Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor

Born: September 20, 1917
Died: May 30, 2011

Movies for Clarice Taylor...

The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Title: The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Character: Self / Anna Huxtable (archive footage)
Released: May 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A retrospective of the phenomenally popular 1984-1992 situation comedy, "The Cosby Show," complete with memorable clips, bloopers and comments from series stars, producers and Bill Cosby himself.
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Smoke
Title: Smoke
Character: Grandma Ethel
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
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Title: Due South
Character: Mrs. Chaffey
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Sommersby
Title: Sommersby
Character: Esther
Released: February 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
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Title: Spenser: For Hire
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: TV
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
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Title: Lady Blue
Released: April 15, 1985
Type: TV
Lady Blue is a crime drama starring Jamie Rose as a Chicago female homicide detective Katy Mahoney. The show was produced by MGM/UA Television and aired on ABC-TV from September 26, 1985 to January 25, 1986 for 13 episodes. It was cancelled after one season after low ratings in its Thursday night slot, but also because it was considered too violent for its time. The show later aired on Saturday nights but the show failed there as well. It ranked 72nd out of 82 programs that season, and averaged a 10.7 household rating. It was said that Katy Mahoney was the female version of Harry Callahan aka Dirty Harry, prompting television critics to refer to Mahoney's character as "Dirty Harriet".
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy 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.
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Title: Nothing Lasts Forever
Character: Lu
Released: September 6, 1984
Type: Movie
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
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Purlie
Title: Purlie
Character: Idella
Released: October 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical. This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
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Title: Beulah Land
Character: Lovey
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: TV
A young Southern belle becomes the mistress of a magnificent plantation.
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The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Title: The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.
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Wedding Band
Title: Wedding Band
Character: Fanny Johnson
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.
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Five on the Black Hand Side
Title: Five on the Black Hand Side
Character: Mrs. Brooks
Released: October 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
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Title: Sanford and Son
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: TV
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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Such Good Friends
Title: Such Good Friends
Character: Mrs. McKay
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
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Play Misty for Me
Title: Play Misty for Me
Character: Birdie
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Title: Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Character: Minnie
Released: May 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Junie Moon is in the hospital after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients — Arthur, an epileptic, and Warren, who is gay and uses a wheelchair. The unlikely trio of outcasts decides to move in together and manages to enjoy a series of adventures as they endure various forms of prejudice and struggle with their own issues.
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Change of Mind
Title: Change of Mind
Character: Rose Landis
Released: October 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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The New Girl
Title: The New Girl
Character: Mary's Mom
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female employee to comply with government regulations concerning equal economic opportunity.