Actress Phylicia Rashad will end her role as Dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts following the 2023-24 school year, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick announced in a press release.
The announcement comes two years after Rashad was named dean of the College of Fine Arts. She was praised by the administration for her efforts, but she made no statement as to the reasons for her departure.
Rashad graduated from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts and has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at several other institutions, including New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, Suny Purchase, Vassar College and Fordham University.
Rashad got in hot water in 2021 when she tweeted her support for former costar Bill Cosby, whose sexual assault conviction was overturned. She received a reprimand from the school,
Rashad became a household name when she portrayed Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show,...
The announcement comes two years after Rashad was named dean of the College of Fine Arts. She was praised by the administration for her efforts, but she made no statement as to the reasons for her departure.
Rashad graduated from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts and has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at several other institutions, including New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, Suny Purchase, Vassar College and Fordham University.
Rashad got in hot water in 2021 when she tweeted her support for former costar Bill Cosby, whose sexual assault conviction was overturned. She received a reprimand from the school,
Rashad became a household name when she portrayed Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Phylicia Rashad has landed her third consecutive Emmy nom for This Is Us. The TV Academy’s recognition of the actress comes on the heels of controversy over her comments, surrounding Bill Cosby’s release from prison.
This year (as in 2019 and 2020), Rashad is nommed in the category of Drama Guest Actress. On NBC’s intergenerational family drama series, she plays Carol Clarke, the loving (albeit somewhat overbearing) mother of Susan Kelechi Watson’s Beth Pearson.
Rashad’s latest Emmy nomination brings her to a career total of six. The actress had previously been nominated in 2008 for her turn as Lena Younger in a TV movie adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play, A Raisin in the Sun. Her first two noms came in 1985 and ’86 for her lead role on The Cosby Show.
Rashad notably collaborated with disgraced actor and comedian Bill Cosby on that iconic sitcom, which ran on...
This year (as in 2019 and 2020), Rashad is nommed in the category of Drama Guest Actress. On NBC’s intergenerational family drama series, she plays Carol Clarke, the loving (albeit somewhat overbearing) mother of Susan Kelechi Watson’s Beth Pearson.
Rashad’s latest Emmy nomination brings her to a career total of six. The actress had previously been nominated in 2008 for her turn as Lena Younger in a TV movie adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play, A Raisin in the Sun. Her first two noms came in 1985 and ’86 for her lead role on The Cosby Show.
Rashad notably collaborated with disgraced actor and comedian Bill Cosby on that iconic sitcom, which ran on...
- 7/13/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
If anyone thought a now-free Bill Cosby was going to lay low for a bit after having his rape conviction and sentence suddenly overturned last week, think again. The much-accused actor once known as “America’s Dad” chose America’s Independence Day to prove them wrong.
In a somewhat confusing, scattered statement today, Cosby lashed out at Howard University’s rebuke of his former on-air spouse Phylicia Rashad after her enthusiasm at the disgraced actor’s release from prison. Going from bad to worse, Cosby also decried the bloody attempted coup at the Capitol in January as the fault of the mainstream media, and not Maga morons. It was not a good look, to put it mildly, for the 83-year-old once legally labeled “sexually violent predator.”
“Howard University you must support ones Freedom of Speech (Ms. Rashad), which is taught or suppose to be taught everyday at that renowned law school,...
In a somewhat confusing, scattered statement today, Cosby lashed out at Howard University’s rebuke of his former on-air spouse Phylicia Rashad after her enthusiasm at the disgraced actor’s release from prison. Going from bad to worse, Cosby also decried the bloody attempted coup at the Capitol in January as the fault of the mainstream media, and not Maga morons. It was not a good look, to put it mildly, for the 83-year-old once legally labeled “sexually violent predator.”
“Howard University you must support ones Freedom of Speech (Ms. Rashad), which is taught or suppose to be taught everyday at that renowned law school,...
- 7/4/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated at 3 p.m.: Amid a social media backlash that had her name and “Claire Huxtable” trending on Twitter, Phylicia Rashad took to the social media site again to clarify her previous tweet in support of former co-star Bill Cosby, whose sexual assault conviction was overturned on Wednesday.
Rashad wrote, “I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.”
I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.
— Phylicia Rashad (@PhyliciaRashad) June 30, 2021
Commenters on the post noted that Rashad’s previous tweet in...
Rashad wrote, “I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.”
I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.
— Phylicia Rashad (@PhyliciaRashad) June 30, 2021
Commenters on the post noted that Rashad’s previous tweet in...
- 6/30/2021
- by Tom Tapp and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Phylicia Rashad will return to Broadway this December in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Skeleton Crew, written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, producers announced today.
The show’s opening date also was announced: Skeleton Crew will begin previews at Mtc’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 21, with an opening night on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.
Additional casting and the creative team for Skeleton Crew will be announced at a later date.
Skeleton Crew is set in 2008 Detroit, where a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure and a tight knit family of workers hangs in the balance. As described by Mtc: With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue collar and white collar becomes blurred, and this working family must reckon with their personal loyalties, their instincts for survival and their ultimate hopes for humanity.
Rashad, best known to TV audiences for her long-running portrayal of...
The show’s opening date also was announced: Skeleton Crew will begin previews at Mtc’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 21, with an opening night on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.
Additional casting and the creative team for Skeleton Crew will be announced at a later date.
Skeleton Crew is set in 2008 Detroit, where a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure and a tight knit family of workers hangs in the balance. As described by Mtc: With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue collar and white collar becomes blurred, and this working family must reckon with their personal loyalties, their instincts for survival and their ultimate hopes for humanity.
Rashad, best known to TV audiences for her long-running portrayal of...
- 6/7/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Howard University has appointed award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad as dean of the recently reestablished College of Fine Arts.
She begins July 1 and will report to Provost Anthony K. Wutoh. An alumna of Howard University, Rashad graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in fine arts.
“It is a privilege to serve in this capacity and to work with the Howard University administration, faculty and students in reestablishing the College of Fine Arts,” said Rashad.
“It is an honor to welcome one of Howard’s acclaimed daughters back home to Alma Mater. In this full circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts. Her passion for the arts and student success makes...
She begins July 1 and will report to Provost Anthony K. Wutoh. An alumna of Howard University, Rashad graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in fine arts.
“It is a privilege to serve in this capacity and to work with the Howard University administration, faculty and students in reestablishing the College of Fine Arts,” said Rashad.
“It is an honor to welcome one of Howard’s acclaimed daughters back home to Alma Mater. In this full circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts. Her passion for the arts and student success makes...
- 5/12/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Cosby Show alumna Phylicia Rashad has teamed with Virgin River executive producers Roma Roth and Christopher E. Perry to executive produce and possibly star (schedule permitting) in a series adaptation of Emily March’s ongoing 18-part novel series Eternity Springs. Writer John E. Pogue is attached to pen the series adaptation.
Reel World Management’s Roth and Perry will executive produce with Rashad and Pogue. Rwm’s Rosana Roth will serve as co-producer. A network is not yet attached. Rwm and Rashad are preparing to take the series to market.
The storyline is still under wraps, but producers say the show will explore important and meaningful present-day issues while appealing to a diverse and multi-generational audience.
“We are excited to collaborate with Phylicia Rashad, an extraordinary, talented actor whose impressive body of work not only laid the foundation for inclusivity but opened the...
Reel World Management’s Roth and Perry will executive produce with Rashad and Pogue. Rwm’s Rosana Roth will serve as co-producer. A network is not yet attached. Rwm and Rashad are preparing to take the series to market.
The storyline is still under wraps, but producers say the show will explore important and meaningful present-day issues while appealing to a diverse and multi-generational audience.
“We are excited to collaborate with Phylicia Rashad, an extraordinary, talented actor whose impressive body of work not only laid the foundation for inclusivity but opened the...
- 2/23/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The fly on Mike Pence’s head had the Twitterverse abuzz during the vice presidential debate — so naturally, Saturday Night Live went all in during this weekend’s cold open.
In SNL‘s interpretation of events, Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden watched the debate from home and grew frustrated by Pence’s need to constantly interrupt his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. In order to “save the soul of this nation,” Biden entered the transformation chamber from the 1986 film The Fly and became an insectoid-human creature. He then teleported to the debate stage and landed directly on Pence’s head,...
In SNL‘s interpretation of events, Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden watched the debate from home and grew frustrated by Pence’s need to constantly interrupt his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. In order to “save the soul of this nation,” Biden entered the transformation chamber from the 1986 film The Fly and became an insectoid-human creature. He then teleported to the debate stage and landed directly on Pence’s head,...
- 10/11/2020
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Phylicia Rashad repeats the name of her former student like a chant. At first, there’s a sad devastation in the repetition, before it morphs into something closer to awe. Rashad then says his name one final time, but adds an additional word to underline the gravity of this loss: “Chadwick Boseman, forever.”
On August 28th, Boseman died of cancer at the age of 43. To fans around the world, he was a hero gone much too soon. To Rashad, he was the former student whom she watched grow from a...
On August 28th, Boseman died of cancer at the age of 43. To fans around the world, he was a hero gone much too soon. To Rashad, he was the former student whom she watched grow from a...
- 9/1/2020
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
Acting legend Phylicia Rashad took the stage with This Is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson at the Atx Television Festival for a conversation — but before discussing her remarkable career, the Houston native was the recipient of Atx’s “Award in Television eXcellence”. After graciously accepting the award, the actress, who can be seen in the forthcoming Own drama David Makes Man, took us on a journey of her career as Watson navigated.
Many may know Rashad from television and movies, but her theater career was just as thriving with roles in Into The Woods, Dreamgirls, August Osage County, Raisin in the Sun and others. “My understanding that my job as an actor is to really go beyond whatever is on the page,” Rashad tells Watson. She adds that her job is to find more “bring the playwright’s fruition to life.”
In 2004, she made history as the first black actress...
Many may know Rashad from television and movies, but her theater career was just as thriving with roles in Into The Woods, Dreamgirls, August Osage County, Raisin in the Sun and others. “My understanding that my job as an actor is to really go beyond whatever is on the page,” Rashad tells Watson. She adds that her job is to find more “bring the playwright’s fruition to life.”
In 2004, she made history as the first black actress...
- 6/7/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cosby Show alum Phylicia Rashad will guest star in an upcoming episode of NBC’s This is Us — and it fits her perfectly.
Rashad, who played loving mother and attorney Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, will play Carol, mother of Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) in episode No. 13, which focuses on Beth’s backstory, Deadline has confirmed.
Rashad joins a roster of previous guest stars on This is Us, including Katey Sagal, Sylvester Stallone, Jane Kaczmarek, Denis O’Hare, Sam Trammell, Seth Meyers, and Katie Couric.
Series creator Dan Fogelman executive produces along with, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Ken Olin, Charlie Gogolak and Jess Rosenthal. This Is Us is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
Two-time Emmy winner Rashad currently recurs as Diana Dubois on Fox’s Empire. She’ll also be seen in a starring role in Own’s upcoming coming-of-age drama David Makes Man.
Rashad, who played loving mother and attorney Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, will play Carol, mother of Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) in episode No. 13, which focuses on Beth’s backstory, Deadline has confirmed.
Rashad joins a roster of previous guest stars on This is Us, including Katey Sagal, Sylvester Stallone, Jane Kaczmarek, Denis O’Hare, Sam Trammell, Seth Meyers, and Katie Couric.
Series creator Dan Fogelman executive produces along with, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Ken Olin, Charlie Gogolak and Jess Rosenthal. This Is Us is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
Two-time Emmy winner Rashad currently recurs as Diana Dubois on Fox’s Empire. She’ll also be seen in a starring role in Own’s upcoming coming-of-age drama David Makes Man.
- 1/8/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ethel Ayler, a prolific character actress whose credits include “The Cosby Show,” died Nov. 18 at the age of 88.
She died in Loma Linda, California of undisclosed causes, her family announced Friday.
Ayler’s character on “The Cosby Show,” Carrie Hanks was the mother of Phylicia Rashad’s Claire Huxtable, appearing in six episodes over the course of the series. The actress, whose career spanned five decades, was also known for her roles in “Eve’s Bayou” and “To Sleep With Anger.”
Also Read: Donald Moffat, 'The Right Stuff' and 'The Thing' Actor, Dies at 87
She also appeared in the original 1980s Broadway production of “Fences” and played Addie in a 1997 revival of “The Little Foxes.” In “Eve’s Bayou” Ayler played Garn Mere, a believer in voodoo, and in “To Sleep With Anger,” she played the role of Hattie, for which received a Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female.
She died in Loma Linda, California of undisclosed causes, her family announced Friday.
Ayler’s character on “The Cosby Show,” Carrie Hanks was the mother of Phylicia Rashad’s Claire Huxtable, appearing in six episodes over the course of the series. The actress, whose career spanned five decades, was also known for her roles in “Eve’s Bayou” and “To Sleep With Anger.”
Also Read: Donald Moffat, 'The Right Stuff' and 'The Thing' Actor, Dies at 87
She also appeared in the original 1980s Broadway production of “Fences” and played Addie in a 1997 revival of “The Little Foxes.” In “Eve’s Bayou” Ayler played Garn Mere, a believer in voodoo, and in “To Sleep With Anger,” she played the role of Hattie, for which received a Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female.
- 12/22/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Former “Cosby Show” actor Geoffrey Owens responded to headlines after a photo of him working at a grocery store went viral.
Owens appeared on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, saying he “was really devastated” after a picture circulated of him bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s. Celebrities, including Terry Crews, Judd Apatow, and Pamela Adlon, quickly came to Owens’ defense on social media.
“The period of devastation was really short, because so shortly after that, my wife and I started to read these responses from literally all over the world of support,” said Owens, who wore his Trader Joe’s name tag during the segment. “So fortunately the shame part didn’t last very long.”
He added, “I feel like I’m more of a celebrity now than I’ve ever been.”
On “The Cosby Show,” Owens played Elvin Tibideaux, the son-in-law of Cliff (Bill Cosby) and Claire Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad...
Owens appeared on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, saying he “was really devastated” after a picture circulated of him bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s. Celebrities, including Terry Crews, Judd Apatow, and Pamela Adlon, quickly came to Owens’ defense on social media.
“The period of devastation was really short, because so shortly after that, my wife and I started to read these responses from literally all over the world of support,” said Owens, who wore his Trader Joe’s name tag during the segment. “So fortunately the shame part didn’t last very long.”
He added, “I feel like I’m more of a celebrity now than I’ve ever been.”
On “The Cosby Show,” Owens played Elvin Tibideaux, the son-in-law of Cliff (Bill Cosby) and Claire Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad...
- 9/4/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
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