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Phylicia Rashad (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː ʃ ə r ə ˈ ʃ ɑː d / fih-LEE-shə rə-SHAHD) (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. [ 1 ]
Rashad has been married three times and has two children: William Bowles, III, and Condola Rashad. Rashad was married to her third husband, Ahmad Rashad, in 1985 and the couple divorced in 2001.
Clair Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Phylicia Rashad, Clair, the wife of Cliff Huxtable and mother of their five children, is the matriarch of the show's central Huxtable family.
Born in Miami, Florida, she is one of three children of former NBA star Norm Nixon and actress Debbie Allen. [2] She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is actress Phylicia Rashad and her younger brother is basketball player Norm E. Nixon Jr. Vivian took gymnastics until a fellow gymnast fell and was seriously injured, and her mother took her out of the sport at age 13.
She played Rudy Huxtable, the youngest daughter of Cliff (Bill Cosby) and Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad). At age 6, she became the youngest actor to earn an Emmy nomination (for supporting ...
Last week, NASA honored the women of the Apollo missions, including Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad’s mother, Vivian Ayers Allen. […]
From 1978 until 1982, Willis was married to Phylicia Ayers-Allen (now Phylicia Rashad), whom he met during the run of The Wiz, and who later played Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show. [11] He also wrote the lyrics for her album, Josephine Superstar. On November 17, 2007, Willis married a second time to Karen, a lawyer and entertainment executive.
Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Vivian Ayers Allen, The post Poet Vivian Ayers Allen, mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, turns 100 appeared first on TheGrio.