Phylicia Rashad
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Born | Phylicia Ayers-Allen June 19, 1948 |
Alma mater | Howard University(BFA) |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1972–present |
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Children | 2, includingCondola Rashad |
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Phylicia Rashad(/fɪˈliːʃərəˈʃɑːd/fih-li-shə rə-shahd) (néeAyers-Allen;born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts atHoward Universitybefore her three year contract ended in May 2024.[1]She is best known for her role asClair Huxtableon the sitcomThe Cosby Show(1984–1992) which earned her twoPrimetime Emmy Awardnominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas onCosby(1996–2000).
In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win theTony Award for Best Actress in a Play,which she won for her role in the revival ofA Raisin in the Sun.[2][3]In 2022, Rashad won her second Tony Award forBest Featured Actress in a Playfor her performance inDominique Morisseau'sSkeleton Crew.[4]Her otherBroadwaycredits includeInto the Woods(1988),Jelly's Last Jam(1993),Gem of the Ocean(2004), andCat on a Hot Tin Roof(2008). Rashad won aNAACP Image Awardwhen she reprised herA Raisin in the Sunrole in the 2008 television adaptation.
She has appeared in the filmsFor Colored Girls(2010),Good Deeds(2012),Creed(2015),Creed II(2018),Creed III(2023), andThe Beekeeper(2024). She also voiced Brenda Glover on theNick Jr.animated children's educational television seriesLittle Bill(1999–2004). In the 21st century, she has directed revivals of three plays by August Wilson, in major theaters in Seattle,Princeton, New Jersey;and Los Angeles.
Early life and education
[edit]Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas.[5]Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is aPulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen, was anorthodontist.[6][7]Her siblings are brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen Jr.), ajazz-musician; sisterDebbie Allen,an actress,choreographer,and director; and brother Hugh Allen, now a real estate banker in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their parents divorced when Phylicia was six.[8]Seven years later, her mother moved with the two sisters toMexico City,Mexico, to avoid segregation in the United States.[8]Ayers-Allen later studied atHoward University,graduatingmagna cum laudein 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While there, she was initiated into the Alpha Chapter ofAlpha Kappa Alphasorority.[9]
Career
[edit]1971–1983: Early work and Broadway debut
[edit]Ayers-Allen first became known for her roles stage making herBroadwaydebut in theMelvin Van PeeblesmusicalAin't Supposed to Die a Natural Death(1971). Throughout the decade she returned to Broadway in a string of productions playingDeena JonesinDreamgirls(she also wasSheryl Lee Ralph's understudy until leaving the show in 1982, after being passed over as Ralph's full-time replacement).[10]She played aMunchkininThe Wizfor three and a half years.[11]In 1978, she released the albumJosephine Superstar,adiscoconcept albumtelling the life story ofJosephine Baker.[12]The album was mainly written and produced byJacques MoraliandVictor Willis,Rashad's second husband and the original lead singer and lyricist of theVillage People.She met Willis while they were both cast inThe Wiz.
1982–2003:The Cosby Showand other roles
[edit]Other Broadway credits includeAugust: Osage County,[13]Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,Gem of the Ocean,Raisin in the Sun(2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play/Drama Desk Award),Blue,Jelly's Last Jam,Into the Woods,andAin't Supposed to Die a Natural Death.Off-Broadwaycredits include Lincoln Center's productions ofCymbelineandBernarda Alba;Helen,The StoryandEverybody's Rubyat thePublic Theater;The Negro Ensemble Companyproductions ofPuppet Play,Zooman and the Sign,Sons and Fathers of Sons,In an Upstate Motel,Weep Not For Me,andThe Great Mac Daddy;Lincoln Center's production of Ed Bullins'The Duplex;andThe Sirensat theManhattan Theatre Club.In regional theatre, she performed asEuripides'Medeaand inBlues for an Alabama Skyat theAlliance TheatreinAtlanta,Georgia. Other regional theatres at which she has performed are theArena StageinWashington, D.C.,and theHuntington TheatreinBoston.
Rashad joined the cast of theABCsoap operaOne Life to Liveto play publicistCourtney Wrightin 1983. She is best known for the role ofattorneyClair Huxtableon theNBCsitcomThe Cosby Show.The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starredBill CosbyasobstetricianHeathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable,and focused on their life with their five children. For her role, she earned twoPrimetime Emmy Awardnominations in 1985 and 1986. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted theNBCtelecast of theMacy's Thanksgiving Day ParadewithPat SajakandBert Convy.When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS'sCosby,he called Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. Thepilot episodehad been shot withTelma Hopkins,but Cosby fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad.[14]The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2000.[15]That year, Cosby also asked Rashad to work on hisanimated television seriesLittle Bill,in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004.
In 1993, Rashad was the first narrator atDisney's Candlelight Processionalwhen the event was moved toEpcot.Her narration of the nativity story was recorded and released byWalt Disney Records.[16]She also played a role in the pre-show of theDinosaurride atWalt Disney World'sAnimal Kingdomtheme park as Dr. Helen Marsh, the head of the Dino Institute.[17]
2004–2018: Theatre roles and acclaim
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In the early 21st century, Rashad was the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play)Tony Award,for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the playA Raisin in the SunbyLorraine Hansberry.Rashad also won the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play forA Raisin in the Sun,tying (split award that year) withViola Davisfor the playIntimate Apparel.Rashad was nominated again for a Tony the following year, for her performance inGem of the Ocean.In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with theSeattle Repertory Theatre's production ofAugust Wilson'sGem of the Ocean.[18]In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production ofTennessee Williams'sPulitzer Prize-winning dramaCat on a Hot Tin Roof,directed by her sisterDebbie Allen.She appeared alongside stage veteransJames Earl Jones(Big Daddy) andAnika Noni Rose(Maggie), as well as film actorTerrence Howard,who made his Broadway debut as Brick.
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Rashad played "Kill Moves" ' wealthy mother on theChris RockcreatedsitcomEverybody Hates Chrison December 9, 2007. In 2007 she appeared asWinnie Gusterin thePsychepisode "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy". She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode "Christmas Joy".[19]In February 2008, Rashad portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation ofA Raisin in the Sun,directed by Kenny Leon. It starred core members of the cast of the 2004 Broadway revival at theRoyale Theatreof Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, includingAudra McDonaldas Ruth Younger, andSean Combsas Walter Lee Younger. The television film adaption debuted at the 2008Sundance Film Festivaland was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008.[20]According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[21]
In 2009, she appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch ofTracy Letts's award-winning playAugust: Osage County,at theMusic Box Theatre.Rashad returned to directing August Wilson's work in early 2014, when she led a revival of Wilson'sFences,at theMcCarter TheatreinPrinceton, New Jersey.It received generally positive reviews. She continued to focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production ofMa Rainey's Black Bottom,which she directed at theMark Taper Forumin Los Angeles in late 2016.[22]From March 17 to May 1, 2016, Rashad played the lead role of Shelah inTarell Alvin McCraney's playHead of PassesatThe Public Theater.Her performance was positively reviewed.[23]In November 2010, Rashad featured as Gilda in the ensemble cast in theTyler PerryfilmFor Colored Girls,based on the playFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is EnufbyNtozake Shange.Rashad said about this work in an interview withVibe Movies & TVin 2010: "I saw the original Broadway play. I thought it was amazing how such a story that wasn't pretty was poetry. Usually poetry is about lofty things and this was the poetry of speech and the movement of everyday people. I found a little bit of it off-putting to tell you the truth, because it was so angry when I saw it. And I thinkTyler Perryhas added an element here that wasn't in the original stage production, and that is the necessity for taking responsibility for one's own self otherwise you are just living to die. That is where he wrote the line [in the film], 'You gotta take some responsibility in this. Otherwise you are just living to die.' "[24]
In 2012, she starred in anotherTyler Perryfilm,Good Deeds.[25]Also in 2012, Rashad played Clairee Belcher in theremakeofSteel Magnolias(the role originated byOlympia Dukakis). This version has an allAfrican AmericanA-list cast, includingQueen Latifahas M'Lynn,Jill Scottas Truvy,Condola Rashādas Shelby,Adepero Oduyeas Annelle, andAlfre Woodardas Ouiser.[26]In 2015, she playedMary Anne Creedin the sports filmCreed(2015),[27]and again in the sequelsCreed II(2018) andCreed III(2023). In 2016, Rashad was cast as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois in the third season of theLee Daniels-producedEmpiretelevision seriesonFox.[28]In 2017, Rashad portrayed BishopYvette A. Flunder,pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, Calif., as part of theDustin Lance Blackmini-seriesWhen We Rise.Her appearance in the show highlighted the reputed compassion of the church, the commitment of its leadership, and the loving home the church provides to minister in the tough, primarily African-American community in San Francisco.[29]
2019–present
[edit]From 2019 to 2021 she portrayed Carol Clarke in theNBCdrama seriesThis is Usearning threePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Seriesnominations.[30]In 2020, Rashad provided the voice of Libba Gardner, Joe Gardner's mother, in thePixaranimated filmSoulwhich earned theAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature.[31]That same year she had a supporting role in the family Christmas filmJingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneystarringForest WhitakerandKeegan-Michael Key.[32]The following year she had a cameo role in theLin-Manuel Mirandadirected musical dramaTick, Tick...Boom!(2021).[33]She had recurring roles on theNetflixdrama series13 Reasons Why(2020)[34]and theCBS/Paramount+legal seriesThe Good Fight(2022).[35]She returned to Broadway in theDominique MorisseauplaySkeleton Crew(2022) for which she earned aTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[36]In 2024, she appeared in the action filmThe Beekeeper.[37]
Academia and legacy
[edit]She was dubbed "The Mother of the Black Community" at the 2010NAACP Image Awards.[38]In May 2021, Rashad was appointed as dean of Howard University'sChadwick A. BosemanCollege of Fine Arts.[39]In August 2023, Howard University announced Rashad is stepping down as dean at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.[40]
Personal life
[edit]Marriages and family
[edit]Rashad'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. Rashad marriedVictor Willis(original lead singer of theVillage People) in 1978; they had met during the run ofThe Wiz.They divorced in 1982.
She married a third time, toAhmad Rashadon December 14, 1985. He was a formerNFLwide receiverand sportscaster. It was a third marriage for each of them, and she took his last name. He proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televisedThanksgiving Dayfootballgame between theNew York Jetsand theDetroit Lionson November 28, 1985.[41][42]Their daughter,Condola Phylea Rashād,[43]was born on December 11, 1986, in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001, and she has retained the surname Rashad.[44]
Friendship with Bill Cosby
[edit]In June 2021, her comments supporting the release of former co-starBill Cosbyfrom prison were criticized.[45]Some called for Howard University to revoke her appointment, and Howard University stated that "Personal positions of University leadership do not reflect Howard University's policies."[46]Rashad later apologized in an email to Howard University students and their parents.[47]Rashad faced widespread criticism after she posted the following tweet in support ofBill Cosbyafter he was released from jail on a technicality: "FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!" This support was characterized as rape apologism.[48]
Rashad is avegetarian.[49]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | The Broad Coalition | - | Credited as Phylicia Ayers-Allen |
1983 | The Wiz | MunchkinField/Mouse | Video |
1995 | Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored | Ma Ponk | |
1999 | Loving Jezebel | Alice Melville | |
2000 | The Visit | Dr. Coles | |
2001 | Little Bill: Big Little Bill | Brenda Glover (voice) | Video |
2010 | Just Wright | Ella McKnight | |
Frankie & Alice | Edna | ||
For Colored Girls | Gilda | ||
2012 | Good Deeds | Wililemma | |
2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Demeter | |
2015 | Emily & Tim | Emily Hanratty | |
Creed | Mary Anne Creed | ||
2018 | Creed II | Mary Anne Creed | |
2020 | A Fall from Grace | Sarah Miller/Betty Mills | |
Black Box | Dr. Lilian Brooks | ||
Soul | Libba Gardner (voice) | ||
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Grandmother Journey Jangle | ||
2021 | The Disaster Dreams | Brianna's Mom (voice) | Short |
Tick, Tick... Boom! | 'Sunday' Legend #12 | [50] | |
2023 | Creed III | Mary Anne Creed | |
Our Son | Maya | ||
2024 | The Beekeeper | Eloise Parker |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Delvecchio | Ventita Ray | Episode: "Wax Job" |
1978 | Watch Your Mouth | - | Episode: "First Days - Part 1 & 2" |
1981 | We're Fighting Back | - | TV movie |
1984 | One Life to Live | Courtney Wright | Regular cast |
1984–92 | The Cosby Show | Clair Hanks Huxtable | Main cast |
1985 | Santa Barbara | Felicia Dalton | Regular cast |
The Love Boat | Lonette Becker | Episode: "A Day in Port" | |
1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza | TV movie |
1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Disneyland Cleaning Lady | TV movie |
1988–90 | A Different World | Clair Huxtable | Guest (season 1-2), recurring cast (season 3) |
1989 | False Witness | Lynne Jacobi | TV movie |
Polly | Aunt Polly | TV movie | |
1990 | Reading Rainbow | Herself | Episode: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jane Goodfellow (voice) | Episode: "What's Michelangelo Good For?" | |
Polly: Comin' Home! | Aunt Polly | TV movie | |
1991 | The Earth Day Special | Clair Huxtable | TV special |
Blossom | Blossom's Dream Mom | Episode: "Blossom's Blossom" | |
Jailbirds | Janice Grant | TV movie | |
1993 | American Playhouse | Mayor Turner | Episode: "Hallelujah" |
1994 | Ghostwriter | Herself | Episode: "A Crime of Two Cities" |
The Cosby Mysteries | Hadley Roebuck | Episode: "Expert Witness" | |
Touched by an Angel | Elizabeth Jessup | Episode: "Tough Love" | |
David's Mother | Gladys Johnson | TV movie | |
1995 | The Possession of Michael D | Dr. Marion Hale | TV movie |
In the House | Rowena | Episode: "Sister Act" | |
1996 | The Babysitter's Seduction | Detective Kate Jacobs | TV movie |
1996–2000 | Cosby | Ruth Lucas | Main cast |
1998 | Free of Eden | Desiree | TV movie |
1998–2000 | Intimate Portrait | Herself | Recurring guest |
1999–2004 | Little Bill | Brenda Glover (voice) | Main cast |
2000 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Lady Fulten (voice) | Episode: "The Princess and the Pauper" |
Bull | Mrs. Granville | Episode: "What the Past Will Bring" | |
2001 | Biography | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over" |
The Old Settler | Elizabeth | TV movie | |
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Cassandra Hawkins | TV movie | |
2002 | Touched by an Angel | Elizabeth Jessup | Episode: "The Last Chapter" |
2007 | Everybody Hates Chris | Kathleen Devereaux | Episode: "Everybody Hates Kwanzaa" |
2007–14 | Psych | Winnie Guster | Guest cast (season 2-3 & 8) |
2008 | The Life & Times of Tim | The Boss's Wife (voice) | Episode: "Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted" |
A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | TV movie | |
2011 | Change of Plans | Dorothy | TV movie |
2012 | Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher | TV movie |
2012–13 | The Cleveland Show | Dee Dee Tubbs (voice) | Guest (season 3), recurring cast (season 4) |
2013 | Do No Harm | Dr. Vanessa Young | Main cast |
2014 | Sofia the First | Glacia the Ice Witch (voice) | Episode: "Winter's Gift" |
2016–17 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Jane | Main cast |
2016–18 | Empire | Diana DuBois | Recurring cast (season 3-5) |
2017 | When We Rise | Yvette Flunder | Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII" |
Tour de Pharmacy | Victoria Young | TV movie | |
2019 | The Rocketeer | May Songbird (voice) | Episode: "Songbird Soars Again" |
2019–21 | This Is Us | Carol Clarke | Guest (season 3-4), recurring cast (season 5) |
David Makes Man | Dr. Woods-Trap | Main cast (season 1), guest (season 2) | |
2020 | Station 19 | Pilar | Episode: "Ice Ice Baby" |
13 Reasons Why | Pastor | Recurring cast (season 4) | |
2021 | Grey's Anatomy | Nell Timms | Episode: "Sign O' the Times" |
2022 | The Good Fight | Renetta Clark | Recurring cast (season 6) |
Little America | Margaret Jean the Queen | Episode: "Mr. Song" | |
2023 | The Crossover | Barbara | Episode: "Huddle Up" |
Curses! | Georgia Snitker (voice) | Recurring cast | |
2024 | Diarra from Detroit | Vonda | Main cast |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1971 | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Performer | Ethel Barrymore Theatre,Broadway | [51] |
1975 | The Wiz | Field Mouse / Munchkin | Majestic Theatre,Broadway | [52] |
1981 | Dreamgirls | Ensemble | Imperial Theatre,Broadway | [53] |
1988 | Into the Woods | The Witch(Replacement) | Martin Beck Theatre,Broadway | [54] |
1992 | Jelly's Last Jam | Anita(Replacement) | Virginia Theatre, Broadway | [55] |
2004 | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | Royale Theatre,Broadway | [56] |
2004 | Gem of the Ocean | Aunt Esther | Walter Kerr Theatre,Broadway | [57] |
2005 | A Wonderful Life | Miss Bailey | Shubert Theatre,Broadway | [58] |
2007 | Cymbeline | Queen | Vivian Beaumont Theatre,Broadway | [59] |
2008 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama | Broadhurst Theatre,Broadway | [60] |
2009 | August: Osage County | Violet Weston(Replacement) | Imperial Theatre,Broadway | [61] |
2022 | Skeleton Crew | Faye | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre,Broadway | [62] |
2023 | Purlie Victorious | Producer only | Music Box Theatre,Broadway | [63] |
Awards and honors
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- 2003: Honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard Black Men's Forum
- 2005: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree fromBrown University[67]
- 2011: received an honorary doctorate degree fromSpelman Collegefor her work in the Arts[68]
- 2011: named the firstDenzel WashingtonChair professor in Theatre atFordham University,supported by a $2 million gift from the actor[69]
- 2019: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from TheUniversity of South Carolinafor her work in the Arts and Arts Education[70]
Notes
[edit]- ^Shared withAngela LansburyforMurder She Wrote.
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