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| | Phylicia Rashad Biography at Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24) |
 | | Rashad additionally served as understudy to the show’s two main stars, Stephanie Mills and Dee Dee Bridgewater as Dorothy and Glinda the Good Witch, respectively. |
 | | In 1984, Rashad won her breakthrough role when comedian Bill Cosby tapped her to play his fictional wife, Clair Huxtable, on “The Cosby Show.” Loosely based on Cosby’s own real-life family, the “The Cosby Show” introduced many American audiences to a new television archetype – that of the happy, healthy, non-dysfunctional African-American family. |
 | | In 2007, Rashad reprised her award-winning role in the ABC film adaptation of “A Raisin the Sun.” Scheduled for release in spring of 2008, the made-for-TV event reunited the beloved actress with most of her fellow Broadway castmates including Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, and even Sean Combs. |
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