Phylicia RashÄ d (/fɪˈliË ÊƒÉ™ rəˈʃÉ'Ë d/ fih-LEE-shÉ™ rÉ™-SHAHD)
(née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer
and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the
NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984â€"92), which earned her Emmy Award
nominations in 1985 and 1986. She was dubbed "The Mother Of The Black
Community" at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards.Phylicia RashÄ d
(/fɪˈliË ÊƒÉ™ rəˈʃÉ'Ë d/ fih-LEE-shÉ™ rÉ™-SHAHD) (née
Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and
stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC
sitcom The Cosby Show (1984â€"92), which earned her Emmy Award
nominations in 1985 and 1986. She was dubbed "The Mother Of The Black
Community" at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards.In 2004, Rashad became the
first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play,
which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. Her
other Broadway credits include Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam
(1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). She
won a NAACP Image Award when she reprised her A Raisin in the Sun role
in the 2008 television adaptation. She has also appeared in the films
For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), Creed (2015), and Creed
II (2018).Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born in Houston, Texas. Her mother,
Vivian Ayers (born 1923), is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet,
playwright, scholar, and publisher. Phylicia's father, Andrew Arthur
Allen (1921â€"1984), was an orthodontist. Phylicia's siblings are
jazz-musician brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen, Jr., born 1945),
sister Debbie Allen (born 1950), an actress, choreographer, and
director, and brother Hugh Allen (a real estate banker in North
Carolina). While Phylicia was growing up, her family moved to Mexico,
and as a result, Rashad speaks Spanish fluently. Phylicia Rashad Top Movies & Young Movies