Fascinating Things We Learned From Erika Alexander’s Interview On “The Breakfast Club”
- By
Veronica Wells
THE COSBY SHOW —
Cousin Pam
Alexander had joined a theater company that took her to Paris where she performed in a play that Camille Cosby ended up seeing. She told Bill that he needed to see her. Eventually, she went to a meeting at Cosby’s home and they created the role of Cousin Pam for her. While things seemed to have worked out nicely, it wasn’t the first time she’d tried to get on the hit television show.
I had already auditioned several times for The Cosby Show. They kept saying ‘Oh we’ll find a place for you.’ And by the way, back in the day, that was the only game in town. There was no other place to be.
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