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Leslie Uggams

Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 05/25/1943 (80) | New York City, New York (United States of America (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 as Blind Al in the superhero films Deadpool (2016), its 2018 sequel and the upcoming 2024 third film, as well as a recurring role as Leah Walker on the Fox musical drama series, Empire (2016–2020), the post-apocalyptic drama series Fallout (2024), and the comedy-drama film American Fiction (2023). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

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Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming ...

American Fiction

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2023 | 3.6/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Drama
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The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego ...

Deadpool

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2016 | 3.8/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life. ...

Deadpool 2

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2018 | 3.7/5 | 1h 59min
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The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of a ...

Roots

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1977 | 3.7/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Leslie Uggams

Theatre World Award TV Land Award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Leslie Uggams as Actress(24)

as Blind Al2024 Deadpool 3
as Agnes Ellison2023 American Fiction
as Dotty2023 Dotty and Soul
as Joanna2022 The Ravine
as Kathleen2022 Nanny
as Madame Arcati2020 Blithe Spirit
as herself2019 The Apollo
as Blind Al2018 Deadpool 2
as Blind Al2018 Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al2016 Deadpool
2014 Just the Three of Us
as herself2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as herself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
1995 Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
as Doris Holly1994 Sugar Hill
as herself1994 Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1989 The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
as Vonda1981 Sizzle
as herself1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly1975 Poor Pretty Eddie
as Lovejoy Wells1972 Skyjacked
as Netta1972 Black Girl
as Self (archive footage)1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Chanteuse1962 Two Weeks in Another Town

TV Shows/Series with Leslie Uggams as Actress(33)

as Isabel Zucker2023 Extrapolations
as Grandma (voice)2023 My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Dr. Hester Boutella2021 The Bite
as Mamma Reynolds2018 New Amsterdam
as herself1999 The Early Show
as Self (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Dr. Eileen Redding1987 A Different World
1984 The Cosby Show
1982 Hotel
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Lillian Rogers Parks1979 Backstairs at the White House
as Callie Reason1977 The Love Boat
as Marion Blake1977 The Love Boat
as Kizzy Reynolds1977 Roots
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as herself1970 The Flip Wilson Show
1969 The Leslie Uggams Show
as herself1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1968 That's Life
1968 The Mod Squad
as herself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1965 The Dean Martin Show
as herself1965 Hullabaloo
as Self - Host1965 Hullabaloo
as Self - Singer1964 The Hollywood Palace
as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
1959 Startime
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Singers1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Marian Leslie Uggams
Born: Tuesday, 05/25 1943 (May) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 80 years + 337 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School
Record Label: Apex
Related to: Eloise C. Uggams
Leslie Uggams frequently works together with these people:
Rachael MacFarlane (63x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (51x, Actor)
John Viener (38x, Actor)
Ralph Garman (32x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (29x, Actor)
Steve Callaghan (29x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (27x, Actress)
Mae Whitman (20x, Actress)
Damien Fahey (19x, Actor)
Ryan Reynolds (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8487, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024