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Biography

Is an American activist and actress, known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series, The Cosby Show. Rashad first became…more

Born

6/19/1948, Houston, Texas (USA)

Birth Name

Phylicia Ayers-Allen

Gender

Female

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Star (5)

Role
- Little Bill
  Brenda Glover
  - S 4: Ep 19 When Friends Get Mad/ The Party Box
    2/6/04
  - S 4: Ep 18 Private Time/ Never
    2/5/04
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Skating Lesson/ Mr. Moth
    2/4/04
  - S 4: Ep 16 Get Well, Elephant/ Elephant's Best Friend
    2/3/04
  - S 4: Ep 15 Summertime In The Wintertime/ Snow Racer
    2/2/04
  - + 51 More Credits
- The Cosby Show
  Clair Olivia Hanks Huxtable
  - S 8: Ep 26 The Cosby Show: A Look Back
    5/19/02
  - S 8: Ep 24 And So We Commence (1)
    4/30/92
  - S 8: Ep 25 And So We Commence (2)
    4/30/92
  - S 8: Ep 23 Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
    4/23/92
  - S 8: Ep 22 You Can't Stop the Music
    3/26/92
  - + 116 More Credits
- Cosby
  Ruth Lucas
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Song Remains the Same
    4/28/00
  - S 4: Ep 20 A Long Night's Journey
    4/21/00
  - S 4: Ep 19 Kids Eat the Darndest Things
    4/14/00
  - S 4: Ep 18 Thursday's Child
    4/14/00
  - S 4: Ep 17 A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
    4/7/00
  - + 90 More Credits
- The Cosby Show
  Clair Huxtable
  - S 8: Ep 21 Rudy's Retreat
    2/27/92
  - S 8: Ep 4 Pam Applies to College
    10/10/91
  - S 8: Ep 2 There's No Place Like This Home
    9/26/91
  - S 8: Ep 1 With This Ring?
    9/19/91
  - S 6: Ep 25 Live and Learn
    4/26/90
  - + 63 More Credits
- The Cosby Show
  Clair Hanks Huxtable
  - S 8: Ep 10 Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
    11/21/91
  - S 8: Ep 7 The Iceman Bricketh
    10/31/91
  - S 7: Ep 26 Theo and the Kids (2)
    5/2/91
  - S 7: Ep 25 Theo and the Kids (1)
    4/25/91
Guest Star (30)

Role
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 42 Episode 42
    11/17/09
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 99 May 19, 2009
    5/19/09
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 136 Episode #2.136
    2/12/09
- The Life & Times of Tim
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted
    11/30/08
- Psych
  Winnifred Guster
  - S 3: Ep 9 Christmas Joy
    11/28/08
  - S 2: Ep 10 Gus' Dad May Have Killed An Old Guy!
    12/7/07
- Everybody Hates Chris
  Kathleen Deveraux
  - S 3: Ep 10 Everybody Hates Kwanzaa
    12/10/07
- Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 5 Episode 33
    7/8/05
- The View
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 201 Rashad
    6/23/04
- Touched By an Angel
  Elizabeth
  - S 8: Ep 12 The Last Chapter
    1/12/02
- Murder, She Wrote
  Cassandra Hawkins
  - S 13: Ep 0 The Last Free Man
    5/2/01
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Madeline Kahn
    1/1/00
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 195 Show #0844
    7/29/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 88 Show #88
    10/31/96
- In the House
  Rowena
  - S 2: Ep 7 Sister Act: the Episode
    11/6/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 102 January 25, 1995
    1/25/95
  - S 4: Ep 143 April 1, 1992
    4/1/92
  - S 3: Ep 240 August 14, 1991
    8/14/91
  - S 3: Ep 172 May 8, 1991
    5/8/91
- The Cosby Mysteries
  Hadley Roebuck
  - S 1: Ep 8 Expert Witness
    11/16/94
- Touched By an Angel
  Elizabeth Jessup
  - S 1: Ep 3 Tough Love
    10/12/94
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 2 Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
    12/19/92
  - S 37: Ep 5 Bob Hope Salutes The U.S.A.F. 40th Anniversary
    5/25/87
  - S 36: Ep 5 Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday
    5/26/86
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 73 January 15, 1991
    1/15/91
  - S 1: Ep 55 November 20, 1989
    11/20/89
- Blossom
  Blossom's Mom
  - S 1: Ep 2 Blossom Blossoms
    1/3/91
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
  Dr. Jane Goodfellow
  - S 4: Ep 33 What's Michaelangelo Good For?
    11/10/90
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 185 July 5, 1990
    7/5/90
  - S 1: Ep 42 March 1, 1989
    3/1/89
- A Different World
  Clair Huxtable
  - S 3: Ep 15 Success, Lies and Videotape
    2/8/90
  - S 3: Ep 5 Forever Hold Your Peace
    11/2/89
  - S 2: Ep 13 Risky Business
    2/2/89
  - S 1: Ep 19 Clair's Last Stand
    3/24/88
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 6: Ep 10 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
    3/31/89
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 1 The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/88
  - S 13: Ep 1 The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards
    3/15/87
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/87
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Premier Week - Thursday
    9/18/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 Premier Week - Wednesday
    9/17/86
  - S 1: Ep 3 Premier Week - Tuesday
    9/16/86
  - S 1: Ep 2 Premier Week - Monday
    9/15/86
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 1 A Day In Port
    9/28/85
- Delvecchio
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 Wax Job
    10/24/76
- Bull
  Mrs. Granville
  - S 1: Ep 13 What the Past Will Bring
Producer (1)

Role
- PBS Hollywood Presents
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Old Settler

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- Phylicia has been nominated for three Emmy Awards. In 2008, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Raisin In The Sun. In 1985 and 1986, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for The Cosby Show.
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- Rashad has been immortalized with a caricature at the famous New York restaurant, Sardi's.
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- Phylicia and her husband Ahmad Rashad had a daughter named Condola who was born on December 11, 1986; 3 days before the Rashads' first wedding anniversary.
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- Phylicia Rashad: There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.
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- Phylicia Rashad: Well, she's very different from me; beating up one's children is something we definitely do not have in common. The funny thing is, my mother always says that I'm playing her. Let's see what she says after seeing this
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- Phylicia Rashad: I don't choose to take a role to prove to someone what I can do. It's an August Wilson play. I met with the playwright, I read for the playwright. In my career, that's like meeting Bill Cosby — meeting him is enough for me
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