Phylicia Rashād

ActorDirector Jun 19 (age 77) Houston, Texas, USA 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Grey's Anatomy

Director

Film

Soul

Libba Gardner (voice)

Film

Creed

Mary Anne Creed

Film

Creed II

Mary Anne Creed

Film

The Beekeeper

Eloise Parker

Film

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #12

Film

Creed III

Mary-Anne Creed

Film

A Fall from Grace

Sarah

Filmography

Acting (93)

Movies (58)

Ruth & Boaz

as Naomi

The Beekeeper

as Eloise Parker

Creed III

as Mary-Anne Creed

Heaven Down Here

as Nancy

Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

Our Son

as Maya

tick, tick... BOOM!

as "Sunday" Legend #12

7.6

Show of Titles

2021

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

2021

as Self

8.2

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

2021

as Anna Campbell

Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

2021

as Narrator (voice)

Soul

2020

as Libba Gardner (voice)

8.1

A Fall from Grace

2020

as Sarah

7.0

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

2020

as Grandmother Journey

6.6

Black Box

2020

as Lillian

6.4

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

as Self - Actress

8.1

Between the World and Me

as Self

Creed II

as Mary Anne Creed

Charlie's Place

as Narrator (voice)

Tour de Pharmacy

2017

as Victoria Young

6.7

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

2017

as Self - Host

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

Creed

as Mary Anne Creed

Emily & Tim

as Emily (Segment 5)

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

as Self

Gods Behaving Badly

as Demeter

Good Deeds

as Wilimena Deeds

Steel Magnolias

as Clairee

Change of Plans

as Dorothy

Just Wright

as Ella McKnight

For Colored Girls

as Gilda

Frankie & Alice

as Edna

A Raisin in the Sun

as Lena Younger

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

2002

as Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage)

7.4

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

as Cassandra Hawkins

The Visit

as Dr. Coles

The Old Settler

as Elizabeth Barney

Free of Eden

as Desiree

Dinosaur - Preshow

as Dr Helen Marsh

The Babysitter's Seduction

1996

as Kate Jacobs

5.7

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

1996

as Ma Ponk

3.6

The Possession of Michael D.

1995

as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)

David's Mother

as Gladys Johnson

Hallelujah

as Mayor Turner

Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio

1992

as Self

Jailbirds

as Janice Grant

Polly: Comin' Home!

as Aunt Polly

The Earth Day Special

as Clair Huxtable

Polly

as Aunt Polly

False Witness

as Lynne Jacobi

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Disneyland Cleaning Lady

A Different World

as Clair Huxtable

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Eliza

We're Fighting Back

The Broad Coalition

Coretta Scott

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Television (35)

Diarra from Detroit

as Vonda

Curses!

as Georgia (voice)

Sherri

as Self - Guest

The Gilded Age

as Elizabeth Kirkland

Inside the Black Box

Little America

as Margaret Jean the Queen

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

David Makes Man

as Dr. Woods-Trap

David Makes Man

as Dr. Woods-Trap

Station 19

as Pilar

The Good Fight

as Renetta Clark

This Is Us

as Carol Clarke

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

as Jane

Empire

as Diana DuBois

Sofia the First

as Mountain Witch (voice)

Do No Harm

as Dr. Vanessa Young

Psych

as Winnifred Guster

Grey's Anatomy

as Nell Timms

Everybody Hates Chris

Bull

Little Bill

as Brenda Glover (voice)

6.8

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Cosby

as Ruth Lucas

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Lady Fulton (voice)

In the House

Touched by an Angel

as Elizabeth Jessup

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Blossom

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1987

as Jane Goodfellow (voice)

A Different World

as Clair Huxtable

The Cosby Show

as Clair Huxtable

Reading Rainbow

as Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

1948

8.0

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Director

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