Debbie AllenFilmography

Born:
January 16, 1950 in Houston, TX
Occupation:
Actor, Director
Biography:
African American actress/dancer Debbie Allen had built up a solid reputation as a Broadway choreographer by the time she made her screen debut in The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). In 1980, she created the role of demanding dance instructor Lydia Grant in Fame (1980), a role she carried over...Read More
  • Fame

    Actors: Kristy Flores, Asher Book, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton

    Synopsis: This remake of the '80s classic focuses on a group of young students attending a high school for the performing arts. Classmates study various aspects of performance, from dance to songwriting to acting, all of them hoping for the chance to one day become stars. Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer Read More

    9/25/09
  • Next Day Air

    Actors: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Darius McCrary, Mos Def, Wood Harris, Yasmin Deliz, Omari Hardwick, Emilio Rivera, Cisco Reyes

    Synopsis: An overnight drug shipment is sent to the wrong recipient, prompting a frantic race to recover the package before the contents are revealed in this fast-paced crime comedy starring Donald Faison, Mos Def, and Mike Epps. When Brody (Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) receive a package containing ten Read More

    5/8/09
  • Compass

    Actors: Harv T. Eker, Debbie Allen, Dr. John DeMartini, Les Brown, Dr. Robi Ludwig

    Synopsis: This self-help program offers an integrated program for attaining happiness and success in life, with input from 24 experts on success, and four stories from people whose personal experiences may offer inspiration and insight. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

    2009
  • 2006
  • Battle Night: The Krump Wars

    Synopsis: Battle Night: The Krump Wars features serious dance battles between enterprising young dancers. The video includes appearances by celebrities like MC Lyte, Tony Rock, and Norm Nixon. Debbie Allen lends her dancing expertise to the proceedings. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

    2005
  • Broadway's Lost Treasures, Vol. 3

    Synopsis: Experience the performances that made Broadway history in this release that compiles twenty-three unforgettable musical performances from the Tony Award broadcast archives. Featuring such stars as Harvey Fierstein, Robert Goulet, and Carol Channing in performances from Show Boat, Kiss of the Read More

    2005
  • Sledge: The Untold Story

    Actors: David Leitch, Holmes Osborne, Nathan Lee Graham, Chris Palermo, Lin Shaye

    Synopsis: Track the rise and fall of fictional action superstar Frank Sledge in this rapid-fire mockumentary featuring special appearances by Angelina Jolie, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving, Richard Lewis, Sean Young, Ernie Hudson, Kelly Hu, and more. Laugh along as filmmakers parody some of the most popular Read More

    2005
  • Tournament of Dreams

    Synopsis: When an inner-city basketball team is faced with the sudden prospect of elimination, the girls who have using their skills on the court to build a better life find their determination to preserver put to the ultimate test. Being a winner on the court and coming out on top in life take the same Read More

    2005
  • 2005
  • 2005
  • Fame [TV Series]

    Actors: Joey Fatone, Debbie Allen

    Synopsis: The original movie and TV-series versions of Fame were fictionalized accounts of life in a professional training school, patterned after New York's High School of the Performing Arts. Debbie Allen starred in both the film and series as the school's demanding but compassionate dance teacher, Lydia Read More

    2003
  • All About You

    Actors: Renee Elise Goldsberry, Terron Brooks, LisaRaye

    Synopsis: The romantic comedy All About You features Renee Elise Goldsberry as Nicole Taylor, a woman who decides to alter her life plans in order to stay with her boyfriend, Robbie (Adam Lazarre-White). After things fall through with Mr. Wonderful, Nicole ends up staying with her best friend, Lisa (LisaRaye Read More

    2003
  • The Old Settler

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Eartha Robinson

    Synopsis: The Harlem Renaissance of the 1940s serves as the backdrop for this small-screen adaptation of John Henry Redwood's play as directed by Debbie Allen. The aptly-named Husband (Bumper Robinson) has come to New York City from down South to find his old flame Lou Bessie (Crystal R. Fox), who has Read More

    2001
  • 2000
  • Everything's Jake

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Doug E. Doug, Stephen Furst, Robin Givens

    Synopsis: Matthew Miele directs this tale about a mysterious homeless guy. Jake (Ernie Hudson) lives relatively contently in his homeless routine -- he wakes in the morning, plays the bongos for change, and collects dog feces. Everything seems hunky-dory, as it were, until he encounters Cameron, who is Read More

    2000
  • Michael Jordan: An American Hero

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Robin Givens, Michael Jace

    Synopsis: Michael Jace stars in this made-for-TV movie about the life and career of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, following him from his early days as a struggling high school athlete to his multiple championships with the Chicago Bulls, when he became one of the most acclaimed players in the history Read More

    1998
  • Linc's

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Pam Grier, Steven Williams, Georg Stanford Brown, Joe Inscoe, Golden Brooks

    Synopsis: This TV comedy-drama series takes place at Linc's, a Washington, D.C., bar and grill where blacks gather to talk about issues they face in a society dominated by whites. Widower Russell A. "Linc" Lincoln (Steven Williams) runs the tavern, host to a diverse Capitol Hill gang of customers. In the Read More

    1998
  • Amistad

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Arliss Howard, Jeremy Northam, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne, Djimon Hounsou

    Synopsis: This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in African-American history recounts the trial that followed the 1839 rebellion aboard the Spanish slave ship Amistad and captures the complex political maneuverings set in motion by the event. Filmed in New England and Puerto Read More

    1997
  • 1997
  • Images & Realities: African American Women

    Synopsis: This documentary explores the accomplishments and inspirations of African-American women and examines some of the issues they face in contemporary society. The program, hosted by actresses Queen Latifah and Halle Berry, discusses women's efforts to balance work and family, deal with economic Read More

    1996
  • Touched By an Angel: Sins of the Father

    Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey) assumes the guise of a journalist, assigned to interview teenage death-row inmate Luther (DeAundre Dixon) while Tess (Della Reese) provides moral support to Luther's mother Valerie (Debbie Allen) and brother Sam (Robert Ri'chard). Through her visit with Luther, Monica is Read More

    1996
  • 1995
  • 1995
  • Forget Paris

    Crew: Choreography

    Actors: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna, Cynthia Stevenson, Richard Masur

    Synopsis: Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson) are about to be married, and as they gather with their friends for dinner not long before the wedding, they are told the story of their mutual friends Read More

    1995
  • Out of Sync

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Victoria Dillard, Yaphet Kotto

    Synopsis: A love affair with a drug dealer's squeeze lands an L.A. dee-jay (rap artist LL Cool J) in a heap of trouble. Soon he finds himself not only running from the crooks, but the cops as well. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1994
  • Mona Must Die

    Actors: Marianne Sägebrecht, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sheila Kelley, Debbie Allen

    Synopsis: A wife finds herself highly expendable as her husband and his lover continually bungle their attempts at murder in this black comedy. Mona, the wife, is a woman of substance who is forever trying to coerce her husband Eddie, a selfish, shallow creep, into making love to her. He refuses. She goes Read More

    1994
  • Blank Check

    Actors: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone-Loc

    Synopsis: This low-rent Disney comedy mines the Home Alone territory for labored laughs. Brian Bonsall stars as the eleven-year-old Preston Waters, who is low-kid on the family totem pole -- his father Fred (James Rebhorn) lectures him on saving his money, while his older brothers, Ralph (Michael FaustinoRead More

    1994
  • Sinbad: Afros & Bellbottoms

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Sinbad

    Synopsis: The stand-up performance film Sinbad: Afros & Bellbottoms features the popular comic performing a number of routines the primarily focus on the fads and fashions of the 1970s. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: College Kid

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: To cut down on costs, Lena (Jada Pinkett, Gina (Ajai Sanders), Charmaine (Karen Malina White), Dorian (Bumper Robinson) and Terrell (Patrick Y. Malone) all move into the same apartment. Almost immediately, they clash with their landlord Langston Paige (Billy Dee Williams), who turns out to be a Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: Mind Your Own Business

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Having spent everything he has (and then some) to open his own club, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) panics when the band he has booked walks out on him. Fortunately, Ron's partner Mr. Gaines (Lou Myers) has four country-bumpkin grandnieces whom he believes are pretty fair singers. Indeed they are: the Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: When One Door Closes..., Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) lands a lucrative job with the Kineshawa company--one that will force him and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) to move to Japan. En route to her new home, Whitley delivers her baby, somewhat to the surprise of her friends, who hadn't even been Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: Happy Birthday to Moi

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Led to believe that Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) can't afford to give her a surprise birthday party, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) manipulates Kim (Charnele Brown) into planning the festivities (a plotline taken from an actual experience in the life of episode scriptwriter Thomas Perry Dance). Elsewhere Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: To Whit, With Love

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Taking on a temporary teaching assignment at a very tough junior-high remedial class, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) discovers that her students have been deliberately failing because of peer pressure. Never one to back down from a challenge, Whitley is determined to help the youngsters succeed, even if it Read More

    1993
  • A Different World: Season 06

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer

    Synopsis: As the sixth and final season of A Different World gets under way, newlyweds Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) are returning from their honeymoon in Los Angeles -- which unfortunately coincided with the Rodney King riots! Nor is life a bed of roses for the couple upon settling Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: White Christmas

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Anita Morris guest stars as Freddie's mom Joni, who insists upon interfering in her daughter's life--and in the lives of all of her daughter's friends. As for Freddie (Cree Summer) herself, she's more mixed up than ever over her feelings toward Ron (Darryl M. Bell) and Shazza (Gary Dourdan). Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Kiss You Back

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the second episode of a three-part story, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) seems unconcerned over Whitley's new romance with senatorial candidate Byron Douglas (Joe Morton)--and Whitley (Jasmine Guy)is disappointed that Dwayne isn't jealous. Meanwhile, Kim (Charnele Brown) believes that Dwayne and Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Honeymoon in L.A., Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Six opener, Whitley (Jasmine Guy and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) continue to recall their chaotic honeymoon in riot-torn Los Angeles. At the same time, the couple's friends react to the violence (inspired by the infamous Rodney King verdict) in Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Honeymoon in L.A., Part 1

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Season Six of A Different World opens with the first episode of a two-part story, in which newlyweds Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) regale their friends with their recollection of the chaotic events surrounding their honeymoon. No sooner has the couple set foot in Los Angeles Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Saving the Best for Last, Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Five finale, Whitley (Jasmine Guy)is just about to wed Byron Douglas III (Joe Morton) when she realizes that she is still in love with Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison). Whitley's social-climbing mom Marion (Diahann Carroll) works overtime to Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Interior Desecration

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Now that Ron (Darryl M. Bell) and Freddie (Cree Summer) are aware of their mutual attraction, things get dicey for Ron when Freddie continues seeing Shazza (Gary Dourdan)--and for Kim (Charnele Brown),who feels that Freddie is responsible when a disconsolate Ron moves in with newlyweds Whitley Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: The Little Mister

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: After making a few stupidly sexist remarks at a Halloween party, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has a dream in which all the candidates in the 1992 Presidential race are female: Georgia Mush, Rose Godot, et. al. In the episode's most memorable (and, as it turns out, most forward-looking) sequence Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Axed

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: As a project for her sociology class, Charmaine (Karen Malina White) follows Whitley (Jasmine Guy) around at her place of employment. As it turns out, Charmaine couldn't have picked a worse time: Whitley is laid off after the company suffers a setback, and as Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) tries to Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Somebody Say Ho!

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: New student Charmaine (Karen Malina White) is so overbearing in Dwayne's statistics class that someone slaps a sign on her back reading "Digit Ho." Convinced that punkish Terrell Walker (Patrick Y. Malone) is the guilty party, Charmaine files a formal complaint against him. Taking on the task of Read More

    1992
  • Stompin' at the Savoy

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Lynn Whitfield, Vanessa Williams, Jasmine Guy

    Synopsis: Originally aired on CBS in 1992, Stompin' at the Savoy was produced and directed by Broadway choreographer and actress Debbie Allen. Set in New York City during the late '30s, the story concerns the economic survival of four young women trying to achieve their dreams at the end of the Harlem Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Faith, Hope and Charity, Part 1

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Whitley's overbearing mother Marion (Diahann Carroll) visits Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison). It's bad enough that Whitley is unable to admit that she's lost her job; it's even worse when she meets Marion's much-younger boyfriend Malik Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Faith, Hope and Charity, Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) degenerates into a slapstick food fight, thanks to the couple's respective mothers Adele (Patti LaBelle) and Marion (Diahann Carroll). Later on, the two warring moms land in Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Saving the Best for Last, Part 1

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the first episode of A Different World's two-part Season Five finale, it is one day before the wedding of Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Byron (Joe Morton). As Whitley frets over inconsequential things, Kim (Charnele Brown) still seeks out a way to convince her friend that she's making a Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Original Teacher

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Signing on with Freddie's new mentorship program for the teenagers at Juvenile Hall, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison)i tries to mediate between youthful parolees Billy (Chris Kelly) and Michael (Chris Smith, whose friendship has been torn asunder by gang-related violence. Dwayne's efforts to patch up the Read More

    1992
  • A Different World: Rule Number One

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is convinced that Lena (Jada Pinkett) has a crush on Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison), who is tutoring the girl in calculus. At first pooh-poohing the notion, Dwayne panics and reacts in a churlish fashion when he finds out Lena's true feelings for him--but that's not the end of the Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Almost Working Girl

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy recommends that E.H. Wright engage the services of the new temp agency run by Jaleesa (Dawnn Wright)--and that, boys and girls, is how Freddie (Cree Summer) ends up working as a secretary. Unfortunately, an argument over Affirmative Action gets Freddie fired, and at the same Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: In the Eye of the Storm

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: With a hurricane rapidly approaching Hillman College, everyone takes shelter at The Pit. As the huddled masses nervously wait for the storm to blow over, a number of mini-dramas are played out. Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) are forced to cancel their anniversary plans; Jaleesa Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Home is Where the Fire Is

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Having finally managed to get Lena (Jada Pinkett) to move out of the spare room, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) now turns her attention to her duties as dorm director. Or more specifically, she turns her attention to dumping most of those duties onto her assistant Kim (Charnele Brown). Consequently, Kim Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Ms. Understanding

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearances of Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux and Gary Dourdan) as Shazza Zulu (aka Sylvester Simon). The spotlight is on Shazzu, a sixth-year undergraduate who stirs up controversy at Hillman when he publishes a book about the sexist behavior of college men. Before Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: A Word in Edgewise

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Serious-minded Kim (Charnele Brown) begins to wonder if her actor boyfriend Matthew (Andrew Lowery) is too frivolous for her tastes. Long-suffering Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) bets motor-mouthed Whitley (Jasmine Guy) that she can't go 24 hours without talking. And four members of the National Theater Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Ex-Communication

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Upset by the news that Julian (Dominic Hoffman) is engaged, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) begins fantasizing about the luxurious lifestyle she would have had if she and Julian were wed--much to the dismay of Dwayne, who breaks off their relationshp. Ultimately, Whitley tries to pull herself out of her Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: It's Showtime at Hillman

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Walter (Sinbad) organizes a telethon to raise $15,000 for the Community Outreach Program. This provides ample opportunity to show off the musical talents (or lack of same) of the main characters: Dawnn Lewis (Jaleesa) sings "Straight Up", Alisa Gyse-Dickens (Kinu) performs "Mr. Melody", and Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: A Different World

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Overzealous Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) imposes an impossibly heavy workload on his first calculus class. As a result, the students stage a mass walkout, and Dwayne finds himself in deep doo-doo with his mentor Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman). Elsewhere, the Colonel's new wife Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) opens Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: We've Only Just Begun

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: The fifth season of A Different World begins with the start of another school year at Hillman College, where Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has accepted a job as a math teacher, and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) has decided to accept Dwayne's marriage proposal and forsake a job in New York to become a campus Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: If I Should Die Before I Wake

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whoopi Goldberg earned an Emmy nomination for her performance as Hillman's forensics professor Dr. Jordan, who assigns her students to write their own eulogies. Among those participating is a young girl named Josie Webb (Tisha Campbell), whose essay reveals that she has contacted AIDs. Ironically Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: To Tell the Truth

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is more on edge than usual just before her engagement party. When her tensions and frustrations reach the spillover point, Whitley lashes out at her fiance Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison)--who, not unexpectedly, begins having second thoughts Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Season 05

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown

    Synopsis: Season five of A Different World finds sweethearts (and recent college grads) Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) resuming their romance; Whitley's pal Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) surprising one and all by eloping with hard-nosed calculus professor Col. Clayton Taylor (Glynn Turnan); and Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Do You Take This Woman?

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is outraged that her fiance Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has been dating an attractive science professor, and never mind that it was Whitley's own bad attitude that drove Dwayne away from her. At the same time, Whitley's mom Marion (iahann Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Twelve Steps of Christmas

    Synopsis: Dr. Taylor (Glynn Turman) invites Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) to join himself and Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) for Christmas dinner. Unbeknownst to both men, Jalessa has also invited Dwayne's former fiancee Whitley (Jasmine Guy). Adding to the confusion, Whitley's psychiatrist Dr. Langhorne (played by Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Mammy Dearest

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: To get over her breakup with Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison), Whitley (Jasmine Guy) focuses all her energy on the African American art exhibit she is organizing for the dedication of a new dorm. Unfortunately, Kim and several other students strongly object to certain controversial "slave" and "mammy" Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Liza Who-Little

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Before Whitley (Jasmine Guy) can be hired as art buyer for her wealthy aunt's hotel chain, she must first entertain her lookalike cousin Liza (also Jasmine Guy). Unfortunately, Liza is an shameless man-chaser whose latest "quarry" is the Ron (Darryl M. Bell), compelling Whitley to rescue the poor Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Baby, I'm a Star

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: To enhance the popularity of his new band X-Pression, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) hires Kim (Charnele Brown) as vocalist. Unfortunately, this tantalizing brush with success and stardom turns Kim into a prima donna--and worse, Ron can't fire her without losing his gig at a local club. Meanwhile, Col. Read More

    1991
  • A Different World: Getaway, Part 1

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the gang decides to spend Spring Break at a rented cottage on Devil's Island, South Carolina. Unfortunately for Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell), they stumble upon evidence that the cottage is being used as a rendezvous by a pair of Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: 21 Candles

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Certain that everyone has forgotten her 21st birthday, a melancholy Whitley (Jasmine Guy) decides to throw a party just for herself. Unbeknownst to Whitley, Kim (Charnele Brown) is arranging a secret birthday celebration, which is supposed to be "for girls only"--at least until Ron (Darryl M. Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Everything Must Change

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: As Season Four of A Different World gets under way, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) has concluded that Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is the man with whom she wants to spend the rest of her life. Imagine her dismay when Whtiley discovers that, during the summer break, Dwayne has fallen in love with Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Perhaps Love

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the final episode of A Different World's third season, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is visited by his mother Adele (Patti LaBelle) as he prepares to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Confusion reigns when, while planning Dwayne's celebration party, Mrs. Wayne is mistaken for the "hired help". And Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Getaway, Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, vacationers Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) don female drag in a desperate effort to escape a pair of homicidal drug dealers. Elsewhere, and despite all signs to the contrary, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Julian (Dominic Hoffman) find Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is determined to land the best possible job after graduation, but she may end up sabotaging her chances by aiming too high. Meanwhile, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) overprotects his sister Rachel (Senait Ashenafi), who is thinking of attending Hillman. And Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: A World Alike

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Dominic Hoffman makes his first appearance as Julian Day, a handsome exchange student from Georgetown. Though Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is fascinated with Julian, she is somewhat put off by his fierce anti-apartheid activism. Likewise affected by Julian's political fervor is Kim (Charnele Brown), who Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Success, Lies and Videotape

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Phylicia Rashad once again makes a "crossover" appearance from The Cosby Show in the role of Clair Huxtable, This time, Clair has arrived at Hillman College to videotape the students as they go through the motions of professional interviews and discuss their plans for the future. Skipping out of Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: The Power of the Pen

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is convinced that she is the inspiration for Dwayne's poem "My First Love." Actually, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) wrote the poem as a paean to mathematics--and its true inspiration turns out to be the spirit of William Shakespeare (John H. Francis), in one of his rare TV Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: A Campfire Story

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In flashback, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Walter (Sinbad) recall their disastrous journey to North Carolina, where they'd hoped to recruit a star basketball player for the Hillman team. The trouble begins when Dwayne is stopped for speeding, and doesn't let up even after the guys inadvertently Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Under One Roof

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) deems it an honor when Dean Hughes (Rosalind Cash) asks her to cohost the annual Freshman Tea. But the honor is somewhat tarnished for Whitley when she finds out that the Dean has asked Freddie (Cree Summer) as well--and this isn't the only unpleasant surprise of the evening. Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Season 04

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad

    Synopsis: It's official -- the formerly self-centered Hillman College graduate Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) is definitely in love with her fellow collegiate Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) as A Different World begins its fourth season. Unfortunately, during the summer, Dwayne has met and fallen for someone Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: I'm Dreaming of a Wayne Christmas

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: It's Christmas Time at the Wayne family household, and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has brought Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) along to join the celebration. Anxious to make a good impression on Dwayne's mom Adele (Patti LaBelle), Whitley buys her an expensive gift. Alas, not only is Read More

    1990
  • 1990
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Bang the Drum, Ashley

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Will (Will Smith) is both amazed and distressed by how his cousins' leisure activities are so meticulously dictated and scheduled by his control-freak Uncle Philip (James Avery). Aware that cousin Ashley (Tatyana M. Ali) is unhappy over being forced to take violin lessons, Will convinces her to Read More

    1990
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Fresh Prince Project

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the debut episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it's difficult to say who is more upset when South Philly teenager Will Smith (played by rap artist Will Smith!) is uprooted from his old neighborhood and shipped off to his wealthy Los Angeles relatives by his concerned mother Vy. Will himself Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Good Help is Hard to Fire

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens) is in a monumentally rotten mood because Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) can't get his mind off Whitley (Jasmine Guy). Fed up with Kinu's overbearing attitude, Dwayne's roomie Ron (Darryl M. Bell) plots to get rid of her by hiring Whitley as his housekeeper. And Dwayne's mom Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Blues for Nobody's Child

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Freddie (Cree Summer) takes it upon herself to find a permanent home for Alex Webb (T. J. Evans), a foster child she's met at the Community Center. When it becomes painfully obvious that most adoptive couples prefer babies, Alex runs away. The boy is provided temporary shelter by Ron (Darryl M. Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: How Bittersweet It Is

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Upset over the romance between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens), Whitley (Jasmine Guy) tries to make Dwayne jealous by going out with his pal Ron (Darryl M. Bell)--with startling results. Meanwhile, Freddie (Cree Summer) is nervous about writing an essay explaining why she Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Whitley's Last Supper

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: When her father cuts off all her credit cards, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is forced to move in with Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis)--who likewise quickly runs out of patience over Whitley's reckless spending. Elsewhere, Freddie (Cree Summer) tricks Kim (Charnele Brown) into taking a study break by attending a Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: Tales From the Exam Zone

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In this spoof of The Twilight Zone, Walter (Sinbad) uses his best Rod Serling voice to narrate the misadventures of his friends when they take on their mid-terms and enter. . ."The Exam Zone." For starters, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) has a devil of a time finding a peaceful, quiet place to cram for her Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: The Goodwill Games

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) goes head to head against her romantic rival Kinu (Alisa Gyse-Dickens) at an academic decathalon. If he knows what is good for him, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) will avoid taking sides and enthusiastically cheer on both girls. Meanwhile, Kim (Charnele Brown) refuses to go on a Read More

    1990
  • A Different World: For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Upset that her mother Marion (Diahann Carroll) would rather jet to Paris for Christmas than spend the holidays at home, Whitley takes out anger on her best friends. Thus the stage is set for a Diffreent World spin on "A Christmas Carol", as the Scroogelike Whitley is made to see the foolishness of Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Diahann Carroll earned an Emmy nomination for her first appearance as Marion Gilbert, overbearing mother of Hillman student Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy). Convinced that Whitley is "wasting" herself in college, Marion tries to persuade the girl to forego her studies and start looking for a Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: It promises to be a dismal Valentine's Day when Dwayne's marriage proposal to Suzanne (Tracy Lee Harrison) is turned down flat. Turning to Whitley (Jasmine Guy) for comfort and advice, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) ends up taking her to a movie. Elsewhere, Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) suffers mightly when her Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: It's Greek to Me

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) are anxious to join a fraternity, but are worried about their chances of getting in. So Dwayne turns to Whitley (Jasmine Guy), who has caught the eye of a lovelorn frat member, to find out what the rest of the "brothers" think of him and Ron. What Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: High Anxiety

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In her efforts to maintain good grades while keeping up her work schedule, Kim (Charnele Brown) worries herself into a frazzle. Even worse, she begins to stay awake around the clock--with near-disastrous results. Meanwhile, Velma Gaines (BeBe Drake-Massey) has a nasty argument with hubby Vernon Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: The Thing About Women

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Though he puts on an elaborate display of indifference, Walter (Sinbad) seethes with jealousy when Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) accepts a dinner invitation from her ex-husband Lamar (Thomas Mikal Ford)--especially when Lamar turns out to be a lot better-looking than Walter was led to believe. During Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Risky Business

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Making another crossover appearance from The Cosby Show, Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) arrives at Hillman College to conduct a business-etiquette seminar. She also hopes to persuade her daughter Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe) to enroll in Hillman, but Vanessa turns out to have other plans. At the Read More

    1989
  • Polly

    Crew: Choreography, Director

    Actors: Celeste Holm, Phylicia Rashad

    Synopsis: There were those in 1989 who bellyached that Disney Television's Polly was a far from faithful adaptation of Eleanor Porter's classic novel Pollyanna. What they meant was that Polly did not resemble the 1960 Hayley Mills movie version of Pollyanna, which itself played fast and loose with the Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Season 03

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad

    Synopsis: As the third season of A Different World rolls around, Hillman College's venerable Gilbert Hall is now a coed dorm. Lettie Bostic has quit her job as dorm director, succeeded by local community-center leader Walter Oakes (Sinbad), with whom divorced, 28-year-old college senior Jaleesa (Dawnn Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Radio Free Hillman

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) plays the new "Dapper D" rap album on the campus radio station, unaware that the lyrics are (too say the least) offensive. When Dean Hughes pulls the plug on Dwayne's broadcast, he and several other students hold a sit-in for "freedom of speech"--with surprising results. Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: I've Got the Muse in Me

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Rushing to finish a creative writing assignment, Freddie (Cree Summer) comes down with a bad case of writer's block. To alleviate the tension, Kim (Charnele Brown) talks Freddie into attending a party where liquor is being served--and the results are devastating. Elsewhere, Mr. Gaines (Lou Myers) Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: It Happened One Night

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Worried that she might be pregnant, Kim (Charnele Brown) confides in an unusually sensitive Whitley (Jasmine Guy)--while refusing to see her boyfriend Robert (Brian Wesley Thomas), whom she now regards as an insenstive oaf. Though student advisor Walter tries to straighten things out, the Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Take This Job and Love It

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: After accidentally causing extensive--and expensive--damage to Mr. Gaines' car, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is too frightened to ask her father for the money to repair the vehicle. Thus, she ends up working for Gaines (Lou Myers) at the Pit, proving to be very bad at basic kitchen skills but very good Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Delusions of Daddyhood

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) had wanted an opera company to perform at an upcoming charity concert, but Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has booked the rap group Heavy D & The Boys. Outraged, Whitley organizes a protest--only to humiliate herself when she expresses her anger to the wrong person. Meanwhile, Ron Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Forever Hold Your Peace

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: When Whitley (Jasmine Guy) announces plans to attend her father's wedding in New York, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) offers to drive her there. Actually, Dwayne's primary misison is to visit his former classmate Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet, in her first series appearance after leaving A Different World Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Wedding Bells from Hell

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: After winning a free honeymoon vacation in Hawaii, Walter (Sinbad) figures that it's time to find himself a wife--so he proposes to Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis). Though fully aware that it would be merely a marriage of convenience, she accepts. . .and the couple ends up playing out the charade all the Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Answered Prayers

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Just before midterms, Kim (Charnele Brown) receives word that her policeman father (Richard Roundtree) has been seriously wounded on the job. As Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Freddie (Cree Summer) accompany Kim to the hospital, Freddie does her best to bolster Kim's faith in God. But her Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Great Expectations

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Defying the wishes of her policeman father (guest star Richard Roundtree), Kim (Charnele Brown) attends the Freaknic music festival--only to be caught in the act when dear old dad shows up for the Hillman homecoming celebration. Kim is outraged by her father's strictness, but Whitley (Jasmine Guy) Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: To Have and Have Not

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Volunteering to teach dance classes at a community center, Whitley befriends a self-proclaimed poor child named Dion (Brandon Adams in his first regular series appearance)--an accomplished liar who specializes in playing on people's sympathies. Elsewhere, Col. Taylor fills in when Walter is unable Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Citizen Wayne

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Rev. Jesse Jackson arrives at Hillman College to deliver a lecture, taking time out to encourage Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) in his bid for Student Council president. Meanwhile, Dwayne's opponent Ron (Darryl M. Bell) attempts to "win dirty" by fraudulently claiming to have Rev. Jackson's endorsement. Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: No Means No

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: When Freddie (Cree Summer) falls for good-looking football player Garth Parks (played by martials-arts expert Taimak), Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) begins to worry, having heard Garth brag about his previous sexual conquests. But when Dwayne tries to warn Freddie, she assumes that he is jealous and Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: There's No Place Like Home

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: The second season of A Different World comes to a close as everyone prepares to wrap up the college year and face the summer. Bereft of funds, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) are forced to "downsize" to a crummy apartment managed by the wife of Mr. Gaines (Lou Myers). Walter Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: The Hat Makes the Man

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Campus discipline is the issue when Walter (Sinbad) temporarily lightens up on the rules governing the male residents of Gilbert Hall, whereupon Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) accuses him of exercising a double standard. Before long, all of the dorm residents have taken sides in the argument, divided Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: The Heat is On

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In desperate need of a math credit to graduate from Hillman, Whitley (Jasmine Guy)j nervously enrolls in the dreaded calculus class run by Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman), aka "Dr. War." Despite his fearsome reputation, Taylor seems genuinely committed to helping Whitley survive the ordeal. And in Read More

    1989
  • A Different World: Dr. War is Hell

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Although original series star Lisa Bonet is nowhere to be seen in the opening episode of A Different World's second season, stalwart costars Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) and Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne) do a nice job taking up the slack. As a bonus, former recurring characters Walter Oates Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Two Gentlemen of Hillman

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: The friendship between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) may come to a sudden and ignominious end when they team up to write a philosophy paper. Characteristically, Dwayne ends up doing all the work, while Ron coasts along--a fact made doubly galling to Dwayne because he'd had the Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Season 02

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Jasmine Guy, Sinbad, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Darryl M. Bell

    Synopsis: Season two of A Different World finds the overall quality of the series improving immensely, which many insiders attributed to the fact that the multi-talented Debbie Allen had taken over as producer-director. Originally intended as a vehicle for former Cosby Show co-star Lisa Bonet in her Read More

    1988
  • The Cosby Show: If the Dress Fits, Wear It

    Synopsis: Clair (Phylicia Rashad) hopes to lose several pounds within a handful of days in order to fit into a fancy dress for an upcoming benefit. Thus, she submits herself to the merciless regimen of aerobics instructor Emma Neuhausen--played by dancer-choreographer Debbie Allen, the real-life sister of Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Some Enchanted Late Afternoon

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) has been avoiding the Hillman dating scene because she has an out-of-town boyfriend. Even so, she agrees to go out with the persistent Walter (Sinbad), but only after making it clear that this isn't really date. Walter agrees: it's isn't really a date. Both Jalessa and Walter Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: A Stepping Stone

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Volunteering to choreograph Gilbert Hall's Homecoming "step" contest, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) drives everyone crazy with her manic perfectionism. Ultimately, however, Whitley is forced to swallow a few slices of humble by Ms. Pruitt (Leila Danette), a 92-year-old Hillman alumnus. Elsewhere, the Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Life with Father

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: A blossoming romance between Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and a girl named Suzanne (Tracy Lee Harrison) hits a snag when he finds out that she is the daughter of his dreaded Calculus professor Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman), aka "Dr. War." Meanwhile, Freddie (Cree Summer) decides that it is time to stop Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: All's Fair

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) tries to be tolerant of her roommate Kim's all-consuming romance with new boyfriend Robert (Brian Wesley Thomas), but her patience comes to an abrupt end when Kim (Charnele Brown) locks her out of her own room. Meanwhile, Freddie (Cree Summer) turns into a merciless tyrant Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Dream Lover

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Much to his own surprise, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) is attracted to Whitley (Jasmine Guy) at a midterm dance--far too attracted, as it turns out when he makes a crude pass at her. Though Whitley is outraged by Dwayne's behavior, she begins to have erotic dreams about him, providing a rich source of Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: Three Girls Three

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Appearing as "herself", Gladys Knight arrives at Hillman to give a concert. Upon hearing that Gladys needs some new backup singers, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) team up with aspiring opera diva Angela (Sharon Brown) to prepare an audition. Perhaps it goes without saying that Read More

    1988
  • A Different World: If You Like Pilgrim Coladas

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Sensing that Kim (Charnele Brown) is homesick, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) suggests that they spend their Thanksgiving somewhere other than The Pit. With the help of Kim's fake ID, the two girls end up at a nightclub, where they have a riotous time--until the dreaded Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman) shows up. Read More

    1988
  • Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    Actors: Wings Hauser, Dennis Farina, Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams

    Synopsis: Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. While hovering between life and death, Dancer flashes back to his childhood, when he grew up in a brothel. Read More

    5/2/86
  • Fame: Season 06

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Carlo Imperato, Nia Peeples, Jesse Borego, Albert Hague

    Synopsis: Although the weekly, one-hour musical drama series Fame was still one of the most popular syndicated series in America as it entered its sixth season, the show's budget was beginning to outstrip its profits, and thus the difficult decision was made to end production once the season wrapped. This Read More

    1986
  • Fame: Season 05

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Carlo Imperato, Billy Hufsey, Nia Peeples, Jesse Borego

    Synopsis: Still riding high as one of the most-watched dramatic series in off-network syndication, Fame eases into a fifth season on the air, with 25 brand new episodes. Three of the series' longtime favorites have moved on to other things. Doris (Valerie Landsburg) has graduated from New York's High School Read More

    1985
  • Celebrity

    Synopsis: After twenty-five years, a trio of old high school friends are held responsible for a rape incident they have, until now, kept secret in this television miniseries based on Thomas Thompson's novel. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

    1985
  • The River Rat

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Martha Plimpton, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith, Nancy Lea Owen

    Synopsis: Tommy Lee Jones plays the title character in The River Rat. Released from prison after 13 years, Jones heads south to meet his hoydenish daughter Martha Plimpton for the first time. The father-daughter relationship flounders until Jones takes the girl on a long, bonding raft trip on the river. Read More

    1984
  • Fame: Season 04

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg, Cynthia Gibb, Billy Hufsey

    Synopsis: Far more popular in syndication than it had ever been on the NBC network, the weekly musical drama series Fame returns with a fourth season of 25 hour-long episodes. New to the student body of New York's High School of the Performing Arts this season are a young, pre-superstardom (and Read More

    1984
  • Women of San Quentin

    Synopsis: In this drama, a crack corps of female prison guards are assigned to watch over the men in the most dangerous cell-block. Mayhem ensues as the physical and emotional pressures the women face begin to take their toll. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1983
  • Fame: Season 03

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg

    Synopsis: Cancelled by NBC after two seasons in the spring of 1983, the musical drama series Fame was nonetheless extremely popular amongst American teenagers and with fans all over the rest of the world. Accordingly, its producers decided to keep the property alive with a third season 24 new episodes Read More

    1983
  • 1983
  • Fame: Season 02

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg

    Synopsis: Though Fame declared "I'm gonna live forever" in its theme song, the NBC musical drama series barely squeaked through its first season. Fortunately, the network decided to renew the show for a second year in response to the enthusiastic support of millions of teenaged fans. The popularity of "The Read More

    1982
  • Fame: Season 01

    Actors: Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg

    Synopsis: The first season of the musical drama series Fame could boast of several carryovers from the 1980 film favorite of the same name, beginning with Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant, tough-taskmaster dance teacher at New York's High School of the Performing Arts. Not only did Allen introduce each episode Read More

    1982
  • Alice at the Palace

    Actors: Meryl Streep

    Synopsis: Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this made-for-TV production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Based on the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, Alice at the Palace Read More

    1982
  • Ragtime

    Actors: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, James Olson, Mandy Patinkin, Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

    Synopsis: E. L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime was a sprawling fictional account of American manners and mores in the years between 1900 and 1913. Among the mosaic of colorful factual and fictional characters in the novel were escape artist Harry Houdini and radical Emma Goldman. Both characters are all but Read More

    1981
  • Fame

    Actors: Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, Barry Miller, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri

    Synopsis: Fame is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, where talented teens train for show-business careers. The film concentrates on five of the most gifted students: singer Irene Cara, actors Paul McCrane and Barry Miller, dancer Gene Anthony Ray, and musician Lee Currieri. More so than the Read More

    1980
  • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

    Crew: Choreography

    Actors: Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Jack Kehoe, Margaret Avery

    Synopsis: The "fish" in the title of this picture refers to the astrological sign Pisces. Not all of Pittsburgh is due to be saved, but the members of a third-rate NBA basketball team could sure use some salvation. When all the team members except for Moses Guthrie (Julius Erving) quit, astrologer Mona Read More

    1979
  • Ebony, Ivory and Jade

    Synopsis: A scientist hunted by terrorists receives assistance from an unexpected source: two Las Vegas showgirls and their promoter who pretend to be detectives. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

    1979
  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Actors: Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Paul Koslo

    Synopsis: The phenomenal success of the 1977 ABC miniseries Roots all but demanded a sequel to writer Alex Haley's epic story of his African and African-American forebears. Debuting February 18, 1979, Roots: The Next Generations picked up where its predecessor left off, with Haley's slave ancestors winning Read More

    1979
  • The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

    Synopsis: The seemingly lighthearted title of this made-for-TV movie obscures the film's somber overtones. Good Times star Jimmie Walker was past 30 when he starred as teenaged athlete Morris Bird III in The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened. Stricken with leukemia, Morris nonetheless intends to play in Read More

    1977
  • Good Times: J.J.'s Fiancee, Part 1

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, J.J. (Jimmie Walker) announces his intention of marrying his new girlfriend, Diana (Debbie Allen). Both sets of parents express strong and noisy objections to this impending union. What no one realizes during this turmoil is that Diana is harboring a Read More

    1976
  • Good Times: J.J.'s Fiancee, Part 2

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and his girlfriend, Diana (Debbie Allen), override the objections of their parents and elope to Indiana. Meanwhile, the Evans family stumbles upon evidence that Diana is a drug addict. As both sets of parents search for their runaway Read More

    1976

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