By Lucy Santiago
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor, and landed her breakthrough role as Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), which earned her a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards. She later starred as Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy drama Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (2007–present).
In 1986, Knight Pulliam became one of the youngest actresses to be nominated for an Emmy Award, receiving a nomination at age 6 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series. She made her professional debut at 9 months old, in a national print advertisement for Johnson & Johnson baby products. At age 3, she was on Sesame Street. She continued working, appearing in television commercials and TV shows, and making her feature film debut in The Last Dragon (1985). She also appeared in the movies Polly and its sequel Polly: Comin’ Home! with her Cosby Show co-star Phylicia Rashad. She is ranked at No. 27 in VH1‘s list of the “100 Greatest Kid Stars”.
Knight Pulliam won a celebrity version of Fear Factor in September 2002. She also won a celebrity version of The Weakest Link, and participated in Celebrity Mole: Yucatan. In 2004, she appeared in Chingy‘s music video for “One Call Away“. In 2005, she played Darnelle in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah. Knight Pulliam performed in Donald Gray’s play The Man of Her Dreams in the fall of 2006 in St. Louis. In 2008, she joined the cast of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne as Miranda, the new wife of Calvin Payne. The role earned her the 2009 and 2010 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2009, she played Candace “Candy” Washington-Collins in the film Madea Goes to Jail. Knight Pulliam appeared in Tank‘s 2010 music video for his cover of “I Can’t Make You Love Me“, playing his love interest.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Pope Benedict VIII –
- Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) –
- Harry Babbitt (sang with the Kay Kyser big band on such hits as The White Cliffs of Dover” and voiced the laugh of Woody Woodpecker”) –
Born
- Theobald Boehm (inventor and musician, who perfected the modern flute) –
- Eadweard Muybridge (photographer, motion picture pioneer) –
- Hugh Hefner (editor & publisher) –
- Carl Perkins (musician) –
- Dennis Quaid (actor) –
- Seve Ballesteros (golfer) –
- Cynthia Nixon (actress) –
- Keshia Knight Pulliam (actress) –
- Jesse McCartney (actor & singer) –
- Kristen Stewart (actress) –
- Elle Fanning (actress) –
Events
- Great Britain’s King Henry I was reprimanded in church for his long hair–
- Explorer La Salle claimed the Mississippi basin for France, calling it Louisiana–
- First tax-supported U.S. public library founded, Peterborough, New Hampshire–
- Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia–
- Jumbo the circus elephant arrived in the U.S.–
- Aerial Ferry Bridge opened in Duluth, Minnesota–
- The Boston Red Sox played Harvard University in the first official baseball game at Fenway Park. (The Sox won 2-0.)–
- Battle of Vimy Ridge (WWI) began in France–
- The Boston Celtics became the first NBA team to sweep an NBA championship series–
- NASA introduced first seven astronauts to press–
- Golfer Arnold Palmer won his third Masters Tournament–
- Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed an honorary U.S. citizen–
- First baseball game in indoor stadium, Houston, Texas–
- Nature magazine published the longest known scientific name, which was about 207,000 letters–
- Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles–
- Rare Bactrian camel born at Budapest Zoo.–
Weather
- Dust storm in Colorado and Wyoming–
- F5 tornado hit Glazier and Higgins, Texas, and Woodward, Oklahoma–
- Texas experienced a bad dust storm–
- Sixteen inches of snow fell in Eastport, Maine–
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