Biography
Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son and the mother of Cliff Huxtable, Anna Huxtable on The Cosby Show. and Mrs. Brooks in Five on the Black Hand Side (1973). Born in Buckingham County, Virginia but raised in Harlem, New York, Taylor was best known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Anna Huxtable, mother to Bill Cosby's character Cliff Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for the role. She was also a regular on The Doctors in 1968 playing Hope Stark, Nurse as nurse Baily, recurred on Sesame Street over a thirteen year period as David's grandmother Grace, and appeared as Grady's cousin Emma on Sanford and Son.Taylor started working in the theatre—with the American Negro Theatre—at a time when there were few opportunities for African-American actors and comedians. To support herself she followed in the footsteps of her father, Leon B. Taylor, Sr., and went to work for the U.S. Post Office. In the 1960s she got her big break that enabled her to act full-time. Taylor was one of the founding members of the Negro Ensemble Company, headquartered in New York's East Village on St. Mark's Place.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 13
TV Shows 7
self 1
The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002)
Smoke (1995)
Due South (1994)
Sommersby (1993)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Lady Blue (1985)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Purlie (1981)
Beulah Land (1980)
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six (1980)
Wedding Band (1974)
Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
Sanford and Son (1972)
Such Good Friends (1971)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
Change of Mind (1969)
Ironside (1967)
The New Girl (1960)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1917-09-20
Deathday2011-05-30 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceBuckingham County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsClarise Taylor
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