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Clarice Taylor is a Actor American born on 20 september 1917 at Buckingham County (USA)

Clarice Taylor

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Nationality USA
Birth 20 september 1917 at Buckingham County (USA)
Death 30 may 2011 (at 93 years) at Englewood (USA)

Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress.

Biography

Born in Buckingham County, Virginia but raised in Harlem, New York, Taylor was best known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's (Bill Cosby) mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for the role. She was also a regular on Nurse, played Harriet on Sesame Street, and appeared as Grady's cousin Emma on Sanford and Son.

Taylor started working in the theatre—with the American Negro Theatre—at a time when there were few opportunities for African-American actors and comedians. To support herself she followed in the footsteps of her father, Leon B. Taylor, Sr., and went to work for the U.S. Post Office. In the 1960s she got her big break that enabled her to act full-time. Taylor was one of the founding members of the Negro Ensemble Company, headquartered in New York's East Village on St. Mark's Place.

Usually with

Paul Auster
Paul Auster
(1 films)
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher
(1 films)
James Coco
James Coco
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Clarice Taylor (8 films)

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Actress

Smoke
Smoke (1995)
, 1h52
Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Forest Whitaker, José Zúñiga
Roles Grandma Ethel
Rating73% 3.6984753.6984753.6984753.6984753.698475
The film follows the lives of multiple characters, all of whom are connected by their patronage of a small Brooklyn tobacco shop managed by Auggie (Harvey Keitel). Brooklyn Cigar Co. was located on the corner of 16th Street and Prospect Park West.
Sommersby
Sommersby (1993)
, 1h54
Directed by Jon Amiel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Escroquerie
Actors Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, William Windom, R. Lee Ermey
Roles Esther
Rating62% 3.1009053.1009053.1009053.1009053.100905
John "Jack" Sommersby (Gere) left his farm to fight in the American Civil War and is presumed dead after six years. Despite the hardship of working their farm, his apparent widow Laurel (Foster) is quite content in his absence, because Jack was an unpleasant and abusive husband. She even makes remarriage plans with one of her neighbors, Orin Meacham (Pullman), who despite his own hardships (such as a wooden foot, which he wears to replace one that was lost in the war) has been helping her and her young son with the farmwork.
Nothing Lasts Forever, 1h22
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Zach Galligan, Lauren Tom, Sam Jaffe, Bill Murray, Imogene Coca, Dan Aykroyd
Roles Lu
Rating62% 3.1007953.1007953.1007953.1007953.100795
The film opens to Adam Beckett (Zach Galligan) reluctantly performing as a purported pianist to an audience in New York City. When Beckett gives away that he is using a player piano, the outraged crowd storms the stage and wraps Beckett with the piano rolls. After fleeing to Europe, Adam is accosted on a train by Swedish architect, to whom he explains his stymied dreams of becoming an artist. After encouragement from the architect, Adam resolves to return to America. Upon returning, he discovers that the Port Authority has taken control of New York and is restricting entry into the city.
Five on the Black Hand Side, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Godfrey Cambridge, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, D'Urville Martin
Roles Mrs. Brooks
Rating63% 3.19633.19633.19633.19633.1963
During the weekend of her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Gladys Ann Brooks, a meek wife (played by Clarice Taylor) and her three children; Gideon Brooks (Glynn Turman), Booker T. Washington-Brooks (D'Urville Martin), and Gail Brooks (Bonnie Banfield) finally decides to stand up to their overbearing husband and father Mr. John Henry Brooks Jr. (Leonard Jackson) who displays retrogressive behavior.
Such Good Friends, 1h41
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Nina Foch, Laurence Luckinbill
Roles Mrs. McKay
Rating59% 2.9974152.9974152.9974152.9974152.997415
Manhattanite Julie Messinger, a complacent housewife and mother of two raucous young sons, is married to Richard, a chauvinistic and self-centered magazine art director and author of a best-selling children's book. When he falls into a coma during minor surgery to remove a nonmalignant mole on his neck, Julie learns from his doctor, Dr. Timmy Spector, that another surgeon nicked his artery, necessitating a blood transfusion to which he had a rare allergic reaction. The following day, Julie is told Richard has overcome the reaction, but his liver has sustained serious damage requiring immediate treatment. In quick succession, all his organs begin to fail.
Play Misty for Me, 1h42
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Radio, Jazz films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Clarice Taylor
Roles Birdie
Rating68% 3.4474153.4474153.4474153.4474153.447415
Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) is a KRML radio jockey who broadcasts nightly from a studio in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, often incorporating poetry into his program. He lives a rather freewheeling bachelor lifestyle. At his favorite bar, seemingly by coincidence, he encounters a woman named Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter). Dave drives Evelyn home, where she reveals that their meeting was not coincidental; she deliberately sought him out after hearing the bar mentioned on his radio show. He guesses correctly that she is a recurring caller who always requests the jazz standard "Misty." The two have sex.
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, 1h53
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Liza Minnelli, Robert Moore, Ken Howard, James Coco, Kay Thompson, Fred Williamson
Roles Minnie
Rating60% 3.0477853.0477853.0477853.0477853.047785
The film stars Liza Minnelli as the title character Junie Moon, a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious battery acid attack by her boyfriend (Ben Piazza). Later in an institution, she meets a man with epilepsy (Ken Howard), and a gay paraplegic who uses a wheelchair (Robert Moore). Disabled, but not down, they live together in an older, rented house and bond, determined to prove themselves and to help each other.
Change of Mind, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about racism
Actors Raymond St. Jacques, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Janet MacLachlan, Donnelly Rhodes, David Bailey
Roles Rose Landis
Rating61% 3.0927253.0927253.0927253.0927253.092725
A married couple struggles to adjust when the husband's brain is transplanted into the skull of a black man.