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Phylicia Ayers-Allen, Phylicia Rashad
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Phylicia Rashad (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. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Tony Awards as well as nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby (1996–2000), and Brenda Glover in Little Bill (1999–2004). She was also Emmy-nominated for her roles in A Raisin in the Sun (2008) and This Is Us (2019–2021). On stage, Rashad became the first Black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for a revival of A Raisin in the Sun (2004). She won her second Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew (2022). Her other Broadway credits include Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam (1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). She has appeared in various films such as For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), Creed III (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024). She lent her voice to the Disney-Pixar animated film Soul (2020). In the 21st century, she has directed revivals of three plays by August Wilson, in major theaters in Seattle, Princeton, New Jersey; and Los Angeles. She also directed Purpose (play) in its 2024-2025 run at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-06-19
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Houston, Texas, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Phylicia Rashād
6.1
A Raisin in the Sun
2008-02-25
5.7
Our Son
2023-10-14
7.7
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021-11-11
0
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017-05-23
6.6
Just Wright
2010-05-14
6.2
Good Deeds
2012-02-23
6.7
For Colored Girls
2010-11-05
5.7
The Babysitter's Seduction
1996-01-22
0
The Broad Coalition
1972-01-01
6.1
Frankie & Alice
2010-12-10
8.2
Polly
1989-11-12
6.6
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13
6.7
Change of Plans
2011-01-08
4.2
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996-01-26
7
Steel Magnolias
2012-10-07
10
Free of Eden
1999-02-21
6.3
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001-05-02
7.7
Heaven Down Here
2023-12-14
3.5
The Old Settler
2001-04-25
7.3
The Beekeeper
2024-01-08
8.3
David's Mother
1994-04-10
8.5
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990-11-18
0
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
2021-03-26
0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
10
Jailbirds
1991-05-16
6
We're Fighting Back
1981-04-28
7
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987-06-14
0
Coretta Scott
6.1
Emily & Tim
2015-08-29
7.5
Creed
2015-11-25
4.8
The Possession of Michael D.
1995-05-02
0
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015-02-20
6.7
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988-11-13
6.8
Tour de Pharmacy
2017-07-08
10
False Witness
1989-10-23
7.1
Creed II
2018-11-21
0
Charlie's Place
2018-04-26
7.6
The Visit
2001-04-20
8.2
Soul
2020-12-25
6.6
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020-11-06
7
A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17
7.1
Creed III
2023-03-01
6.4
Black Box
2020-10-06
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
7.9
Between the World and Me
2020-11-21
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020-08-30
6
Hallelujah
1993-12-22
8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021-04-17
0
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
2021-04-08
7.4
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002-05-19
6.9
The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
7.5
Ruth & Boaz
2025-09-25
0
Show of Titles
2021-06-13
2.5
Gods Behaving Badly
2013-11-13
10
A Different World
1987-09-24
7.6
In the House
1995-04-10
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
8.1
Everybody Hates Chris
2005-09-22
7.9
Psych
2006-07-07
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
7
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
5.1
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
6.1
Blossom
1990-07-05
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
6.8
Little Bill
1999-11-28
6.1
Cosby
1996-09-16
6.8
Bull
2000-08-15
6.2
Do No Harm
2013-01-31
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14
6.6
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
2016-08-19
5
Inside the Black Box
2022-01-01
8.3
Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06
6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10
7.6
The Good Fight
2017-02-19
7.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987-12-14
4.6
Diarra from Detroit
2024-03-21
7.2
Sofia the First
2013-01-11
8.3
This Is Us
2016-09-20
6.6
Little America
2020-01-17
6.7
David Makes Man
2019-08-14
5.9
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
8.3
Station 19
2018-03-22
6.6
Curses!
2023-10-26
3.5
Sherri
2022-09-12
7.7
The Gilded Age
2022-01-24
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25