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Clair Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Phylicia Rashad, Clair, the wife of Cliff Huxtable and mother of their five children, is the matriarch of the show's central Huxtable family.
The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred Bill Cosby as obstetrician Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, and focused on their life with their five children. For her role, she earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986.
Pam Tucker is the daughter of Clair Huxtable's first cousin, making her and Clair first cousins once removed. [22] The daughter of a single mother, Pam comes to live with the Huxtables after her mother moved to California to take care of Pam's grandmother. [23] Upon moving in, Pam is a high school junior—younger than Vanessa, but older than Rudy.
Clockwise from top left: Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessa Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore "Theo" Huxtable, Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad as Clair Hanks Huxtable, Keshia ...
Hyman was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as George Earle Plummer according to the North Carolina Birth Index. He claimed Native American ancestry. [1] His parents, Zachariah Hyman and Maria Lilly Plummer seeking better educational opportunities, moved their family from the south [2] to Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920s, where Hyman primarily grew up. [1]
The portrayal of Clair Huxtable, the matriarch of the Huxtable family, by Phylicia Rashad sparked an international wave of working mothers on television dubbed the "Clair Huxtable effect", and Bill Cosby was nicknamed "America's Dad" for his highly celebrated portrayal of Cliff Huxtable. The colourful sweaters he wore as Cliff became a fashion ...
Clair Huxtable (The Cosby Show) Al Levine/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images. Played by: Phylicia Rashad. The iconic Clair Huxtable not only models feminism, but she ...
She said she looks up to Clair Huxtable, the TV mom from "The Cosby Show." Although she's famously known as "Mama Kelce" to football stars Travis and Jason , Donna Kelce was once a banking ...