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<p>Phylicia Rashad-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas. She was born to Vivian Elizabeth, a poet and art director, Andrew Arthur Allen Jr., a jazz musician, and an orthodontist. She came from a well-educated background, with her mother having been an alumnus of Brainerd Institute, Barber-Scotia College, and Bennett College of North Carolina. As a young child, Rashad, her older <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad">brother</a> Andrew, and her younger <a href="/biography/debbie-allen">sister</a>, <a href="/biography/debbie-allen">Debbie Allen</a>, lived in Mexico. Rashad also had another brother named Hugh Allen, who became a real estate banker in North Carolina. Rashad's mother decided to move to Mexico to give her children a chance to grow up in an environment that was not plagued with the racism and segregation prevalent in the 1950s.</p>

<p>Rashad attended college at Howard University and graduated magna cum laude in 1970 with a Bachelor's degree. At Howard University, Rashad was initiated into the Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Rashad played a role in "A Raisin in The Sun," for which she earned the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-series, or Dramatic Special. She also lent her voice to "The Mother" of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African-American</a> community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards.</p>

<h2>Stage Career</h2>

<p>Rashad began her career in theatre and became renowned for her work on the stage in a series of Broadway shows, including her role as Deena Jones in "Dreamgirls" and playing a Munchkin in "The Wiz" for three and a half years. In 1978, Rashad further showcased her vocal ability and released the album "Josephine Superstar," which tells the life story of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker">Josephine Baker</a>. The album was written and produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Morali">Jacques Morali</a> and Rashad's second <a href="/biography/victor-willis">husband</a>, <a href="/biography/victor-willis">Victor Willis</a>, the original <a href="/biography/victor-willis">lead singer</a> and lyricist of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_People">Village People</a>.</p>

<p>Rashad has credits on Broadway productions such as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "August: Osage County," "Blue," and "Into the Woods." She has also played several theatrical roles off-Broadway, including "Bernarda Alba," "Helen," and "The Sirens." Additionally, she has performed in several regional theaters, including the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, where she played the role of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea">Medea</a> in "Blues for an Alabama Sky," the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and the Huntington Theater in Boston. In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) Tony Award for her role as Lena Younger in the revival of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry">Lorraine Hansberry</a>'s play "A Raisin in the Sun."</p>

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<p>In 2004, she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Best Actress for "A Raisin in the Sun," ultimately tying with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Davis">Viola Davis</a>, who appeared in the play "Intimate Apparel." The following year, Rashad was nominated for the same award for her work in "Gem of the Ocean." In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with the Seattle Repertory Theater's production of her version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson">August Wilson</a>'s "Gem of the Ocean."</p>

<p>Rashad briefly returned to stage acting in 2008 when she starred in an all-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African American</a> Broadway production of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams">Tennessee Williams</a>'s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," which was directed by her sister, <a href="/biography/debbie-allen">Debbie Allen</a>. The following year, Rashad appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Letts">Tracy Letts</a>'s award-winning play "August: Osage County," performed at the Music Box Theater.</p>

<p>In November 2010, Rashad appeared in the ensemble cast as Gilda in the <a href="/biography/tyler-perry">Tyler Perry</a> film "For Colored Girls," which was based on the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntozake_Shange">Ntozake Shange</a>. In 2016, she directed a well-received production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California. Rashad returned to the theater to play the lead role of Shelah in <a href="/biography/tarell-alvin-mccraney">Tarell Alvin McCraney</a>'s play "Head of Passes" at The Public Theater in 2016, where her performance earned her positive reviews.</p>

<h2>Television and Film Career</h2>

<p>Rashad began her career in theatre and became renowned for her work on the stage in a series of Broadway shows, including her role as Deena Jones in "Dreamgirls" and playing a Munchkin in "The Wiz" for three and a half years. In 1978, Rashad further showcased her vocal ability and released the album "Josephine Superstar," which tells the life story of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker">Josephine Baker</a>. The album was written and produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Morali">Jacques Morali</a> and Rashad's second <a href="/biography/victor-willis">husband</a>, <a href="/biography/victor-willis">Victor Willis</a>, the original <a href="/biography/victor-willis">lead singer</a> and lyricist of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_People">Village People</a>.</p>

<p>She also accepted a part in the pre-show of the Dinosaur ride at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom amusement park, where she played Dr. Helen Marsh, the leader of the Dino Institute. In 2012, she returned to the big screen to star in a <a href="/biography/tyler-perry">Tyler Perry</a> film called "Good Deeds." The same year, she played Clairee Belcher in the remake of "Steel Magnolias," which featured an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African American</a> cast. In 2016, Rashad went back to television to play Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, CA, as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black">Dustin Lance Black</a> mini-series "When We Rise."</p>

<h2>Personal Life</h2>

<p>Phylicia Rashad first married a dentist named William Lancelot Bowles Jr., with whom she had a son named William Lancelot Bowles III. The marriage was short-lived, and in 1975 she divorced William Lancelot Bowles Jr. and married <a href="/biography/victor-willis">Victor Willis</a>. However, this marriage did not last long either, and the pair divorced in 1978. Rashad married a third time in 1985, this time to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a>, a former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster. Both were on their third marriages.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a> proposed to her during a pre-game show for a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day football game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28, 1985. Rashad had a second child, a daughter, from his third marriage, which ended in divorce in 2001. The couple's daughter is named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condola_Rashad">Condola</a> Phylicia Rashad, and she was born on December 11, 1986, in New York.</p>

<p>She has a net worth of $55 million, most of which was earned during her long-running career with "The Cosby Show." Her work in "Colored Girls" even earned her an award from the Black Reel Awards and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. In early 2020, Phylicia Rashad's daughter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condola_Rashad">Condola</a>, would emulate her mother's example. Rashad said her daughter had been prepped for theater since she had always been with her at work.</p>

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