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1948 – She was born on the 19th day of June this year in Houston, Texas, USA.
1972 - Her first marriage was to a dentist, William Lancelot Bowles, Jr.
1975 – She ended her marriage to her husband this year.
1978 – She then married Victor Willis, a member of the Village People.
1983 – She credits her break on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live "to the presence of God within me."
1984 – She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the television series, The Cosby Show.
1985 – She married former NFL wide receiver and current sportscaster Ahmad Rashad on December 14th this year, after he proposed to her during a pregame on a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28th this year.
1986 – Her daughter, Condola Phylea Rashad, was born on December 11th this year in New York City.
2004 - She became the First African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play at the Tony Awards, winning for her role in the play A Raisin in the Sun.
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