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Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams is known for acting, with popular credits including Dotty and Soul, Poor Pretty Eddie, Sugar Hill, Nanny.

Born 25 May 1943 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

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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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2024 Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al movie 2024 Fallout as Betty Pearson tv 2023 American Fiction as Agnes Ellison movie 2023 Dotty and Soul as Dotty movie 2023 Extrapolations as Isabel Zucker tv 2023 My Dad the Bounty Hunter as Grandma (voice) tv 2022 Nanny as Kathleen movie 2022 The Ravine as Joanna movie 2022 The Gilded Age as Ernestine Brown tv 2021 Show of Titles as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer movie 2021 The Bite as Dr. Hester Boutella tv 2020 Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati movie 2020 Stars in the House as Madame Arcati tv 2019 The Apollo as Self movie 2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al movie 2018 New Amsterdam as Mamma Reynolds tv 2018 Deadpool 2 as Blind Al movie 2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as Sadie movie 2016 Deadpool as Blind Al movie 2015 Empire as Leah Walker tv 2014 Just the Three of Us movie 2009 The Good Wife as Suzanne Packer tv 2009 Nurse Jackie as Vivian tv 2009 Toe to Toe as Grandma movie 2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self movie 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self movie 2002 Remembering Roots as Self movie 1999 The Early Show as Self tv 1999 Family Guy as Leslie Uggams (voice) tv 1995 Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! movie 1994 Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self movie 1994 Sugar Hill as Doris Holly movie 1989 The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano movie 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self movie 1987 A Different World as Dr. Eileen Redding tv 1986 Christmas at Radio City Music Hall as Self - Special Guest movie 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self movie 1984 The Cosby Show as Kris Temple tv 1983 Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice) tv 1982 Hotel tv 1981 Sizzle as Vonda movie 1980 Magnum, P.I. as Alexis Carter tv 1979 Backstairs at the White House as Lillian Rogers Parks tv 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning as Self tv 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Self movie 1978 Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring movie 1977 The Love Boat as Marion Blake tv 1977 The Love Boat as Callie Reason tv 1977 Roots as Kizzy Reynolds tv 1977 Roots as Kizzy Reynolds Moore tv 1976 The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star tv 1975 Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly movie 1974 Easter Is as (voice) movie 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self tv 1973 The Bobby Darin Show tv 1972 Black Girl as Netta movie 1972 Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells movie 1972 S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self movie 1970 The Flip Wilson Show as Self tv 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) movie 1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land as Saloon Singer movie 1969 The Leslie Uggams Show tv 1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self tv 1968 The Mod Squad tv 1968 That's Life tv 1967 The Carol Burnett Show as Self tv 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Natasha Brimstone tv 1965 The Dean Martin Show tv 1965 Hullabaloo as Self tv 1965 Hullabaloo as Self - Host tv 1964 The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer tv 1963 The Danny Kaye Show as Self tv 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self tv 1962 Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse movie 1961 The Mike Douglas Show as Self tv 1959 Startime as Self tv 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self tv 1956 Tony Awards as Self - Host tv 1956 Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer tv 1956 Tony Awards as Self - Presenter tv

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Leslie Uggams is known for acting, with popular credits including Dotty and Soul, Poor Pretty Eddie, Sugar Hill, Nanny.

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Leslie Uggams is 83 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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Leslie Uggams is known for credits including Dotty and Soul, Poor Pretty Eddie, Sugar Hill, Nanny, Black Girl.

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