Debbe Dunning, who played Tool Time girl Heidi on 'Home Improvement,' asked Tim Allen to find a part for her on his new show 'Shifting Gears,' and he eventually obliged: 'I think it's my turn.' ...

Debbe Dunning, who played Tool Time girl Heidi on 'Home Improvement,' says that she began 'crying like a baby' after Tim Allen suggested bringing her predecessor, Pamela Anderson, back to the sitcom.

She forged an arts career in Houston while raising children who became accomplished entertainers: Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen and Tex Allen. By Miguel Salazar Vivian Ayers Allen, a poet, playwright ...

This summer, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA) reached a milestone few arts institutions achieve: its 25th anniversary. To honor the moment, Allen took her Academy’s mission of accessibility, ...

Vivian Elizabeth Ayers Allen, the Pulitzer Prize–nominated poet, cultural activist, and mother of beloved Black cultural icons Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at the age of 102. Debbie ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer-nominated poet who foreshadowed the country’s journeys into space and was mother to Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died, the family announced on Allen’s social ...

The mother of actresses Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, Vivian Ayers, passed away on Monday, August 18, just weeks after celebrating her 102nd birthday. S.W.A.T. star Allen shared the news on her ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, acclaimed poet and playwright and mother of Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, has died at the age of 102. Vivian Ayers Allen, celebrated poet, playwright, and mother of Phylicia ...

"Mommie you have transformed into that cosmic bird Hawk that lives and breathes Freedom," Allen wrote in a tribute to her mother Carson Blackwelder is a TV Writer/Editor at PEOPLE. His work has ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, a renowned Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, cultural activist and mother to icons Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died. She was 102. Debbie confirmed the news in an Instagram ...