Camille Cosby

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Camille Cosby is an American TV producer, philanthropist, author, and the wife of comedian Bill Cosby

Mar 20, 1944

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: March 20, 1944
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Movie Producers, T V, Television Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, T V & Movie Producers, Miscellaneous
  • City/State: Washington
  • Spouses: Bill Cosby
  • Known as: Camille Olivia Cosby, Camille Olivia Hanks, Camille O. Cosby, Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby
  • Childrens: Ennis Cosby, Ensa Cosby, Erika Ranee, Erinn Chalene Cosby, Evin Harrah Cosby

Camille Cosby born at

Washington, D.C.

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Birth Place

Camille Cosby was born Camille Olivia Hanks, in Washington DC, on March 20, 1944, to Guy A Hanks Sr. and Catherine C Hanks. She was the eldest of the four children in her family. Soon after her birth, her family moved to a new house located a little off Washington, in Maryland.

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Childhood & Early Life

Camille’s family tree leads back to Abraham Lincoln, and she also happens to be a distant cousin of famous actor Tom Hanks. Both her parents were working, and the family lived comfortably and without any monetary troubles. Her father worked as a chemist at a hospital, and her mother worked at a nursery.

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Childhood & Early Life

Camille was academically good and graduated high school with flying colors. Belonging to a religious family, Camille attended Catholic schools as a child. She attended ‘St. Cyprian’s’ and later joined ‘St. Cecilia’s Academy.’ She had her eyes set on a career in psychology.

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Following her high-school graduation, she attended the ‘University of Maryland,’ where she studied psychology. There, she met Bill Cosby. Bill was a struggling stand-up comedian at the time. The couple went on a blind date and fell in love with each other soon. Following this, she quit college and moved in with Bill.

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Childhood & Early Life

Bill and Camille got married in 1964, when she was just 19 years old. When her life settled a bit, she went back to university and finished her graduation. She later claimed that it had helped her gain her confidence back.

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Childhood & Early Life

During the initial years of her life, her career moved with that of Bill’s. During the mid-1960s, Bill’s comedy career blossomed beyond their wildest dreams. The couple decided to move to Los Angeles after enjoying Bill’s new-found success.

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Career

By the early 1970s, there was a rift between the couple, as Camille had moved to Shelburne Falls with three of their children. Bill visited his family several times a year, as Camille had refused to bring up her children in Los Angeles because she believed that the culture in Hollywood was toxic.

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Career

Following Bill Cosby’s rise as a successful comedian, Camille became his manager and started taking care of all his money and assignments. She became famous for her shrewd ways of dealing with people, and this made people scared of her. Soon, people would directly call Bill up, instead of getting in touch with his manager first.

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Apart from being the brain behind Bill’s management, Camille also gave creative suggestions for many of his shows and sketches. In the mid-1980s, she got involved with ‘The Cosby Show,’ where she even played a small, uncredited role. In 1987, she wore the director’s cap for her husband’s show ‘Bill Cosby: 49.’

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Simultaneously, she also kept working toward promoting African-American literature, which she believed was a major part of America’s strong social fabric. In the mid-1990s, she wrote the foreword for Thelma Williams’s novel ‘Our Family Table: Recipes and Food Memories from African-American Life Models.’ She also wrote forewords for many books that emphasized the value of the African-American community.

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Camille Cosby has remained actively associated with many charitable causes. She has donated huge amounts of money to schools, colleges, and other educational institutions.

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Social Works

In the early 1980s, Camille and Bill donated $100,000 to the ‘Central State University’ and also donated triple that amount in gifts later in the decade. The university is one of the most significant educational institutions for the black community in the US.

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Social Works

Several more donations were made to many other educational institutions. The couple has earned massive respect among the black community, for their extensive donations.

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Social Works