What is Phylicia Rashad?
{{Infobox person | name = Phylicia Rashād | image = Phylicia Rashad 1998a (cropped).jpg | caption = Rashad in 1997 | birth_name = Phylicia Ayers-Allen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|6|19}} | birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[Howard University]] | occupation = Singer, actress, stage director | years_active = 1972–present | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage| William Lancelot Bowles Jr.|1972|1975}}|{{marriage|[[Victor Willis]]|1978|1982}}|{{marriage|[[Ahmad Rashād]]|1985|2001}}}} | children = 2, including [[Condola Rashād]] | relatives = [[Debbie Allen]] (sister) }} '''Phylicia Rashād''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ˈ|l|iː|ʃ|ə|_|r|ə|ˈ|ʃ|ɑː|d}} {{respell|fih|LI|shə|_|rə|SHAHD}}) ([[née]] '''Ayers-Allen'''; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and theatre director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1984–92), which earned her [[Emmy Award]] nominations in 1985 and 1986. In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] for her role in the revival of ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/5152387/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/rashad-makes-tony-awards-history/#.V91k4pgrKCg|work=Today.com |title=Rashad makes Tony Awards history|date=6 June 2004|access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rashad, Phylicia}} [[Category:Tony Award winning actors]] [[Category:Drama Desk Award winners]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American theatre directors]] [[Category:Actors from Houston]] [[Category:Singers from Houston]] {{US-actor-stub}}