Leslie Uggams
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1943-05-25
Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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
Dotty and Soul
2023Dotty
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Sugar Hill
1994Doris Holly
Nanny
2022Kathleen
Black Girl
1972Netta
Skyjacked
1972Lovejoy Wells
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970Self (archive footage)
American Fiction
2023Agnes Ellison
Deadpool
2016Blind Al
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962Chanteuse
Night of 100 Stars II
1985Self
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024Blind Al
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978Self
Deadpool 2
2018Blind Al
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018Blind Al