ACTOR

Phylicia Rashad

1948 - Today

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Phylicia Rashad ( fih-LEE-shə rə-SHAHD) (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phylicia Rashad has received more than 8,782,281 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Phylicia Rashad is the 2,794th most popular actor (up from 3,139th in 2019), the 4,327th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,899th in 2019) and the 1,259th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Phylicia Rashad ranks 2,794 out of 13,578. Before her are Tsuru Aoki, Frank Morgan, Joanna Shimkus, Amedeo Nazzari, Chieko Baisho, and Sven Wollter. After her are Lara Flynn Boyle, Eva Gabor, Charles Bickford, John Shrapnel, Movita Castaneda, and Dyan Cannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Phylicia Rashad ranks 287. Before her are Ludwig Scotty, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tomáš Halík, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Enrique Vila-Matas, and Sergey Lebedev. After her are Ray Clemence, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Luciano Re Cecconi, Bud Cort, Wolfgang Haas, and Sergei Bodrov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phylicia Rashad ranks 4,327 out of 20,380. Before her are Schuyler Colfax (1823), Pitbull (1981), Little Walter (1930), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), and Steven Holl (1947). After her are Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Spencer Johnson (1938), Mike Bongiorno (1924), Childe Hassam (1859), Charles Bickford (1891), and John Stagliano (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Phylicia Rashad ranks 1,259. Before her are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lynn Cohen (1933), Tyne Daly (1946), Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), and Frank Morgan (1890). After her are Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Charles Bickford (1891), Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), Margo Martindale (1951), and Tim Matheson (1947).

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