Leslie Uggams
25. mai 1943 (83 aastat), Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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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- 2024Deadpool & Wolverine (Blind Al)
- 2024Fallout (Betty Pearson)
- 2023American Fiction (Agnes Ellison)
- 2023Dotty and Soul (Dotty)
- 2023Extrapolations (Isabel Zucker)
- 2023My Dad the Bounty Hunter (Grandma (voice))
- 2022Nanny (Kathleen)
- 2022The Ravine (Joanna)
- 2022The Gilded Age (Ernestine Brown)
- 2021Show of Titles ("Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer)
- 2021The Bite (Dr. Hester Boutella)
- 2020Blithe Spirit (Madame Arcati)
- 2020Stars in the House (Madame Arcati)
- 2019The Apollo (Self)
- 2018Once Upon a Deadpool (Blind Al)
- 2018New Amsterdam (Mamma Reynolds)
- 2018Deadpool 2 (Blind Al)
- 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Sadie)
- 2016Deadpool (Blind Al)
- 2015Empire (Leah Walker)
- 2014Just the Three of Us
- 2009The Good Wife (Suzanne Packer)
- 2009Nurse Jackie (Vivian)
- 2009Toe to Toe (Grandma)
- 2007Words and Music by Jerry Herman (Self)
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (Self)
- 2002Remembering Roots (Self)
- 1999The Early Show (Self)
- 1999Perepea (Leslie Uggams (voice))
- 1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- 1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (Self)
- 1994Sugar Hill (Doris Holly)
- 1989The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
- 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (Self)
- 1987A Different World (Dr. Eileen Redding)
- 1986Christmas at Radio City Music Hall (Self - Special Guest)
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II (Self)
- 1984The Cosby Show (Kris Temple)
- 1983Reading Rainbow (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 1982Hotel
- 1981Sizzle (Vonda)
- 1980Magnum, P.I. (Alexis Carter)
- 1979Backstairs at the White House (Lillian Rogers Parks)
- 1979CBS News Sunday Morning (Self)
- 1978A Special Sesame Street Christmas (Self)
- 1978Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
- 1977The Love Boat (Marion Blake)
- 1977The Love Boat (Callie Reason)
- 1977Roots (Kizzy Reynolds)
- 1977Roots (Kizzy Reynolds Moore)
- 1976The Muppet Show (Self - Special Guest Star)
- 1975Poor Pretty Eddie (Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly)
- 1974Easter Is ((voice))
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... (Self)
- 1973The Bobby Darin Show
- 1972Black Girl (Netta)
- 1972Skyjacked (Lovejoy Wells)
- 1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (Self)
- 1970The Flip Wilson Show (Self)
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (Self (archive footage))
- 1970Swing Out, Sweet Land (Saloon Singer)
- 1969The Leslie Uggams Show
- 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (Self)
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968That's Life
- 1967The Carol Burnett Show (Self)
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (Natasha Brimstone)
- 1965The Dean Martin Show
- 1965Hullabaloo (Self)
- 1965Hullabaloo (Self - Host)
- 1964The Hollywood Palace (Self - Singer)
- 1963The Danny Kaye Show (Self)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Self)
- 1962Two Weeks in Another Town (Chanteuse)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self)
- 1959Startime (Self)
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (Self)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Host)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Presenter)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Performer)
- 1950What's My Line? (Self - Mystery Guest)
- 1948The Ed Sullivan Show (Self)