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Phylicia Rashād
Actress + Singer + Musician
Female
Born
Jun 19, 1948
Age
64
Hometown
Houston
Other Names
Phylicia Ayers-Allen
Phylicia Rashād 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… Read More
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Phylicia Rashād
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Condola RashadSon, Age 26
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Nbc Cancels 'Do No Harm'Huffington Post - Feb 08, 2013
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Steven Pasquale Talks Nbc's New Dark Doctor ShowHuffington Post - Jan 30, 2013
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A 'Cosby Show' ReunionHuffington Post - Jan 05, 2013
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'Do No Harm' Premiere Date And '30 Rock' Finale SetThe Huffington Post - Nov 30, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1948
Birth
Born on June 19, 1948.
TWENTIES
1970
22 Years Old
Rashād studied at Howard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1970 with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
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1972
24 Years Old
Rashād's first marriage, in 1972, was to dentist William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. They had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, who was born the following year. The marriage ended in 1975.
THIRTIES

In 1978, she released the album Josephine Superstar, a disco Concept album telling the life story of Josephine Baker.
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1983
35 Years Old
Rashād received a career boost when she joined the cast of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live in 1983.
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She married former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashād on December 14, 1985.
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FORTIES
1996
48 Years Old
When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's Cosby, he called on Rashād to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife.
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FIFTIES
2001
53 Years Old
The couple divorced in early 2001 but she kept the name Rashād.
2002
54 Years Old
That year, Cosby asked Rashād to work on his animated television series Little Bill, in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2002.
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In 2007, Rashād made her directorial debut with the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean.
LATE ADULTHOOD
She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode Christmas Joy.

2010
62 Years Old
In November 2010, Rashād starred in the Tyler Perry film For Colored Girls, based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange.
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