Actress Clarice Taylor is dead. She succumbed to heart failure on Monday at age 93. Taylor played Bill Cosby’s mother on The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for her recurring role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable’s mother, Anna Huxtable on the long running sitcom. The actress was a member of the New York stage group, the Negro Ensemble Company and her big break came when she landed the role of Harriet, David’s grandmother, on Sesame Street. Taylor is survived by her two sons and five grandchildren.