In this article, We will discover Phylicia Rashad husband and children.
Phylicia Rashad was born in Houston, Texas to African-American parents Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist.
As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex), and younger sister, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico. She has another brother, Hugh Allen (a real-estate banker in North Carolina).
Their mother decided to live in Mexico to give the Allen children a brief experience of not having to endure the chronic racism and segregation that was typical of Texas during the 1950s.
Phylicia and Debbie are fluent in Spanish. Phylicia graduated from Howard University and later taught drama there. With younger sister Debbie Allen, she has a production company, D.A.D., which stood for Doctor Allen’s Daughters.
Her Pulitzer-nominated mother is the artistic and free spirit that has influenced and encouraged the remarkable creativity that so marks Rashad as a performer.
Phylicia Rashad is best known for playing the role of Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.
She was also the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun.
The actress has starred in other plays such as Into the Woods, Jelly’s Last Jam, Gem of the Ocean, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
As of May 2021, Phylicia Rashad is the dean of Howard University’s fine arts college.
Phylicia Rashad husband: Who is Phylicia Rashad married to?
Phylicia Rashad’s first marriage, in 1972, was to dentist William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. The marriage ended in 1975. Rashad married Victor Willis (original lead singer of the Village People) in 1978; they had met during the run of The Wiz. They divorced in 1982.
She married a third time, to Ahmad Rashad on December 14, 1985. He was a former NFL wide receiver and 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 televised Thanksgiving Day football game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28, 1985. The couple divorced in early 2001, and she has retained the surname Rashad.
Phylicia Rashad Children: How many children does she have?
Phylicia Rashad is blessed with two children; a daughter named Condola Rashad and a William Lancelot Bowles III.
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