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.
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Filmography
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TV Shows 35
self 30
Movies 29
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
American Fiction (2023)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Dotty and Soul (2023)
Extrapolations (2023)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023)
Nanny (2022)
The Ravine (2022)
The Bite (2021)
Blithe Spirit (2020)
The Apollo (2019)
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool (2016)
Just the Three of Us (2014)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
The Early Show (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
Sugar Hill (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)
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)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
High Rollers (1974)
Easter Is (1974)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
Black Girl (1972)
Skyjacked (1972)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
The Leslie Uggams Show (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
The Mod Squad (1968)
That's Life (1968)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Hullabaloo (1965)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Two Weeks in Another Town (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)
The Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1943-05-25 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelativesEloise C. Uggams
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award, TV Land Award
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