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Leslie Uggams
Born · May 25, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
7.7
2024
Fallout
Betty Pearson · (5 episodes)
8.3
2024
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
7.3
2023
Dotty and Soul
Dotty
4.0
2023
Extrapolations
Isabel Zucker · (2 episodes)
6.1
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Grandma (voice) · (5 episodes)
7.8
2023
Nanny
Kathleen
5.3
2022
The Ravine
Joanna
5.1
2022
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella · (6 episodes)
6.8
2021
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
0.0
2020
Stars in the House
Madame Arcati · (1 episode)
0.0
2020
The Apollo
Self
6.4
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
7.1
2018
New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds · (5 episodes)
8.4
2018
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
7.5
2018
Deadpool
Blind Al
7.6
2016
Just the Three of Us
0.0
2014
The Good Wife
Suzanne Packer · (1 episode)
7.6
2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Herself
0.0
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
7.0
2003
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.4
1999
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
0.0
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
9.0
1994
Sugar Hill
Doris Holly
5.6
1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
0.0
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
6.0
1988
A Different World
Dr. Eileen Redding · (1 episode)
7.0
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
8.0
1985
The Cosby Show
Kris Temple · (1 episode)
7.0
1984
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1983
Hotel
(1 episode)
6.8
1982
Sizzle
Vonda
0.0
1981
Magnum, P.I.
(1 episode)
7.3
1980
Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks · (4 episodes)
5.9
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Self
6.0
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
7.0
1978
The Love Boat
Marion Blake · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
The Love Boat
Callie Reason · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds · (1 episode)
7.4
1977
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds Moore · (1 episode)
7.4
1977
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · (1 episode)
8.0
1976
Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
5.0
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1973
Black Girl
Netta
7.0
1972
Skyjacked
Lovejoy Wells
6.2
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Self
5.0
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
7.3
1970
The Leslie Uggams Show
(10 episodes)
0.0
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1969
The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
6.5
1968
That's Life
(1 episode)
6.0
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Natasha Brimstone · (1 episode)
6.6
1966
The Dean Martin Show
(1 episode)
7.3
1965
Hullabaloo
Self · (2 episodes)
0.0
1965
Hullabaloo
Self - Host · (1 episode)
0.0
1965
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer · (1 episode)
4.5
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (6 episodes)
7.4
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
5.9
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.1
1961
Startime
(1 episode)
6.0
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (2 episodes)
5.0
1956
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (4 episodes)
6.6
1948