Leslie Uggams
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.
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Movies (28)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
2024
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
2023
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
2023
Nanny
as Kathleen
2022
The Ravine
as Joanna
2022
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
2020
The Apollo
as Self
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
2018
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
2017
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2016
Just the Three of Us
2014
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Sizzle
as Vonda
1981
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
Easter Is
as (voice)
1974
Black Girl
as Netta
1972
TV Shows (22)
Fallout
as Betty Pearson
2024
Extrapolations
as Isabel Zucker
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Grandma (voice)
2023
The Gilded Age
as Ernestine Brown
2022
The Bite
as Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
Stars in the House
as Madame Arcati
2020
New Amsterdam
as Mamma Reynolds
2018
The Good Wife
as Suzanne Packer
2009
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
A Different World
as Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
The Cosby Show
as Kris Temple
1984
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
as Alexis Carter
1980
Backstairs at the White House
as Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
The Love Boat
as Marion Blake
1977
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds
1977
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
1973