Clarice Taylor
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Clarice Taylor (b. 1927) is an actress whose on-screen credits include playing Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North, in the stage version of The Wiz; the movie Smoke; and mother Anna to Bill Cosby's Heathcliff Huxtable on the 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show, which led to Taylor's sole Emmy nomination.
Her acting career spans more than five decades, and includes stage, radio, television, and film. She co-founded the American Negro Theatre in Harlem.
On Sesame Street, she played the recurring role of Harriet, David's grandmother, from 1976 until 1989.
