Leslie Uggams
Known for: Acting
Born: May 24, 1943 in 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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Dotty and Soul
Dotty
Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Sugar Hill
Doris Holly
Nanny
Kathleen
Black Girl
Netta
Skyjacked
Lovejoy Wells
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
Deadpool
Blind Al
Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Self
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
The Apollo
Self
Sizzle
Vonda
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
Just the Three of Us
The Ravine
Joanna