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Leslie Uggams


Leslie Uggams

Birthday:

05/25/1943

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.



Credits

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
as Blind Al
American Fiction (2023)
as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul (2023)
as Dotty
Nanny (2022)
as Kathleen
The Ravine (2022)
as Joanna
Show of Titles (2021)
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit (2020)
as Madame Arcati
The Apollo (2019)
as Self
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Blind Al
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
as Sadie
Deadpool (2016)
as Blind Al
Just the Three of Us (2014)
as
Toe to Toe (2009)
as Grandma
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
Remembering Roots (2002)
as Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
as
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self
Sugar Hill (1994)
as Doris Holly
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano (1989)
as
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Sizzle (1981)
as Vonda
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
as Self
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978)
as
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is (1974)
as (voice)
Black Girl (1972)
as Netta
Skyjacked (1972)
as Lovejoy Wells
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Chanteuse