Women empowering women
“Phylicia is my best friend,” Allen says of her older sister, actress Phylicia Rashād, 72 (with their mum in 2018). “We share our secrets, our joy and our hopes.”
The best tribe
“I love that I’m connected to my children and a part of their lives,” says Allen (with her husband and their three children, Norman Jnr, 33, Vivian, 36, and DeVaughn, 37).
Grandma duties
“She loves to dance already,” Allen says of granddaughter Shiloh, 21 months. Allen’s daughter Vivian is currently pregnant again, which will make Allen a grandmother of two.
Supportive parents
“My dad always told me, ‘Keep dancing, Debbie. You’ll be fine,’” says Allen (with parents Andrew, an orthodontist, and Vivian, a Pulitzer-nominated poet, at the 1983 Golden Globe Awards).
True soulmates
“We’ve always…
