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Leslie Uggams

Known for acting · Born 25 May 1943 · 83 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

77 credits

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.

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Known for

Deadpool

2016

Empire

2015

Fallout

2024

American Fiction

2023

Deadpool 2

2018

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Nanny

2022

Family Guy

1999

New Amsterdam

2018

Poor Pretty Eddie

1975

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Acting (77)

2024Deadpool & WolverineBlind AlFilm
2024FalloutBetty Pearson · 9 episodesSeries
2023American FictionAgnes EllisonFilm
2023ExtrapolationsIsabel Zucker · 2 episodesSeries
2023My Dad the Bounty HunterGrandma (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2023Dotty and SoulDottyFilm
2022The Gilded AgeErnestine Brown · 2 episodesSeries
2022NannyKathleenFilm
2022The RavineJoannaFilm
2021The BiteDr. Hester Boutella · 6 episodesSeries
2021Show of Titles"Hallelujah, Baby!" PerformerFilm
2020Blithe SpiritMadame ArcatiFilm
2020Stars in the HouseMadame ArcatiSeries
2019The ApolloSelfFilm
2018Deadpool 2Blind AlFilm
2018New AmsterdamMamma Reynolds · 5 episodesSeries
2018Once Upon a DeadpoolBlind AlFilm
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSadieFilm
2016DeadpoolBlind AlFilm
2015EmpireLeah Walker · 21 episodesSeries
2014Just the Three of UsFilm
2009The Good WifeSuzanne PackerSeries
2009Nurse JackieVivian · 3 episodesSeries
2009Toe to ToeGrandmaFilm
2007Words and Music by Jerry HermanSelfFilm
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2002Remembering RootsSelfFilm
1999Family GuyLeslie Uggams (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1999The Early ShowSelfSeries
1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!Film
1994Sugar HillDoris HollyFilm
1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood BowlSelfFilm
1989The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa MilanoFilm
1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelfFilm
1987A Different WorldDr. Eileen ReddingSeries
1986Christmas at Radio City Music HallSelf - Special GuestFilm
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1984The Cosby ShowKris TempleSeries
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1982HotelSeries
1981SizzleVondaFilm
1980Magnum, P.I.Alexis CarterSeries
1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelfSeries
1979Backstairs at the White HouseLillian Rogers Parks · 4 episodesSeries
1978A Special Sesame Street ChristmasSelfFilm
1978Julie Andrews: One Step Into SpringFilm
1977RootsKizzy Reynolds · 2 episodes, Kizzy Reynolds MooreSeries
1977The Love BoatMarion Blake · 2 episodes, Callie ReasonSeries
1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest StarSeries
1975Poor Pretty EddieElizabeth 'Liz' WetherlyFilm
1974Easter Is(voice)Film
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfSeries
1973The Bobby Darin ShowSeries
1972SkyjackedLovejoy WellsFilm
1972Black GirlNettaFilm
1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S GershwinSelfFilm
1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelfSeries
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)Film
1970Swing Out, Sweet LandSaloon SingerFilm
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelfSeries
1969The Leslie Uggams Show · 10 episodesSeries
1968The Mod SquadSeries
1968That's LifeSeries
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelfSeries
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Natasha BrimstoneSeries
1965The Dean Martin ShowSeries
1965HullabalooSelf · 2 episodes, Self - HostSeries
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - SingerSeries
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelfSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 6 episodesSeries
1962Two Weeks in Another TownChanteuseFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1959StartimeSelfSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host, Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer, Self - Performer · 2 episodesSeries
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery GuestSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries