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Phylicia Rashād
Actor
Born June 19, 1948 (74 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Bill Cosby: Walking Free · as actor |
| 2022 | Inside the Black Box (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! · as "SUNDAY" Legend |
| 2021 | Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Soul · as Libba Gardner (voice) |
| 2020 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey · as Grandmother Journey |
| 2020 | A Fall from Grace · as Sarah |
| 2020 | Black Box · as Lillian |
| 2019 | David Makes Man (TV Series) · as Dr. Woods-Trap |
| 2019 | The Rocketeer (TV Series) · as May |
| 2018 | Creed II · as Mary Anne Creed |
| 2018 | Station 19 (TV Series) · as Pilar |
| 2017 | 13 Reasons Why (TV Series) · as Pastor |
| 2017 | When We Rise (TV Series) · as Yvette Flunder |
| 2017 | The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Renetta Clark |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy · as Victoria Young |
| 2016 | This Is Us (TV Series) · as Carol Clarke |
| 2016 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim · as Emily (Segment 5) |
| 2015 | Creed · as Mary Anne Creed |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Diana DuBois |
| 2013 | Do No Harm (TV Series) · as Dr. Vanessa Young |
| 2012 | Good Deeds · as Wilimena Deeds |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias · as Clairee |
| 2012 | Sofia the First (TV Series) · as Ice Witch (voice) |
| 2010 | Just Wright · as Ella McKnight |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Gilda |
| 2010 | Frankie & Alice · as Edna |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show (TV Series) · as Dee Dee Tubbs |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun · as Lena Younger |
| 2008 | The Life & Times of Tim (TV Series) · as The Boss's Wife |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Mrs. Guster |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Nell Timms |
| 2001 | Little Bill: Big Little Bill · as Brenda Glover |
| 2000 | The Visit · as Dr. Coles |
| 1999 | Loving Jezebel · as Alice Melville |
| 1999 | Little Bill (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Free of Eden · as Desiree |
| 1998 | Linc's (TV Series) · as Lucinda |
| 1996 | The Babysitter's Seduction · as Det. Kate Jacobs |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Ruth Lucas |
| 1995 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored · as Ma Ponk |
| 1995 | The Possession of Michael D. · as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist) |
| 1995 | In the House (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Lady Fulton (voice) |
| 1994 | David's Mother · as Gladys Johnson |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Jessup |
| 1992 | Ghostwriter (1992) (TV Series) · as Phylicia Rashad |
| 1990 | Blossom (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Polly · as Aunt Polly |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Felicia Dalton |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Clair Huxtable |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Lonette Becker |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Courtney Wright |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Aunt Polly |