Phylicia Rashād
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American Tony Award winning actress and singer, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. In 2004, Rashād became the first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun . She resumed the role in the 2008 television adaption of A Raisin in the Sun, which earned her the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Rashād was dubbed "the mother" of the African American community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phylicia Rashād, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Born:
- Jun 19, 1948 In Houston, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 46
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Cosby Show 1984-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Soul 2020-12-25
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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Soul | Libba Gardner (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Movie | A Fall from Grace | Sarah | 2020-01-17 |
| Movie | Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Actress | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Grandmother Journey | 2020-11-06 |
| Series | David Makes Man | Dr. Woods-Trap | 2019-08-14 |
| Movie | Creed II | Mary Anne Creed | 2018-11-21 |
| Movie | Black Panther | 2018-02-13 | |
| Movie | Tour de Pharmacy | Victoria Young | 2017-07-08 |
| Series | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Jane | 2016-08-19 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 | |
| Movie | Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 5) | 2015-08-29 |
| Movie | Creed | Mary Anne Creed | 2015-11-25 |
| Series | Do No Harm | Dr. Vanessa Young | 2013-01-31 |
| Movie | Steel Magnolias | Clairee | 2012-10-07 |
| Movie | Good Deeds | Wilimena Deeds | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Change of Plans | Dorothy | 2011-01-08 |
| Movie | Frankie & Alice | Edna | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Gilda | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | Just Wright | Ella McKnight | 2010-05-14 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | 2008-02-25 |
| Series | Psych | Mme Guster | 2006-07-07 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | The Visit | Dr. Coles | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Cassandra Hawkins | 2001-05-02 |
| Movie | The Old Settler | Elizabeth Barney | 2001-04-25 |
| Series | Bull | 2000-08-15 | |
| Series | Little Bill | 1999-11-28 | |
| Movie | Free of Eden | 1999-02-21 | |
| Series | Cosby | Ruth Lucas | 1996-09-16 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Ma Ponk | 1996-01-26 |
| Movie | The Babysitter's Seduction | Det. Kate Jacobs | 1996-01-22 |
| Movie | The Possession of Michael D. | 1995-05-02 | |
| Series | In the House | Unknown | 1995-04-10 |
| Movie | David's Mother | Gladys Johnson | 1994-04-10 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Jailbirds | Janice Grant | 1991-05-16 |
| Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Aunt Polly | 1990-11-18 |
| Series | Blossom | Unknown | 1990-07-05 |
| Movie | Polly | Aunt Polly | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | False Witness | Lynne Jacobi | 1989-10-23 |
| Movie | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Disneyland Cleaning Lady | 1988-11-13 |
| Series | A Different World | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Unknown | 1987-09-10 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza | 1987-06-14 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Clair Huxtable | 1984-09-20 |
