Clarice Taylor, an Emmy-nominated actress perhaps best known for a recurring role on the Cosby Show, has died of heart failure. She was 93.
Taylor earned an Emmy nomination in 1986 for her recurring role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable’s mother, Anna Huxtable, on the long-running show.
A stage, radio, TV and film performer for over five decades, the star was a member of the New York stage group, the Negro Ensemble Company, and helped to pave the way for African-American actors in the early 1960s.
Her big break came in the role of Harriet, David’s grandmother, on Sesame Street. She also starred beside Liza Minelli in 1970’s Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, and played Grady’s Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son.
Taylor is survived by two sons and five grandchildren.