Kerry Washington Comedy on Hulu March 10; Mo'Nique's Comedy Special Premieres April 4 on Netflix More Recent and Upcoming TV DVD Releases / DVD Reviews Archive / SitcomsOnline Digest By 1988, she was not only director of A Different World but was the shows producer as well. The actors ex-husband Lenny Kravitz has revealed the reason for this in his memoirLet Love Rule that hit the bookshelves earlier this week. //-->. Yet again. Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Debbie allen then allegedly explained that she liked the idea of lisa bonet's character, denise huxtable, to raise a. ", LORI LOUGHLIN, MOSSIMO GIANNULLI TO PLEAD GUILTY IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL. That was outrageous and unheard of in those days for a black woman to achieve that, she adds, citing examples of segregation in her native Houston community. Everything's Jake. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad. Search Sitcoms Online: