Cosby akatanga basa rake semunhu anomira-up comic pa nzara ini muSan Francisco mukati ma1960. Akabva atora basa rinotungamira mumutambo weterevhizheni I Spy, ichiteverwa neake sitcom The Bill Cosby Show, iyo yakamhanya kwemwaka miviri kubva muna 1969 kusvika 1971. Muna 1972, achishandisa chimiro chaFat Albert chakagadzirwa panguva yake yekumira-kumusoro, Cosby akagadzira, akagadzira, uye akabata iyo animated comedy terevhizheni nhepfenyuro Fat Albert neCosby Kids iyo yakamhanya kusvika muna 1985, yakatarisana neboka reshamwari dzechidiki dzaikura munzvimbo yemadhorobha. Mumakore ese e1970, Cosby akabata nyeredzi mumafirimu angangoita gumi nemaviri, uye dzimwe nguva akadzokera kumafirimu gare gare mune rake basa. Muna 1976, akawana Doctor of Education kubva kuYunivhesiti yeMassachusetts, Amherst.
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