raven symone played raven baxter in the cosby show.
raven symone played raven baxter in the cosby show.
who does raven symone play in the cosby show?
raven baxter
marilyn marshall of "ebony" observed that knight pulliam shares her character's friendliness, well-manners and tomboyish demeanor. by the second season, rudy's role was expanded beyond that of solely "the baby of the family", and cosby began giving the actress more mature material because she had "earned the reputation ... for rarely flubbing her lines." most of "the cosby show"'s storylines tend to revolve around the three youngest children, theo, vanessa and rudy. knight pulliam would also do her homework either on set or in her dressing room in between tapings. knight pulliam eventually matured to the point of which she outgrew the cuteness that was originally synonymous with the role, so cosby developed a storyline that introduced olivia kendall (raven-symoné), denise's three-year-old step-daughter via her marriage to martin kendall. "the root" contributor erin e. evans agreed that "with rudy in her early teens, olivia provided all the 'aww-ain't-she-cute' moments in the series' final seasons.""the a. v. club" observed that the older rudy got the more she adopted "the storylines previously reserved for" older sister vanessa. in 1986, knight pulliam identified "the cosby show" as her favorite television show. however, the actress voiced that she dislikes being referred to as "rudy" when she is not in character. the actress fondly remembers her first seasons on the show as her "favorite time". knight pulliam is particularly fond of the first season episode "happy anniversary", in which the huxtables perform ray charles' "night time is the right time" (1958) for cliff's parents in honor of their wedding anniversary. having portrayed the character for eight years, knight pulliam was age 13 by the time the show concluded in 1991. sandrich likened watching the actress grow to "graduating from college".
rudy huxtable
bonet's controversial role in "angel heart" was met with strong backlash from devoted "cosby show" fans, some of whom felt that she had betrayed denise's "wholesome" image. some media headlines, such as "usa today"'s "x has cosby kid's film on spot", gave readers the impression that "all 77 million weekly watchers are outraged by the behavior of their little denise", according to trustman senger of "the washington post". the fact that bonet, a "cosby show" cast member, had been cast in a sex scene with co-star mickey rorke garnered far more media coverage than whether or not the film deserved the x rating it had originally been assigned. maintaining that he had never seen an episode of "the cosby show" prior to casting bonet, "angel heart" director alan parker admitted he was unprepared for the public's reaction, elaborating, "i was naive not to realize ... what she represented within that show was maybe a role model for young black american kids." when the film was released, an overwhelming number of "the cosby show" fans asked bonet to reveal what cosby thought of her performance. cosby eventually said that he was not particularly fond of bonet's role in the film, which he dismissed as "a movie made by white america that cast a black girl, gave her voodoo things to do and have sex." "envisioning black feminist voodoo aesthetics: african spirituality in american cinema" author kameelah l. martin believes that cosby's avoidance of the film only augmented the controversy surrounding bonet's role. victor valle of the "los angeles times" wondered if the sex scene would harm bonet's "wholesome tv image" on both "the cosby show" and the then-upcoming "a different world". maintaining that she had been unaware of denise's wholesome reputation prior to appearing in "angel heart", bonet insisted "my obligation wasn't to denise. i felt obligated to myself and my career."
denise huxtable