Denise Huxtable

Denise Huxtable
The Cosby Show / A Different World character
First appearance Pilot
Created by Bill Cosby
Portrayed by Lisa Bonet[1]
Information
Gender Female
Family Clair Huxtable and Cliff Huxtable (parents)
Spouse(s) Martin Kendall[2]
Relatives Rudy Huxtable
Sondra Huxtable
Theo Huxtable
Vanessa Huxtable
Nationality American

Denise Huxtable is a fictional character from the 1980s television series The Cosby Show and A Different World. [3]

Background and production

Conception and development

The character is loosely based upon Cosby's daughter, Erinn, who was approximately the same age as Denise.[4] Additionally, Denise attended Hillman College, whereas Erinn attended Spelman College, the university that Hillman is believed to be modeled after. Lisa Bonet had to leave A Different World after getting pregnant as Bill Cosby did not want a single teenage mother as a character.[5][6]

Reception

Huxtable became one the shows most popular characters.[7][8][9] She became most noted for her fashion sense.[10] Denise Huxtable popularity as a character grew so much she was given her own spin off sitcom called A Different World.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ebony". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  2. ↑ "He Talk Like a White Boy: Reflections of a Conservative Black Man on Faith ... - Joseph C. Phillips". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  3. ↑ "African Americans on Television: Race-ing for Ratings". Books.google.co.uk. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Cosby: His Life and Times - Mark Whitaker". Books.google.co.uk. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  5. ↑ "Tupac Amaru Shakur - Jean-Pierre Hombach". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Jet". Books.google.co.uk. 1988-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  7. ↑ "Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV - Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  8. ↑ "(Post)apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation - Derek Hook". Books.google.co.uk. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  9. ↑ "Strategic Reinvention in Popular Culture: The Encore Impulse - Richard Pfefferman". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  10. ↑ "I Want to Be Her!: How Friends & Strangers Helped Shape My Style - Andrea Linett, Anne Johnston Albert". Books.google.co.uk. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  11. ↑ Haithman, Diane (October 6, 1988). "Different Touch to 'Different World'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
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