Many of us remember Phylicia Rashad as Claire Huxtable, the wife and mother of five, on the long-running, award-winning sitcom, The Cosby Show. She gave us poise, she gave us love and she gave us motherhood in a way that was believable and wanted. But off-screen, Rashad was forging her own way into motherhood and took some lessons her own mother gave her along the way.
Phylicia’s real-life daughter, Condola Rashad never minded sharing her mother with the world.”It feels just like anyone else and their mothers, it’s no different. I’ve never known any other mother,” Condola explains of growing up with Claire Huxtable as her mother.
Condola was one of the few black people of the world that grew up not watching “The Cosby Show” because she spent her every waking moment on set. As a real-life “Rudy,” she learned the ins and outs of acting and decided that she would follow in her mother’s footsteps.
Broadway welcomed Condola with opened arms after her many appearances on the big and small screen. It was her performance in “Stick Fly” that gained her a Tony nomination and garnered national attention. In the remake or “Steel Magnolias,” Condola starred as Shelby, alongside her mother and was praised for her performance.
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source: BlackDoctor.org
