The Cosby Show's Clarice Taylor Dies at 93 11.75K Brian Moylan 06/01/11 03:41PM Filed to: rip rip Clarice taylor Bill Cosby the cosby show Deaths and now she's dead Obits Tweetd Clarice Taylor, the Emmy-nominated actress who played Cliff Huxtable's mother Anna on The Cosby Show and Harriet on Sesame Street died of heart failure on Monday. She was 93 but will live in syndication forever.