---
name: "Clarice Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clarice-taylor"
fi1m_id: "clarice-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0852146"
tmdb_id: 15155
wikidata_id: "Q372723"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 September 1917"
died: "30 May 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:20:27.170960+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Clarice Taylor

## Identity

Clarice Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clarice-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clarice-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0852146
- **TMDB ID:** 15155
- **Wikidata ID:** Q372723
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15155

Actor. Born 20 September 1917 in Buckingham County. Died 30 May 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 September 1917, Buckingham County
- **Died:** 30 May 2011
- **Also known as:** Clarise Taylor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15155

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sommersby*](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Clarice Taylor (20 September 1917 – 30 May 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. She began her career in the theatre with the American Negro Theatre and was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company.

She appeared in films including *Play Misty for Me* (1971) as Birdie, *Five on the Black Hand Side* (1973) as Mrs Brooks, *Sommersby* (1993) as Esther and *Smoke* (1995) as Grandma Ethel. On television she played Anna Huxtable on *The Cosby Show* (1984–1992), Cousin Emma on *Sanford and Son* and Grace on *Sesame Street*. She received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work on *The Cosby Show*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sommersby* (1993), Fi1m 63, as Esther — [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Smoke* (1995), as Grandma Ethel
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Mrs. Chaffey
- *Sommersby* (1993), as Esther — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)
- *Lady Blue* (1985), series, Actor
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Anna Huxtable
- *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984), as Lu
- *Purlie* (1981), as Idella
- *Beulah Land* (1980), series, as Lovey
- *The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six* (1980), Actor
- *Wedding Band* (1974), as Fanny Johnson
- *Willie Dynamite* (1974), as Willie's mothers' friend (uncredited)
- *Five on the Black Hand Side* (1973), as Mrs. Brooks
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor
- *Such Good Friends* (1971), as Mrs. McKay
- *Play Misty for Me* (1971), as Birdie
- *Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon* (1970), as Minnie
- *Change of Mind* (1969), as Rose Landis
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *The New Girl* (1960), as Mary's Mom

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