- Phylicia Rashad, Cosby, TV, 1996-2000. For his final TV series (a typically US-lite version of a BBC hit, One Foot In The Grave), Bill Cosby chose Telma as his wife. However, she couldn’t handle his sudden improvs and he called back someone who could – his previous tele-wife from 196 episodes of The Cosby Show, 1984-1992.
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