Leslie Uggams

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Leslie Uggams

Acting 83 May 25, 1943

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…

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Deadpool

Deadpool

7.6 2016 Movie
Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2

7.5 2018 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

7.6 2024 Movie
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4 1999 TV Show
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
Fallout

Fallout

8.1 2024 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.6 2009 TV Show
New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

8.3 2018 TV Show
American Fiction

American Fiction

7.2 2023 Movie
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show

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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 alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Deadpool & Wolverine

    Movie Blind Al

  2. 2024
    Fallout

    TV show Betty Pearson

  3. 2023
    American Fiction

    Movie Agnes Ellison

  4. 2023
    Dotty and Soul

    Movie Dotty

  5. 2023
    Extrapolations

    TV show Isabel Zucker

  6. 2023
    My Dad the Bounty Hunter

    TV show Grandma (voice)

  7. 2022
    Nanny

    Movie Kathleen

  8. 2022
    The Ravine

    Movie Joanna

  9. 2022
    The Gilded Age

    TV show Ernestine Brown

  10. 2021
    Show of Titles

    Movie "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer

  11. 2021
    The Bite

    TV show Dr. Hester Boutella

  12. 2020
    Blithe Spirit

    Movie Madame Arcati

  13. 2020
    Stars in the House

    TV show Madame Arcati

  14. 2019
    The Apollo

    Movie Self

  15. 2018
    Once Upon a Deadpool

    Movie Blind Al

  16. 2018
    New Amsterdam

    TV show Mamma Reynolds

More credits
  1. 2018
    Deadpool 2

    Movie Blind Al

  2. 2017
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    Movie Sadie

  3. 2016
    Deadpool

    Movie Blind Al

  4. 2015
    Empire

    TV show Leah Walker

  5. 2014
    Just the Three of Us

    Movie

  6. 2009
    The Good Wife

    TV show Suzanne Packer

  7. 2009
    Nurse Jackie

    TV show Vivian

  8. 2009
    Toe to Toe

    Movie Grandma

  9. 2007
    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Movie Self

  10. 2003
    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Movie Self

  11. 2002
    Remembering Roots

    Movie Self

  12. 1999
    The Early Show

    TV show Self

  13. 1999
    Family Guy

    TV show Leslie Uggams (voice)

  14. 1995
    Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

    Movie

  15. 1994
    Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

    Movie Self

  16. 1994
    Sugar Hill

    Movie Doris Holly

  17. 1989
    The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

    Movie

  18. 1988
    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Movie Self

  19. 1987
    A Different World

    TV show Dr. Eileen Redding

  20. 1986
    Christmas at Radio City Music Hall

    Movie Self - Special Guest

  21. 1985
    Night of 100 Stars II

    Movie Self

  22. 1984
    The Cosby Show

    TV show Kris Temple

  23. 1983
    Reading Rainbow

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  24. 1982
    Hotel

    TV show