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Phylicia Rashād is a Actor American born on 19 june 1948 at Houston (USA)

Phylicia Rashād

Phylicia Rashād
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Birth name Phylicia Ayers-Allen
Nationality USA
Birth 19 june 1948 (75 years) at Houston (USA)

Phylicia Rashad (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in 1985 and 1986.

In 2004, Rashad became the first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. She resumed the role in the 2008 television adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, which earned her the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Rashad was dubbed "The Mother" of the African-American community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards.

Biography

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 then married Victor Willis (original lead singer of the Village People, whom she met during the run of The Wiz) in 1978. Their divorce was finalized in 1982.

She married former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashād on December 14, 1985. It was a third marriage for both of them and she took his last name. They were married after he proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day football game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28, 1985. Their daughter, Condola Phyleia Rashād, was born on December 11, 1986 in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001.

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Filmography of Phylicia Rashād (18 films)

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Soul
Soul (2020)

Directed by Pete Docter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Phylicia Rashād, John Ratzenberger, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Graham Norton
Roles Libba Gardner (voice)
Rating80% 4.0017054.0017054.0017054.0017054.001705
Joe Garner est un professeur de musique de collège qui rêve depuis longtemps de jouer du jazz sur scène. La chance lui sourit après avoir impressionné d'autres musiciens de jazz lors d'une séance libre au Half Note Club. Cependant, un accident provoque la séparation de son âme et de son corps et la transporte au "You Seminar", un centre dans lequel les âmes se développent et gagnent des passions avant d'être transportées dans un enfant nouveau-né. Garner doit travailler avec d'autres âmes, telles que 22, une âme avec une vision sombre de la vie après avoir été piégée pendant des années au séminaire You, afin de retourner sur Terre.
A Fall from Grace
Directed by Tyler Perry, Jennifer Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Vincent D'Onofrio, Tim Roth, Phylicia Rashād, Nelly, Forest Whitaker, Bresha Webb
Roles Sarah

Apothecary Films provided the following plot summary: "Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light - is taking the lives of young girls. He only knows that their burned and broken bodies are washing ashore along the Mississippi River, never to return home. He wears the scars of the one time he got close. Now, he's living in the darkness himself, perhaps too deeply. His physical pain is matched only by the pain he feels each time another young girl goes missing or washes ashore. Self-medicating to both ward away and embrace this killer, he falls farther from his light. Truth be told, the closer he comes to death by his own hand, the closer he gets to solving the murders."
Creed II
Creed II (2018)
, 2h10
Directed by Steven Caple Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashād
Roles Mary Anne Creed
Rating70% 3.548313.548313.548313.548313.54831
Trois ans après le match contre le champion du monde qui l'a fait connaitre du public, Adonis Creed s'est fait un nom sous le mentorat de Rocky Balboa. Le jeune boxeur devient champion du monde dans la catégorie « poids lourds », récupérant le titre à « Stuntman » Wheeler. Adonis est sur un nuage et vit sereinement avec sa petite-amie chanteuse, Bianca. Mais tout s'assombrit à Philadelphie lorsqu'Ivan Drago, le boxeur russe qui a tué son père Apollo il y environ 30 ans, arrive sur le sol américain avec son fils Viktor, pour défier Adonis.
Frankie & Alice, 1h41
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Halle Berry, Phylicia Rashād, Chandra Wilson, Adrian Holmes, Matt Frewer
Roles Edna
Rating63% 3.1961653.1961653.1961653.1961653.196165
The film primarily takes place in Los Angeles in 1973. Frankie, a black female gogo dancer, unknowingly suffers from dissociative identity disorder, caused by a traumatic incident from her childhood (the death of a white man she was in love with, and her mother murdering her newborn when she realized the child's father was her white lover), which she has repressed. The film begins with Frankie performing at a local strip club. She is one of the best strippers at the club, and often demands the attention of wealthy Wall Street businessmen. One night the club's female employees go out for a "Girls Night". As the girls observe all the men at the bar, Frankie gets the attention of a well-known bartender. She agrees to go to his home for casual sex. Before the two can engage in any sexual activity, Frankie switches to an alter ego and cracks the man's head open with a picture frame. Word of Frankie's violent activity spreads to the strip club quickly, and Frankie is fired from the needed job. The same manic episodes occur while Frankie is at the laundromat and a wedding. During a session with the psychiatrist Frankie learns that she has two alters: Genius, a seven-year-old child; and Alice, a Southern white racist woman, whom Frankie struggles to overcome. Through regular psychiatric sessions with her doctor, she begins to recall the traumatic events that led to her split personality. She realizes that a white man with whom she was in love died in a car accident while they were on the road. In the same session, she also uncovers the memory of the birth of her child. Moments after the birth, her mother realizes that the child is half-white and takes it away to kill it, thus triggering her personality to split.
Creed
Creed (2015)
, 2h13
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashād, Graham McTavish, Scarlett Johansson
Roles Mary Anne Creed
Rating75% 3.7978553.7978553.7978553.7978553.797855
Adonis Johnson Creed grew up without knowing his father Apollo, the one-time world heavyweight champion, and struggles to channel the strength, skill and toughness he inherited from him. After a fight in prison, he receives a visit from Rocky Balboa. Rocky had been given a world title shot by Apollo when he was just a club fighter in Philadelphia (Rocky), had eventually won Apollo's title in a rematch (Rocky II), had befriended him and been coached by him, rediscovering what Apollo called his "eye of the tiger" (Rocky III) and had been in Apollo's corner when Apollo had died in the ring against Ivan Drago (Rocky IV). Rocky shows Adonis who Apollo was and shows he believes Adonis can be a great like his father. Adonis tracks down Rocky at Adrian's Restaurant - the Italian restaurant in Philadelphia that Rocky owns and operates, named after his late wife - and asks Rocky to train him, and although Rocky is reluctant to re-enter the sport of boxing, having already suffered from trauma to the brain (Rocky V) and made a one-off comeback at a very advanced age (Rocky Balboa) before re-entering retirement, Rocky agrees.
Gods Behaving Badly, 1h30
Directed by Marc Turtletaub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Sharon Stone, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Edie Falco, Oliver Platt
Roles Demeter
Rating53% 2.673082.673082.673082.673082.67308
Un jeune couple fait la rencontre de douze dieux grecs aux pouvoirs déclinants qui vivent confortablement dans un appartement de New York. Cette rencontre pourrait changer l'avenir du couple mais aussi celui de la Terre entière.
Good Deeds
Good Deeds (2012)
, 1h51
Directed by Tyler Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Thandie Newton, Brian J. White, Tyler Perry, Rebecca Romijn, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian
Roles Wilimena Deeds
Rating57% 2.8547152.8547152.8547152.8547152.854715
The film opens up with Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry), the rich entrepreneur of the family-owned Deeds Corporation, getting dressed for work. His fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union) fixes breakfast for him, obsessing over Wesley’s predictable daily routine and life. Before going to work, Wesley makes one unpredictable stop- to pick up his delinquent younger brother Walter (Brian J. White), who lost his driver’s license after a string of DUIs. Wesley informs Walter they are going to have lunch with their mother, the respectable Wilimena Deeds (Phylicia Rashad).
Steel Magnolias
Directed by Kenny Leon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashād, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye, Condola Rashād
Roles Clairee
Rating54% 2.7200152.7200152.7200152.7200152.720015
Un groupe d'amis très proches passent une grande partie de leur temps à se retrouver dans une paroisse située en Louisiane.
Change of Plans, 1h30
Directed by John Kent Harrison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Joe Flanigan, Phylicia Rashād, Kristian Bruun, Justin Kelly, Arnold Pinnock, Rebecca Northan
Roles Dorothy
Rating60% 3.005233.005233.005233.005233.00523
Un jeune couple à la vie parfaitement organisée se retrouve subitement tuteurs de 4 enfants. Leur quotidien bascule du jour au lendemain.
Just Wright, 1h40
Directed by Sanaa Hamri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Common, Paula Patton, Queen Latifah, James Pickens Jr., Phylicia Rashād, Pam Grier
Roles Ella McKnight
Rating59% 2.955222.955222.955222.955222.95522
Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist and die-hard basketball fan who is tired of being a guy's best friend. She and her god-sister, Morgan (Paula Patton), are living together; Morgan dreams of becoming an NBA trophy wife.
For Colored Girls, 2h13
Directed by Tyler Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashād, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose
Roles Gilda
Rating62% 3.1020553.1020553.1020553.1020553.102055
Each woman is represented by a color: Jo Bradmore represents red, Tangie Adrose represents orange, Yasmine represents yellow, Juanita Sims represents green, Kelly Watkins represents blue, Nyla Adrose represents purple, and Crystal Wallace represents brown. Additionally, the characters of Alice Adrose, who represents white, and Gilda, who does not represent a color, were made specifically for the film.
A Raisin in the Sun, 2h11
Directed by Kenny Leon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashād, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, John Stamos, Bill Nunn
Roles Lena Younger
Rating65% 3.295293.295293.295293.295293.29529
1959. Walter se sent à l'étroit dans l'appartement qu'il partage avec sa mère Lena, sa soeur Beneatha, sa femme Ruth et son fils Travis. Il rêve d'investir dans un magasin de spiritueux et il aimerait que sa mère, qui doit toucher 10 000 dollars de son défunt mari, lui prête un peu d'argent. Mais cette dernière préfère acheter une maison. Une fois la propriété acquise, cette famille afro-américaine découvre qu'elle n'est vraiment du goût du voisinage, qui est entièrement blanc...
The Visit
The Visit (2001)
, 1h47
Genres Drama
Actors Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams, Obba Babatundé, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Phylicia Rashād
Roles Dr. Coles
Rating62% 3.149873.149873.149873.149873.14987
Envoyé en prison pour un viol qu'il n'a peut-être pas commis, Alex revient sur sa vie et doit faire face à ses démons. A-t-il toujours bien agi avec ses proches ? Lors des fréquentes visites de sa famille, déchirée entre la défiance et l'amour qu'elle lui porte, il cherche sa rédemption...
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored, 1h55
Directed by Tim Reid
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Actors Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashād, Karen Malina White, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes, Anna Maria Horsford
Roles Ma Ponk
Rating73% 3.6843853.6843853.6843853.6843853.684385
The film takes place in Glen Allan, Mississippi, during the mid-1900s. In the early stages of the film, the audience gains more knowledge regarding Cliff’s upbringing. His biological mother was too young to take care of him and was not able to provide Cliff with financial support therefore he was raised by his extended family. Ma Pearl and Poppa begin to take care of him but after a couple of years, Ma Ponk begins to take care of Cliff and ultimately raises him, with the help of Poppa. Ma Pearl’s character is played by Paula Kelly, and Ma Ponk’s character is played by Phylicia Rashad.
David's Mother, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Kirstie Alley, Sam Waterston, Stockard Channing, Michael A. Goorjian, Chris Sarandon, Phylicia Rashād
Roles Gladys Johnson
Rating62% 3.1013853.1013853.1013853.1013853.101385
Sally Goodson has always tried to do what is best for her autistic son David, always blaming herself for the way David is. Sally lives alone with David in a New York apartment and is often visited by her sister Bea (Stockard Channing), who tries to help Sally turn her life around by getting out a little more and giving David some space, but Sally rarely lets him out of her sight. In the end, it caused her husband Philip (Chris Sarandon) to have an affair, leave her and re-marry, and her daughter Susan to go to live with him, as they were tired of watching Sally being too over-protective with David.