Leslie Uggams
Birthday: 1943-05-25
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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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2024-07-24 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Blind Al |
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2023-11-10 | American Fiction | Agnes Ellison |
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2023-05-19 | Dotty and Soul | Dotty |
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2022-11-23 | Nanny | Kathleen |
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2022-05-06 | The Ravine | Joanna |
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2021-06-13 | Show of Titles | "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer |
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2020-06-06 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati |
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2018-12-11 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Blind Al |
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2018-05-15 | Deadpool 2 | Blind Al |
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2016-02-09 | Deadpool | Blind Al |
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2014-07-31 | Just the Three of Us | |
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1995-10-19 | Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! | |
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1994-02-25 | Sugar Hill | Doris Holly |
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1989-12-28 | The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano | |
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1981-11-29 | Sizzle | Vonda |
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1978-03-09 | Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring | |
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1975-06-01 | Poor Pretty Eddie | Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly |
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1974-03-01 | Easter Is | (voice) |
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1972-11-09 | Black Girl | Netta |
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1972-05-24 | Skyjacked | Lovejoy Wells |
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1962-08-17 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Chanteuse |