Scholars have identified a number of recurring figure typesâsuch as the crouching Aphrodite, with the goddess looking over her shoulder as she bends down to wash herself, or Aphrodite wringing out her hair.
Lisa Bonet. Lisa Michelle Bonet (born November 16, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Denise HuxtableâKendall on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show (1984â92) and originally starring in its spinoff comedy, A Different World for its first season (1987â88). 1 Early life.
Susan Denise Atkins was born on May 7, 1948, in San Gabriel, Calif., and reared mainly in Northern California. The middle of three children, Ms. Atkins said that her parents were alcoholics and that she was sexually abused by a male relative when she was a girl. A quiet, middle-class girl, Ms. Atkins sang in her school glee club and church choir.