RATINGS: Cast & Crew

DOB: January 16, 1950


Emmy Awards: Wins - Best Choreography ("Motown 30: What's Goin' On!," 1991); Best Choreography ("Fame," 1983); Best Choreography ("Fame," 1982)

Best Drama Actress Nominations
"Fame" (1985); lost to Tyne Daly ("Cagney and Lacey")
"Fame" (1984); lost to Tyne Daly ("Cagney and Lacey")
"Fame" (1983); lost to Tyne Daly ("Cagney and Lacey")
"Fame" (1982); lost to Michael Learned ("Nurse")

Best Individual Variety Performance Nominations
"All-Star Celebration Honoroing Martin Luther King, Jr." (1986); lost to Whitney Houston ("28th Annual Grammy Awards")
"Live...and in Person" (1984); lost to Cloris Leachman ("SAG 50th Anniversary")

Best Choreography Nominations
"71st Annual Academy Awards" (1999); lost to Judith Jamison "Dance in America")
"67th Annual Academy Awards" (1995); lost to Ulysses Dove ("Dance in America")
"65th Annual Academy Awards" (1993); lost to Michael Peters ("The Jacksons: An American Dream")
"64th Annual Academy Awards" (1992); lost to Paul Taylor ("Dance in America")
"Polly" (1990); lost to Paula Abdul, Michael Darrin, Dean Barlow ("17th Annual American Music Awards")
"The Debbie Allen Special" (1989); lost to Paula Abdul ("The Tracey Ullman Show")
"Fame" (1985); lost to Twyla Tharp ("Dance in America")
"Fame" (1984); lost to Michael Smuin ("Dance in America")

Best Music and Lyrics Nomination
"Motown Returns to the Apollo" (1985); lost to James Di Pasquale, Douglas Brayfield ("Love Lives On")

Best Variety Directing Nomination
"The Debbie Allen Special" (1989); lost to Jim Henson ("The Jim Henson Hour")

Tony Awards:

Best Actress in a Musical Nomination
"Sweet Charity" (1986); lost to Bernadette Peters ("Song and Dance")

Best Featured Actress in a Musical Nomination
"West Side Story" (1980); lost to Priscilla Lopez ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")

Golden Globes: Win - Best TV Comedy/Musical Actress ("Fame," 1983)

Best TV Comedy/Musical Actress Nominations
"Fame" (1985); lost to Shelley Long ("Cheers")
"Fame" (1984); lost to Joanna Cassidy ("Buffalo Bill")