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Phylicia Rashad and her sister played legendary motherly roles on "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World" respectively for decades. But in real life, it was their own mother, Dr. Vivian Ayers, who has been a major support to them, often photographed with the ladies at awards shows and premieres.
A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College.
Feb 25, 2024 · Here’s everything to know about Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad’s parents, Vivian and Andrew Allen. They share four kids Phylicia Rashad and her brother Hugh Allen attend "The BET Honors ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad 's mom Vivian Ayers Allen is 100. The mother of Debbie, 73, and Rashad, 75, — who is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet and activist — recently turned 100 and, to...
Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen, was an orthodontist.
Aug 3, 2023 · Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet and American classicist who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems entitled Spice of Dawns (1952).
A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College.
Aug 4, 2023 · Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Vivian Ayers Allen, mom to Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, recently turned 100. On Thursday, Debbie celebrated her mother, who is also a former literary agent...
Jan 1, 2020 · A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College.
Aug 21, 2023 · The historic long-form poem “Hawk” by South Carolina native Vivian Ayers Allen will be formally published for the first time this year by Clemson University Press. The poem, which was originally self-published by Allen in 1957, is an allegory of freedom made analogous to space flight.
