Cast of "The Bill Cosby Show," circa 1984

Item Overview

Title

Cast of "The Bill Cosby Show," circa 1984

Alternative title

Black Entertainers, photographed in the 1980s

Date Created

[circa 1984]

Date

1984

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet) is an American actress best known for her role as Denise Huxtable on the sitcom "The Cosby Show." and its spinoff comedy, "A Different World," for its first season (1987–88).
Phylicia Rashād is an actress, singer and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable "The Cosby Show" (1984–92), which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986.
Tempestt Bledsoe is an African American actress best known for her childhood role as Vanessa Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" (1984–92).
Keshia Knight Pulliam is an African American actress known for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984–92).
Publicity photo of the cast of "The Cosby Show." From front left: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tempestt Bledsoe. Center row: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad. Back row: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet.
Bill Cosby is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author. He produced and starred in the television sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984-1992) and "A Different World" (1996-2000).
Malcolm-Jamal Warner is an American actor, musician, director, producer, writer and consultant. He is best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show."

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

group portraits

Names

Pulliam, Keshia Knight
Cosby, Bill, 1937-
Bledsoe, Tempestt
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal
Bonet, Lisa,1967-
Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American comedians
African American actors
African American actresses
Situation comedies (Television programs)