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Tempestt Bledsoe (born August 1, 1973) [1] is an American actress.She is best known for her childhood role as Vanessa Huxtable, the fourth child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–92).
Vanessa Huxtable is the fourth child and third daughter of Cliff and Clair. In season one, she is eleven years old. As Vanessa grows up, she faces typical teenage problems and heartbreaks, such as wearing make-up before her 15th birthday in violation of her parents' rules and spending a lot of time talking on the phone with her friends.
The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons, including an outtakes special.
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 ...
From 1991 to 1992, he played Vanessa Huxtable's fiancé Dabnis Brickey on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, during the eighth and final season. [2] Prior to his work on The Cosby Show, Thomas portrayed Cool Charles on the critically acclaimed but short-lived 1987-1988 CBS comedy-drama Frank's Place, which starred Tim Reid and his wife Daphne ...
The set used for the pilot episode of The Cosby Show was notably different than the one used during the remainder of the series. In the first episode, the first floor has extra rooms that it does not have in the rest of the series. [9] In the pilot, Cliff and Clair Huxtable have only four children. [10]
His most-famous role came during the final season of "The Cosby Show" when he played Vanessa Huxtable's fiancé, Dabnis Brickey. Thomas died at age 73 on Nov. 14, 2020, according to an obituary ...
Her role on the show was produced from 1980 to 1987. In 1984, Potillo made her Broadway debut as Georgia Jones in Shirley Lauro 's Open Admissions . She is also known for her recurring role on The Cosby Show as Vanessa Huxtable 's friend Janet Meiser from 1985 to 1990.