Phylicia Rashad

About Phylicia Rashad

Tony Award-winning actress best known for her role as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show. She appeared in For Colored Girls (2010), Steel Magnolias (2012), and Creed (2013). (2015).

Phylicia Rashād is an American actress, singer and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She was dubbed "The Mother Of The Black Community" at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards and played Ruth Lucas on Cosby. In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other Broadway credits include Into the Woods, Jelly's Last Jam, Gem of the Ocean, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She won a NAACP Image Award when she reprised her A Raisin in the Sun role in the 2008 television adaptation. She has also appeared in the films For Colored Girls, Good Deeds, Creed, and Creed II. and voiced Brenda on Little Bill.

Relatives	Debbie Allen (sister)
Occupation	Singer, actress, stage director
Born	Phylicia Ayers-Allen, June 19, 1948, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Howard University (BFA)
Children	2, including Condola Rashād
Years active	1972–present

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Trivia

She made her TV debut in a 1976 episode of the series Delvecchio titled "Wax Job."

Phylicia Rashad before fame

She graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's degree and then returned to teach there.

Achievement of Phylicia Rashad

She made her television debut in the 1976 episode"Wax Job" of the Delvecchio series.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$55 Million

Phylicia Rashad family life

Debbie Allen, her sister, is an actress as well. She and her husband, William Lancelot Bowles, Jr., had their first child, a son, in 1973. After their divorce, she married musician Victor Willis, but the couple divorced four years later. She married her third husband, Ahmad Rashad, in 1985, and they had a daughter named Condola before divorcing in 2001.

Associations of Phylicia Rashad

On The Cosby Show, she co-starred alongside Keshia Knight Pulliam.

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