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Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Actor · Born 1943-05-25 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Deadpool (2016) — Blind Al
  2. Deadpool 2 (2018) — Blind Al
  3. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — Blind Al
  4. Family Guy (1999) — Leslie Uggams (voice)
  5. Fallout (2024) — Betty Pearson
  6. American Fiction (2023) — Agnes Ellison
  7. New Amsterdam (2018) — Mamma Reynolds
  8. Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) — Blind Al
  9. Empire (2015) — Leah Walker
  10. The Good Wife (2009) — Suzanne Packer
  11. The Cosby Show (1984) — Kris Temple
  12. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Alexis Carter
  13. The Muppet Show (1976) — Self - Special Guest Star
  14. The Gilded Age (2022) — Ernestine Brown
  15. Nurse Jackie (2009) — Vivian
  16. Roots (1977) — Kizzy Reynolds
  17. Nanny (2022) — Kathleen
  18. The Love Boat (1977) — Marion Blake
  19. Extrapolations (2023) — Isabel Zucker
  20. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) — Sadie
  21. Sugar Hill (1994) — Doris Holly
  22. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  23. A Different World (1987) — Dr. Eileen Redding
  24. The Carol Burnett Show (1967) — Self
  25. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) — Chanteuse
  26. My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023) — Grandma (voice)
  27. Skyjacked (1972) — Lovejoy Wells
  28. Reading Rainbow (1983) — Self - Narrator (voice)
  29. Poor Pretty Eddie (1975) — Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
  30. What's My Line? (1950) — Self - Mystery Guest
  31. The Mod Squad (1968)
  32. Hotel (1982)
  33. The Bite (2021) — Dr. Hester Boutella
  34. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  35. CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) — Self
  36. The Flip Wilson Show (1970) — Self
  37. The Apollo (2019) — Self
  38. The Dean Martin Show (1965)
  39. The Ravine (2022) — Joanna
  40. Toe to Toe (2009) — Grandma