The Cosby Show Actors You May Not Know Passed Away
When “The Cosby Show” debuted on NBC in the fall of 1984, it brought American audiences something they’d never seen on television before, much less in a sitcom: an upper-middle-class Black family. The Huxtables were an instant hit for the network, and while the show’s legacy and its star’s impact are necessarily undergoing a drastic reevaluation in light of recent events, it remains firmly imprinted in the memory of viewers who grew up in the 1980s.
The show aired from 1984 to 1992 and helped launch or fuel the careers of a number of actors, including (but by no means limited to) Lisa Bonet, Tatyana Ali, Raven-Symoné, Tempestt Bledsoe, Phylicia Rashād, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and Keshia Knight Pulliam. During its run, the show was nominated for 58 awards — from Emmys and NAACP honors to Golden Globes — a whopping 55 of which it nabbed (via IMDb) Sadly, a few of the series’ most memorable actors have since passed away.
