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
all 75
TV Shows 41
Movies 34
self 34
Voice 1
Betty Pearson
Fallout (2024)
TV
7
Agnes Ellison
American Fiction (2023)
Movie
Isabel Zucker
Extrapolations (2023)
TV
Grandma (voice)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023)
TV
Kathleen
Nanny (2022)
Movie
Joanna
The Ravine (2022)
Movie
Dr. Hester Boutella
The Bite (2021)
TV
Madame Arcati
Blithe Spirit (2020)
Movie
Madame Arcati
Stars in the House (2020)
TV
Mamma Reynolds
New Amsterdam (2018)
TV
6.33
Blind Al
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Movie
7.13
Blind Al
Deadpool (2016)
Movie
7.73
Suzanne Packer
The Good Wife (2009)
TV
6.01
Grandma
Toe to Toe (2009)
Movie
Isabel Zucker
The Sinking of the Belgrano (2003)
Movie
Leslie Uggams (voice)
Family Guy (1999)
TV
6.7
Doris Holly
Sugar Hill (1994)
Movie
Dr. Eileen Redding
A Different World (1987)
TV
6.11
Kris Temple
The Cosby Show (1984)
TV
6.2
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Vonda
Sizzle (1981)
Movie
Lillian Rogers Parks
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
TV
Callie Reason / Marion Blake
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Self - Singer
Sinatra and Friends (1977)
Movie
Kizzy Reynolds
Roots (1977)
TV
Self - Special Guest Star
The Muppet Show (1976)
TV
6.14
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
Movie
Assistant (1974-1980)
High Rollers (1974)
TV
Actress
Easter Is (1974)
Movie
Lovejoy Wells
Skyjacked (1972)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Movie
Natasha Brimstone
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
TV
Self / Self - Host
Hullabaloo (1965)
TV
Self - Singer
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
TV
Self - Performer / Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer / Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Self - Singer / Self - Singers
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1943-05-25 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelativesEloise C. Uggams
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsLeslie Marian Uggams, 萊斯莉·奧加姆斯
AwardsTheatre World Award, TV Land Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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