / director / singer Phylicia Rashad (with whom she once co-starred on an episode of The Cosby Show), and Tex Allen (Andrew Arthur Allen III, born 1945), noted jazz composer . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Film (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Fame (2009 film)--Principal Angela Simms </Li> <Li> Blank Check--Yvonne </Li> <Li> Ragtime--Sarah </Li> <Li> Fame (1980 film)--Lydia Grant </Li> <Li> Next Day Air--Ms. Jackson </Li> <Li> The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh--Ola </Li> <Li> Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling--Michelle </Li> <Li> Alice At The Palace--Red Queen </Li> <Li> Stompin' At The Savoy </Li> <Li> Old Settler </Li> <Li> The Twist </Li> <Li> Tournament of Dreams </Li> <Li> The Painting aka Soldiers of Change - Bertha Lee Gilmore </Li> </Ul> <H3> Television (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> 3 Girls 3: Variety show </Li> <Li> All of Us: "Parents Just Don't Understand" </Li> <Li> A Different World--Dr. Langhorne </Li> <Li> The Cosby Show--Emma "Captain Bone - crusher" Newhouse </Li> <Li> Roots: The Next Generations--Nan </Li> <Li> Fame--Lydia Grant </Li> <Li> In The House--Jackie Warren </Li> <Li> Good Times--Diana (J.J.'s Junkie Fiancée) </Li> <Li> C Bear and Jamal (voice) </Li> <Li> Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella--Herself (Documentary) </Li> <Li> Quantum Leap--Joanna Chapman </Li> <Li> So You Think You Can Dance, seasons 3, 4 and 5--Guest Judge </Li> <Li> Grey's Anatomy (2011--present)--Catherine Avery </Li> <Li> The Love Boat (1978 </Li> <Li> Dance Moms 2016 - 2017 </Li> </Ul> <H3> Choreographer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> The Academy Awards Show for ten years, six of which were consecutive </Li> <Li> Carrie </Li> <Li> Molly Doodle </Li> <Li> Fame (2009) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <H3> Director (edit) </H3> With The Kids from "Fame" (1983). Debbie Allen is center, with sunglasses on top of her head . <Ul> <Li> Girlfriends </Li> <Li> Quantum Leap </Li> <Li> Everybody Hates Chris </Li> <Li> All of Us </Li> <Li> Life Is Not a Fairy Tale </Li> <Li> That's So Raven </Li> <Li> The Jamie Foxx Show </Li> <Li> A Different World </Li> <Li> The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air </Li> <Li> Family Ties </Li> <Li> Fame (1982 TV series) </Li> <Li> Polly </Li> <Li> Polly: Coming Home </Li> <Li> Out - of - Sync </Li> <Li> C Bear and Jamal (voice director) </Li> <Li> The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series) </Li> <Li> The Parkers </Li> <Li> Grey's Anatomy </Li> <Li> Hellcats </Li> <Li> Army Wives </Li> <Li> The Client List </Li> <Li> Let's Stay Together </Li> <Li> Scandal </Li> <Li> Jane the Virgin </Li> <Li> Insecure </Li> <Li> How to Get Away with Murder </Li> <Li> Empire </Li> <Li> Survivor's Remorse </Li> </Ul> <H3> Producer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Amistad with Steven Spielberg . </Li> <Li> Soldiers of Change with Michael Armand Hammer . </Li> </Ul> <H3> Writer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Movement magazine, regular columnist since 2006 </Li> <Li> Dancing in the Wings Paperback, by Debbie Allen (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) </Li> </Ul> <H3> Dance (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> West Side Story (Broadway) </Li> <Li> Dancing in the Wings </Li> <Li> Brothers of the Night </Li> <Li> Just Dance (2010) </Li> <Li> Dance Moms (2016) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Film (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Fame (2009 film)--Principal Angela Simms </Li> <Li> Blank Check--Yvonne </Li> <Li> Ragtime--Sarah </Li> <Li> Fame (1980 film)--Lydia Grant </Li> <Li> Next Day Air--Ms. Jackson </Li> <Li> The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh--Ola </Li> <Li> Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling--Michelle </Li> <Li> Alice At The Palace--Red Queen </Li> <Li> Stompin' At The Savoy </Li> <Li> Old Settler </Li> <Li> The Twist </Li> <Li> Tournament of Dreams </Li> <Li> The Painting aka Soldiers of Change - Bertha Lee Gilmore </Li> </Ul> <H3> Television (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> 3 Girls 3: Variety show </Li> <Li> All of Us: "Parents Just Don't Understand" </Li> <Li> A Different World--Dr. Langhorne </Li> <Li> The Cosby Show--Emma "Captain Bone - crusher" Newhouse </Li> <Li> Roots: The Next Generations--Nan </Li> <Li> Fame--Lydia Grant </Li> <Li> In The House--Jackie Warren </Li> <Li> Good Times--Diana (J.J.'s Junkie Fiancée) </Li> <Li> C Bear and Jamal (voice) </Li> <Li> Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella--Herself (Documentary) </Li> <Li> Quantum Leap--Joanna Chapman </Li> <Li> So You Think You Can Dance, seasons 3, 4 and 5--Guest Judge </Li> <Li> Grey's Anatomy (2011--present)--Catherine Avery </Li> <Li> The Love Boat (1978 </Li> <Li> Dance Moms 2016 - 2017 </Li> </Ul> <H3> Choreographer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> The Academy Awards Show for ten years, six of which were consecutive </Li> <Li> Carrie </Li> <Li> Molly Doodle </Li> <Li> Fame (2009) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <H3> Director (edit) </H3> With The Kids from "Fame" (1983). Debbie Allen is center, with sunglasses on top of her head . <Ul> <Li> Girlfriends </Li> <Li> Quantum Leap </Li> <Li> Everybody Hates Chris </Li> <Li> All of Us </Li> <Li> Life Is Not a Fairy Tale </Li> <Li> That's So Raven </Li> <Li> The Jamie Foxx Show </Li> <Li> A Different World </Li> <Li> The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air </Li> <Li> Family Ties </Li> <Li> Fame (1982 TV series) </Li> <Li> Polly </Li> <Li> Polly: Coming Home </Li> <Li> Out - of - Sync </Li> <Li> C Bear and Jamal (voice director) </Li> <Li> The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series) </Li> <Li> The Parkers </Li> <Li> Grey's Anatomy </Li> <Li> Hellcats </Li> <Li> Army Wives </Li> <Li> The Client List </Li> <Li> Let's Stay Together </Li> <Li> Scandal </Li> <Li> Jane the Virgin </Li> <Li> Insecure </Li> <Li> How to Get Away with Murder </Li> <Li> Empire </Li> <Li> Survivor's Remorse </Li> </Ul> <H3> Producer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Amistad with Steven Spielberg . </Li> <Li> Soldiers of Change with Michael Armand Hammer . </Li> </Ul> <H3> Writer (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Movement magazine, regular columnist since 2006 </Li> <Li> Dancing in the Wings Paperback, by Debbie Allen (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) </Li> </Ul> <H3> Dance (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> West Side Story (Broadway) </Li> <Li> Dancing in the Wings </Li> <Li> Brothers of the Night </Li> <Li> Just Dance (2010) </Li> <Li> Dance Moms (2016) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Fame (2009 film)--Principal Angela Simms </Li> <Li> Blank Check--Yvonne </Li> <Li> Ragtime--Sarah </Li> <Li> Fame (1980 film)--Lydia Grant </Li> <Li> Next Day Air--Ms. Jackson </Li> <Li> The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh--Ola </Li> <Li> Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling--Michelle </Li> <Li> Alice At The Palace--Red Queen </Li> <Li> Stompin' At The Savoy </Li> <Li> Old Settler </Li> <Li> The Twist </Li> <Li> Tournament of Dreams </Li> <Li> The Painting aka Soldiers of Change - Bertha Lee Gilmore </Li> </Ul>

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