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Vivian Nixon (niece) Phylicia Rashad ( / f ɪ ˈ l iː ʃ ə r ə ˈ ʃ ɑː d / fih-li-shə rə-shahd ) ( née Ayers-Allen ; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She is dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University and best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two ...
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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.
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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.
Feb 25, 2024 · Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty. Actors Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad discovered their love of the performing arts while growing up in Houston with their parents, Vivian and Andrew Allen....
Allen, the daughter, is an actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former members of President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series Fame (1982- 1987).
Apr 8, 2022 · The words of Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Vivian Ayers Allen have stood the test of time – and space. Her poem “Hawk,” an allegory of freedom made analogous to space flight, was published in 1957 just before the launch of Sputnik I , the first artificial satellite sent from Earth into orbit.
May 2, 2024 · Allen was the second of four children born to Andrew Arthur Allen, a dentist, and Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize -nominated poet. Her elder brother, Andrew Arthur (“Tex”) Allen, Jr., went on to become a jazz musician, and her sister, Debbie Allen, was a dancer, actress, and television producer and director.
