
Debbie Allen is an actor, film director, choreographer born in Houston (United States).
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 20 times for an Emmy Award (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. Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series Fame (1982–1987), where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. For this role in 1983, she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Choreography and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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| Born | 16 January 1950, Houston |
| Profession | actor, film director, choreographer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Educated at | Howard University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Jack Yates High School, HB Studio, Pershing Middle School, Negro Ensemble Company |
| Spouse | Norm Nixon |
| Children | Vivian Nixon |
| Awards | honorary degree from Spelman College, Dorothy Arzner Directors Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Purva Ashadha (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Capricorn |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Virgo |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 126 singers with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 11 of them (9%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Debbie Allen, and 4 (3%) share the Purva Ashadha Nakshatra — the #15 most common Moon Nakshatra among singers, where Swati leads with 12 (10%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Debbie Allen was born on 16 January 1950 in Houston. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Debbie Allen's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Purva Ashadha, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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