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Phylicia Rashad
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American actress (born 1948)
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Phylicia Rashad is an American television, stage, film, and voice actor born in Houston in 1948. She is an African American woman educated at Howard University and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Her professional career began in 1972, and she works in the fields of singing and acting. Rashad is married to Victor Willis and Ahmad Rashad, and her children include Condola Rashād. She is the sister of Debbie Allen.
Rashad has received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and has been nominated for the same honor. She speaks English and Spanish and uses her voice as an instrument. Her authored works include *Katz Walk: a Jewish Ally's Education at a Historically Black University*, *Katz Walk*, *Jam on the vine*, and *Baby's nursery rhymes*.
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- Ruth & Boaz — Naomi2025
- The Beekeeper — Eloise Parker2024
- Diarra from Detroit — Vonda2024
- Our Son — Maya2023
- Being Mary Tyler Moore — Self (voice)2023
- Heaven Down Here — Nancy2023
- Creed III — Mary-Anne Creed2023
- Curses! — Georgia (voice)2023
- Inside the Black Box2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1948
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 731
- Total plays
- 19,397
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Key facts
- Born
- Phylicia Ayers-Allen , ( 1948-06-19 ) June 19, 1948 (age 77) , Houston, Texas , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Howard University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actress, singer
- Years active
- 1973–present
- Spouse s
- William Lancelot Bowles Jr. ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) , Victor Willis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) , Ahmad Rashad ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2001 )
- Children
- 2, including Condola Rashad
- Mother
- Vivian Ayers Allen
- Relatives
- Debbie Allen (sister) DeVaughn Nixon (nephew) Vivian Nixon (niece)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Spouse
- Ahmad Rashad
- Child
- Condola Rashād
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Phylicia Rashad 1998a (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-06-19
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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- Phylicia Rashad
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- name in native language
- Phylicia Rashad
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Encyclopedic overview
Phylicia Rashad (/fɪˈlɪʃə rəˈʃɑːd/ fil-ISH-ə 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. 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).
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