Leslie Uggams
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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Movies (35)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Blind Al
Ficción Estadounidense
2023 · Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
2023 · Dotty
Nanny
2022 · Kathleen
The Ravine
2022 · Joanna
Show of Titles
2021 · "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
2020 · Madame Arcati
Teatro Apollo: 85 Años
2019 · Self
Había una vez un Deadpool
2018 · Blind Al
Deadpool 2
2018 · Blind Al
La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks
2017 · Sadie
Deadpool
2016 · Blind Al
Just the Three of Us
2014
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
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
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986 · Self - Special Guest
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
Sizzle
1981 · Vonda
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 · Self
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
1974 · (voice)
Black Girl
1972 · Netta
Skyjacked
1972 · Lovejoy Wells
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972 · Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970 · Saloon Singer
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Chanteuse
TV shows (42)
Fallout
2024 · Betty Pearson
Extrapolaciones
2023 · Isabel Zucker
Mi papá, el cazador intergaláctico
2023 · Grandma (voice)
The Gilded Age
2022 · Ernestine Brown
The Bite
2021 · Dr. Hester Boutella
Stars in the House
2020 · Madame Arcati
New Amsterdam
2018 · Mamma Reynolds
Empire
2015 · Leah Walker
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Suzanne Packer
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Vivian
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Padre de Familia
1999 · Leslie Uggams (voice)
A Different World
1987 · Dr. Eileen Redding
The Cosby Show
1984 · Kris Temple
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Alexis Carter
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Lillian Rogers Parks
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
The Love Boat
1977 · Marion Blake, Callie Reason
Roots
1977 · Kizzy Reynolds, Kizzy Reynolds Moore
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
The Mod Squad
1968
That's Life
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Natasha Brimstone
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Hullabaloo
1965 · Self, Self - Host
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Singer
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Startime
1959 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host, Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer
What's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self