Leslie Uggams
May 25, 1943 (81 years old) in Harlem, 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al
- 2024 · Fallout as Betty Pearson
- 2023 · American Fiction as Agnes Ellison
- 2023 · Dotty and Soul as Dotty
- 2023 · Extrapolations as Isabel Zucker
- 2023 · My Dad the Bounty Hunter as Grandma (voice)
- 2022 · Nanny as Kathleen
- 2022 · The Ravine as Joanna
- 2021 · The Bite as Dr. Hester Boutella
- 2020 · Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Madame Arcati
- 2019 · The Apollo as Self
- 2018 · Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Mamma Reynolds
- 2018 · Deadpool 2 as Blind Al
- 2016 · Deadpool as Blind Al
- 2014 · Just the Three of Us as
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Suzanne Packer
- 2007 · Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Herself
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Family Guy as Leslie Uggams (voice)
- 1995 · Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! as
- 1994 · Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
- 1994 · Sugar Hill as Doris Holly
- 1989 · The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano as
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
- 1987 · A Different World as Dr. Eileen Redding
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Kris Temple
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · Sizzle as Vonda
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Lillian Rogers Parks
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Self
- 1978 · Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Marion Blake
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Callie Reason
- 1977 · Roots as Kizzy Reynolds
- 1977 · Roots as Kizzy Reynolds Moore
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1975 · Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · The Bobby Darin Show as
- 1972 · Black Girl as Netta
- 1972 · Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells
- 1972 · S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · The Leslie Uggams Show as
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · That's Life as
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Natasha Brimstone
- 1965 · The Dean Martin Show as
- 1965 · Hullabaloo as Self
- 1965 · Hullabaloo as Self - Host
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self