Leslie Uggams
Department: Acting
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
2023
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
Sugar Hill
1994
Nanny
2022
Black Girl
1972
Skyjacked
1972
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
American Fiction
2023
Deadpool
2016
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
Deadpool 2
2018
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
The Apollo
2019
Sizzle
1981
Blithe Spirit
2020
Just the Three of Us
2014
The Ravine
2022
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Show of Titles
2021
Easter Is
1974
Toe to Toe
2009
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Remembering Roots
2002
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Cosby Show
1984
Hotel
1982
The Mod Squad
1968
The Early Show
1999
The Muppet Show
1976
Backstairs at the White House
1979
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
Hullabaloo
1965
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Roots
1977
The Bite
2021
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
That's Life
1968
Extrapolations
2023
Startime
1959
Family Guy
1999
New Amsterdam
2018
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Reading Rainbow
1983
A Different World
1987
What's My Line?
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Hullabaloo
1965
Stars in the House
2020
Fallout
2024
Roots
1977
The Love Boat
1977
The Love Boat
1977
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Good Wife
2009
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Gilded Age
2022
Empire
2015
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956