Phylicia Rashād
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) 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 by a Leading Actress in a Play, for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun . She resumed the role in the 2008 television adaption of A Raisin in the Sun, which earned her the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Rashād was dubbed "the mother" of the African American community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phylicia Rashād, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 19, 1948 In Houston, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 62
- First Appeared:
- In the movie We're Fighting Back 1981-04-28
- Latest Project:
- Movie Ruth & Boaz 2025-09-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Ruth & Boaz | Naomi | 2025-09-25 |
| Movie | The Beekeeper | Eloise Parker | 2024-01-08 |
| Series | Diarra from Detroit | Vonda | 2024-03-21 |
| Movie | Creed III | Mary-Anne Creed | 2023-03-01 |
| Movie | Our Son | Maya | 2023-10-14 |
| Movie | Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous | Anna Campbell | 2021-04-08 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | 2021-04-17 |
| Movie | tick, tick... BOOM! | "Sunday" Legend #12 | 2021-11-11 |
| Movie | Show of Titles | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Actress | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Black Box | Lillian | 2020-10-06 |
| Movie | A Fall from Grace | Sarah | 2020-01-17 |
| Movie | Soul | Libba Gardner (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Movie | Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
| Movie | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Grandmother Journey | 2020-11-06 |
| Movie | Charlie's Place | Narrator (voice) | 2018-04-26 |
| Movie | Creed II | Mary Anne Creed | 2018-11-21 |
| Movie | Tour de Pharmacy | Victoria Young | 2017-07-08 |
| Movie | VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens | 2016-07-11 | |
| Series | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Jane | 2016-08-19 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | Self | 2015-02-20 |
| Movie | Creed | Mary Anne Creed | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 5) | 2015-08-29 |
| Series | Do No Harm | Dr. Vanessa Young | 2013-01-31 |
| Movie | Gods Behaving Badly | Demeter | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Good Deeds | Wilimena Deeds | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Steel Magnolias | Clairee | 2012-10-07 |
| Movie | Change of Plans | Dorothy | 2011-01-08 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Gilda | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | Just Wright | Ella McKnight | 2010-05-14 |
| Movie | Frankie & Alice | Edna | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | 2008-02-25 |
| Series | Psych | Mme Guster | 2006-07-07 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | The Cosby Show: A Look Back | Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage) | 2002-05-19 |
| Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
| Movie | The Visit | Dr. Coles | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | The Old Settler | Elizabeth Barney | 2001-04-25 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Cassandra Hawkins | 2001-05-02 |
| Series | Bull | 2000-08-15 | |
| Movie | Free of Eden | Desiree | 1999-02-21 |
| Series | Little Bill | Brenda Glover (voice) | 1999-11-28 |
| Movie | The Babysitter's Seduction | Kate Jacobs | 1996-01-22 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Ma Ponk | 1996-01-26 |
| Series | Cosby | Ruth Lucas | 1996-09-16 |
| Series | In the House | Unknown | 1995-04-10 |
| Movie | The Possession of Michael D. | Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist) | 1995-05-02 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | David's Mother | Gladys Johnson | 1994-04-10 |
| Movie | Hallelujah | Mayor Turner | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Jailbirds | Janice Grant | 1991-05-16 |
| Movie | The Earth Day Special | Clair Huxtable | 1990-04-22 |
| Series | Blossom | Unknown | 1990-07-05 |
| Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Aunt Polly | 1990-11-18 |
| Movie | False Witness | Lynne Jacobi | 1989-10-23 |
| Movie | Polly | Aunt Polly | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Disneyland Cleaning Lady | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza | 1987-06-14 |
| Series | A Different World | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Unknown | 1987-12-14 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Clair Huxtable | 1984-09-20 |
| Movie | We're Fighting Back | 1981-04-28 |