Camille Cosby Parents: Meet Guy Hanks And Catherine Hanks

Camille Olivia Cosby (born Camille Olivia Hanks) is an American television producer and philanthropist best known as the wife of comedian Bill Cosby.

Camille Olivia Hanks was born on March 20, 1944, in Washington D.C., to parents Guy A. Hanks Sr. and Catherine C. Hanks.

Camille grew up in Norbeck, Maryland, just outside Washington.

Camille is the oldest of four children and her father Guy A. Hanks Sr. was a chemist at Walter Reed General Hospital while her mother Catherine C. Hanks worked at a nursery.

Both of Camille’s parents had college educations, with her father earning a graduate degree from Fisk University and her mother earning an undergraduate degree from Howard University.

Camille has acted as manager for her husband and has been depicted as a “shrewd businesswoman.” and during an interview with Ebony, her husband Bill Cosby stated, “People would rather deal with me than with Camille. She’s rough to deal with when it comes to my business.”

Camille also “help[ed] in the development of her husband’s material”, including suggestions for The Cosby Show, like suggesting the Huxtable family be middle rather than working class.