About Phylicia Rashad
An American actress, singer, Phylicia Rashad is well known for her role on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984-1992) as Clair Huxtable. She appeared in For Colored Girls in 2010, Steel Magnolias in 2012, and Creed in 2015. She made her TV debut in a 1976 episode of the series Delvecchio titled "Wax Job." Rashad is also a stage director too. Previously, she graduated from Howard University and would eventually return to teach there. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was initiated into the Alpha Chapter during her tenure at Howard University. Additionally, she has won several awards in her careers such as NAACP Image Awards, People's Choice Awards, Drama Desk Awards, Black Reel Awards, and many others. She became the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2004, which she won for her role in the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun". She has also starred in the films and series like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Frankie and Alice, A Fall from Grace, For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), and Creed II (2018). Recently, she has seen in the release of the trailer for "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey", streaming on Netflix November 13.
Famous For
- Being an American actress, singer, and stage director.
- For her role on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984-1992) as Clair Huxtable.
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Early Life of Phylicia Rashad
On 19th June 1948, Phylicia Rashad took birth in Houston, Texas, U.S. to her parents' mother, Vivian Ayers, and father, Andrew Arthur Allen. Though her father has passed away in 1984. She belongs to American nationality whereas she is of African-American ethnicity. Analogously, she is from Christianity religion. Gemini is her star sign and black is her race. She celebrates her birthday on the 19th June of every year and she had celebrated her 72nd birthday as of 2020. Her mother is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher though her father was an orthodontist. Her siblings are jazz-musician brother Tex, sister Debbie Allen, an actress, choreographer, and director, and brother Hugh Allen. She studied at Howard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Career of Phylicia Rashad
- Phylicia Rashad commenced her singing career from stage work of Broadway musical, "Dreamgirls" and by playing a Munchkin in "The Wiz" for three and a half years.
- After then, she launched her album "Josephine Superstar" in 1978 and performed as Euripides' Medea and in "Blues for an Alabama Sky".
- As well, she became the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) Tony Award which she won for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the play "A Raisin in the Sun".
- Furthermore, she made her directorial debut with the Seattle Repertory Theatre's production of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" in 2007 as well as directed a revival of "Fences" in the early of 2014.
- After that, she directed "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in late 2016.
- She has also appeared in drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" which was directed by her sister Debbie Allen in 2008.
- She was also seen in drug-addicted matriarch of Tracy Letts' award-winning play "August: Osage County" as Violet Weston in 2009 at the Music Box Theatre.
- Similarly, she starred in Tarell Alvin McCraney's play "Head of Passes" at The Public Theater as the lead role of Shelah from 17th March to 1st May 2016.
- Additionally, in 1993 she joined the cast of the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live" and was well known for the role of attorney Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show".
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- Cosby asked Rashad to work on his animated television series "Little Bill", in which she voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004.
- On 9th December 2007, she starred on "Everybody Hates Chris" as well as appeared in the Psych episode "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" as Winnie Guster in the following year and returned to the role in 2008, in the episode "Christmas Joy".
- After that, she portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation of "A Raisin in the Sun" in February 2008 though the television film adaption debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on 25th February 2008.
- She was also featured in the ensemble cast in the Tyler Perry film "For Colored Girls" as the role of Gilda in November 2010 and again she appeared in another Tyler Perry movie "Good Deeds" in 2012 as well as played Clairee Belcher in the remake of "Steel Magnolias " in the following year.
- She was cast also "Empire" television series on Fox in 2016 as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois.
- Likewise, she portrayed Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, CA, as part of the Dustin Lance Black in the mini-series "When We Rise" in 2017.
- She was also seen in the sports drama, "Creed" in 2015 and "Creed II" in 2018.
- In addition, as a piece of recent news, she has been seen in the release of the trailer for "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey", streaming on Netflix November 13.
Awards and Achievements of Phylicia Rashad
- NAACP Image Awards
- People's Choice Awards
- Drama Desk Awards
- Black Reel Awards
- The BET Honors
Personal Life of Phylicia Rashad
Reflecting on Phylicia Rashad's personal life, she is a married woman. Talking about her sexual orientation, she is straight. Rashad tied a knot to dentist William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. in 1972 and the couple has also a son, William Lancelot Bowles III. But their relationship ended in 1975. Then, she married Victor Willis (original lead singer of the Village People, whom she met during the run of The Wiz) in 1978, but the couple divorced in 1982. After her divorce, she married former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashād on 14th December 1985 which was her third marriage. The couple has also a daughter, Condola Phylea Rashād who was born on 11th December 1986 in New York where the couple divorced in early 2001. And recently she is living a single life.
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Net Worth of Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad is among those few individuals who have such a wide range of experience and remains true to whatever she embarks on to. She has reached great heights in her career already. Moving towards her net worth, her worth is around $55 million dollars as of 2020 whereas she also earns a handsome amount of salary too, which is also around millions of dollars per year. She is sincere in her work. But, she is doing all the hard works in order to build a secure financial status for herself and her family. Her main source of income is from acting, singing, and directing career though she is happy and satisfied with her profession. She has a long road ahead of her and she definitely holds all the potential to make it big in the industry.
Body Measurement of Phylicia Rashad
The very graceful Phylicia Rashad has a great personality. She's got a standard height of 1.65 m or 165 cm and a convincing appearance. She had the perfect body combined with good looks. She could carry off any look with great simplicity. Her sensible thoughts with a good sense of humor greatly attract her spectators to their TV screen. Though her body weight is around 59 kg or 130.07 pounds whereas her body build type is average. Her usual exercise schedule has guided her to be in a marvelous body posture with appropriate body measurement. She wears her outfits accordingly. Furthermore, regarding her eyes and hair color, they are black.
