Phylicia Rashād
Born in Houston, Texas, USA — Jun 19 1948
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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…
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Phylicia Rashād's Credits
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Grey's Anatomy
Nell Timms
This Is Us
Carol Clarke
Psych
Winnifred Guster
Station 19
Pilar
The Good Fight
Renetta Clark
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Jessup
Empire
Diana DuBois
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Cosby Show
Clair Huxtable
Everybody Hates Chris
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jane Goodfellow (voice)
Sofia the First
Mountain Witch (voice)
A Different World
Clair Huxtable
Blossom
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Lady Fulton (voice)
Reading Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
Cosby
Ruth Lucas
The Gilded Age
Elizabeth Kirkland
Soul
Libba Gardner (voice)
The Beekeeper
Eloise Parker
In the House
Creed II
Mary Anne Creed
Little America
Margaret Jean the Queen
Bull
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Creed
Mary Anne Creed
Curses!
Georgia (voice)
Creed III
Mary-Anne Creed
David Makes Man
Dr. Woods-Trap
Little Bill
Brenda Glover (voice)
The Emmy Awards
Self
Do No Harm
Dr. Vanessa Young
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Jane
Ruth & Boaz
Naomi
tick, tick... BOOM!
"Sunday" Legend #12
Just Wright
Ella McKnight
Black Box
Lillian
A Fall from Grace
Sarah
Tour de Pharmacy
Victoria Young
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self - Actress
Diarra from Detroit
Vonda
The Earth Day Special
Clair Huxtable
Frankie & Alice
Edna
For Colored Girls
Gilda
Our Son
Maya
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
The Babysitter's Seduction
Kate Jacobs
Polly
Aunt Polly
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Cassandra Hawkins
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Grandmother Journey
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Disneyland Cleaning Lady
The Visit
Dr. Coles
Jailbirds
Janice Grant
Emily & Tim
Emily (Segment 5)
Good Deeds
Wilimena Deeds
The Possession of Michael D.
Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)
Hallelujah
Mayor Turner
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Free of Eden
Desiree
David's Mother
Gladys Johnson
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage)
Between the World and Me
Self
Polly: Comin' Home!
Aunt Polly
Change of Plans
Dorothy
We're Fighting Back
Steel Magnolias
Clairee
Gods Behaving Badly
Demeter
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Ma Ponk
The Old Settler
Elizabeth Barney
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
The Broad Coalition
Heaven Down Here
Nancy
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Anna Campbell
Coretta Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
False Witness
Lynne Jacobi
Dinosaur - Preshow
Dr Helen Marsh
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self - Host
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
Self
Charlie's Place
Narrator (voice)
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter