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Leslie Uggams
Actor

Leslie Uggams

3 Movies
3 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 3
Birthday May 25, 1943 (83 years old)
Place of Birth Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Leslie Marian Uggams
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Biography

Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer.

Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968.

Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.

Filmography (77)

Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
Fallout 2024
Dotty and Soul 2023
American Fiction 2023
Extrapolations 2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter 2023
Nanny 2022
The Ravine 2022
The Gilded Age 2022
Show of Titles 2021
The Bite 2021
Blithe Spirit 2020
Stars in the House 2020
The Apollo 2019
Deadpool 2 2018
Once Upon a Deadpool 2018
New Amsterdam 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017
Deadpool 2016
Empire 2015
Just the Three of Us 2014
Toe to Toe 2009
The Good Wife 2009
Nurse Jackie 2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman 2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003
Remembering Roots 2002
The Early Show 1999
Family Guy 1999
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! 1995
Sugar Hill 1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl 1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano 1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
A Different World 1987
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall 1986
Night of 100 Stars II 1985
The Cosby Show 1984
Reading Rainbow 1983
Hotel 1982
Sizzle 1981
Magnum, P.I. 1980
Backstairs at the White House 1979
CBS News Sunday Morning 1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas 1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring 1978
Roots 1977
The Love Boat 1977
The Muppet Show 1976
Poor Pretty Eddie 1975
Easter Is 1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973
The Bobby Darin Show 1973
Black Girl 1972
Skyjacked 1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin 1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land 1970
The Flip Wilson Show 1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1969
The Leslie Uggams Show 1969
The Mod Squad 1968
That's Life 1968
The Carol Burnett Show 1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966
Hullabaloo 1965
The Dean Martin Show 1965
The Hollywood Palace 1964
The Danny Kaye Show 1963
Two Weeks in Another Town 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
The Mike Douglas Show 1961
Startime 1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar 1957
Tony Awards 1956
What's My Line? 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
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