Leslie Uggams
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday25 May 1943 (83 years old)
Place of birthHarlem, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits77
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) & Dea…
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Blind Al
Fallout
2024 · Betty Pearson
American Fiction
2023 · Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
2023 · Dotty
Extrapolations
2023 · Isabel Zucker
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023 · Grandma (voice)
Nanny
2022 · Kathleen
The Ravine
2022 · Joanna
The Gilded Age
2022 · Ernestine Brown
Show of Titles
2021 · "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
The Bite
2021 · Dr. Hester Boutella
Blithe Spirit
2020 · Madame Arcati
Stars in the House
2020 · Madame Arcati
The Apollo
2019 · Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · Blind Al
New Amsterdam
2018 · Mamma Reynolds
Deadpool 2
2018 · Blind Al
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · Sadie
Deadpool
2016 · Blind Al
Empire
2015 · Leah Walker
Just the Three of Us
2014
The Good Wife
2009 · Suzanne Packer
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Vivian
Toe to Toe
2009 · Grandma
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 · Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
Remembering Roots
2002 · Self
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Family Guy
1999 · Leslie Uggams (voice)
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994 · Self
Sugar Hill
1994 · Doris Holly
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self
A Different World
1987 · Dr. Eileen Redding
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986 · Self - Special Guest
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
The Cosby Show
1984 · Kris Temple
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Sizzle
1981 · Vonda
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Alexis Carter
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Lillian Rogers Parks
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 · Self
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
The Love Boat
1977 · Marion Blake
The Love Boat
1977 · Callie Reason
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