Leslie Uggams
Known for: Acting
Born: May 25, 1943
Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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
35 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
7.6
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
8.1
Fallout
2024
7.3
American Fiction
2023
4.0
Dotty and Soul
2023
6.1
Extrapolations
2023
8.2
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
5.4
Nanny
2022
5.1
The Ravine
2022
7.7
The Gilded Age
2022
NR
Show of Titles
2021
6.8
The Bite
2021
NR
Blithe Spirit
2020
NR
Stars in the House
2020
6.4
The Apollo
2019
7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
8.3
New Amsterdam
2018
7.5
Deadpool 2
2018
6.3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
7.6
Deadpool
2016
7.1
Empire
2015NR
Just the Three of Us
2014
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
7.1
Nurse Jackie
2009
3.3
Toe to Toe
2009
NR
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
NR
Remembering Roots
2002
6.2
The Early Show
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
NR
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
9.0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
5.6
Sugar Hill
1994
NR
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
7.1
A Different World
1987
NR
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983
6.8
Hotel
1982
10.0
Sizzle
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.1
Backstairs at the White House
1979
6.8
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
6.7
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
7.0
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
7.4
Roots
1977
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
5.2
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
NR
Easter Is
1974
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
10.0
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
6.8
Black Girl
1972
6.2
Skyjacked
19726.0
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
5.7
Swing Out, Sweet Land
19709.0
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
19686.5
That's Life
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
7.4
The Dean Martin Show
1965
10.0
Hullabaloo
1965
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.8
Startime
19597.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948