Name
Leslie Uggams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-05-25 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
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- 2023 Dotty and Soul as Dotty
- 1975 Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
- 1994 Sugar Hill as Doris Holly
- 2022 Nanny as Kathleen
- 1972 Black Girl as Netta
- 1972 Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells
- 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 American Fiction as Agnes Ellison
- 2016 Deadpool as Blind Al
- 1962 Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al
- 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Self
- 2018 Deadpool 2 as Blind Al
- 2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self
- 1994 Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
- 2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al
- 1989 The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
- 2019 The Apollo as Self
- 1981 Sizzle as Vonda
- 2020 Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
- 2014 Just the Three of Us
- 2022 The Ravine as Joanna
- 1972 S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
- 1995 Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- 1978 Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
- 2021 Show of Titles as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
- 1974 Easter Is as (voice)
- 2009 Toe to Toe as Grandma
- 2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as Sadie
- 2002 Remembering Roots as Self
- 1986 Christmas at Radio City Music Hall as Self - Special Guest
- 1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land as Saloon Singer
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Alexis Carter
- 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Natasha Brimstone
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Kris Temple
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1999 The Early Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 The Muppet Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1979 Backstairs at the White House ( 4 episodes ) as Lillian Rogers Parks
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer
- 1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 Hullabaloo ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1965 The Dean Martin Show ( 1 episode )
- 1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Roots ( 2 episodes ) as Kizzy Reynolds
- 2021 The Bite ( 6 episodes ) as Dr. Hester Boutella
- 1969 The Leslie Uggams Show ( 10 episodes )
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 That's Life ( 1 episode )
- 2023 Extrapolations ( 2 episodes ) as Isabel Zucker
- 1999 Family Guy ( 2 episodes ) as Leslie Uggams (voice)
- 2018 New Amsterdam ( 5 episodes ) as Mamma Reynolds
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1983 Reading Rainbow ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1987 A Different World ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Eileen Redding
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 Hullabaloo ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2020 Stars in the House ( 1 episode ) as Madame Arcati
- 2024 Fallout ( 9 episodes ) as Betty Pearson
- 1977 Roots ( 1 episode ) as Kizzy Reynolds Moore
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Marion Blake
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Callie Reason
- 2023 My Dad the Bounty Hunter ( 5 episodes ) as Grandma (voice)
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 1 episode ) as Suzanne Packer
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 The Bobby Darin Show ( 1 episode )
- 2022 The Gilded Age ( 2 episodes ) as Ernestine Brown
- 2015 Empire ( 21 episodes ) as Leah Walker
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Performer
- 2009 Nurse Jackie ( 3 episodes ) as Vivian
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Self
