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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 25, 1943
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Leslie Marian Uggams
Leslie Uggams
1.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
Blind Al
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
8.2
Betty Pearson
Fallout
2024
7.3
Agnes Ellison
American Fiction
2023
3.7
Dotty
Dotty and Soul
2023
6.0
Isabel Zucker
Extrapolations
2023
8.3
Grandma (voice)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
5.4
Kathleen
Nanny
2022
5.1
Joanna
The Ravine
2022
7.7
Ernestine Brown
The Gilded Age
2022
0.0
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Show of Titles
2021
Credits
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
2024
7.6
Fallout
as Betty Pearson
2024
8.2
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
2023
7.3
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
2023
3.7
Extrapolations
as Isabel Zucker
2023
6.0
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Grandma (voice)
2023
8.3
Nanny
as Kathleen
2022
5.4
The Ravine
as Joanna
2022
5.1
The Gilded Age
as Ernestine Brown
2022
7.7
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
0.0
The Bite
as Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
6.8
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
2020
0.0
Stars in the House
as Madame Arcati
2020
0.0
The Apollo
as Self
2019
6.5
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
2018
7.1
New Amsterdam
as Mamma Reynolds
2018
8.3
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
2018
7.5
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2016
7.6
🎬
Just the Three of Us
2014
0.0
The Good Wife
as Suzanne Packer
2009
7.6
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
2009
3.3
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2007
0.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
7.4
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
0.0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994
9.0
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1994
5.6
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
0.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
A Different World
as Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
7.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Cosby Show
as Kris Temple
1984
7.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Hotel
1982
6.8
Sizzle
as Vonda
1981
0.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Alexis Carter
1980
7.3
Backstairs at the White House
as Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
5.9
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.9
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
1978
6.0
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
7.0
The Love Boat
as Marion Blake
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Callie Reason
1977
6.3
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds
1977
7.4
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds Moore
1977
7.4
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
4.9
Easter Is
as (voice)
1974
0.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
0.0
Black Girl
as Netta
1972
6.4
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
1972
6.1
🎬
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
1972
5.0
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
🎬
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
0.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
🎬
That's Life
1968
6.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Natasha Brimstone
1966
6.6
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
Hullabaloo
as Self
1965
0.0
Hullabaloo
as Self - Host
1965
0.0
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
4.5
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse
1962
5.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Startime
1959
6.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8