Clarice Taylor Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Clarice Taylor (September , â€" May , ) was an American stage, film

and television actress.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 Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's

(Bill Cosby) mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy

Award in for the role. She was also a regular on Nurse, played

Harriet on Sesame Street, and appeared as Grady's cousin Emma on

Sanford and Son.Taylor started working in the theatreâ€"with the

American Negro Theatreâ€"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 s 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.While working with the NEC she got her

first offer of a movie role in Change of Mind (). Her next film role

was as Minnie in Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

(). In , she played Birdie in Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me, and

appeared as Mrs McKay in Such Good Friends the same year.

Clarice Taylor Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

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