Leslie Uggams
Born: 1943-05-25 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al
- Fallout as Betty Pearson
2023
- American Fiction as Agnes Ellison
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter as Grandma (voice)
- Extrapolations as Isabel Zucker
- Dotty and Soul as Dotty
2022
- The Gilded Age as Ernestine Brown
- The Ravine as Joanna
- Nanny as Kathleen
2021
- Show of Titles as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
- The Bite as Dr. Hester Boutella
2020
- Stars in the House as Madame Arcati
- Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
2019
- The Apollo as Self
2018
- New Amsterdam as Mamma Reynolds
- Deadpool 2 as Blind Al
- Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al
2016
- Deadpool as Blind Al
2014
2009
- The Good Wife as Suzanne Packer
- Toe to Toe as Grandma
2007
- Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self
1999
- Family Guy as Leslie Uggams (voice)
- The Early Show as Self
1994
- Sugar Hill as Doris Holly
- Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
1987
- A Different World as Dr. Eileen Redding
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- The Cosby Show as Kris Temple
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
1981
- Sizzle as Vonda
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Alexis Carter
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- Backstairs at the White House as Lillian Rogers Parks
1977
- The Love Boat as Marion Blake
- Roots as Kizzy Reynolds
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
1975
- Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1974
- Easter Is as (voice)
1972
- Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells
- Black Girl as Netta
- S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
1970
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1969
1968
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1966
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Natasha Brimstone
1965
- The Dean Martin Show
- Hullabaloo as Self
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self