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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-05-25 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leslie Marian Uggams
萊斯莉·奧加姆斯

Leslie Uggams

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.

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Acting

2024		Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al
2024		Fallout as Betty Pearson

2023		American Fiction as Agnes Ellison
2023		Dotty and Soul as Dotty
2023		Extrapolations as Isabel Zucker
2023		My Dad the Bounty Hunter as Grandma (voice)

2022		Nanny as Kathleen
2022		The Ravine as Joanna

2021		Show of Titles as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021		The Bite as Dr. Hester Boutella

2020		Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
2020		Stars in the House as Madame Arcati

2019

The Apollo as Self

2018		Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al
2018		New Amsterdam as Mamma Reynolds
2018		Deadpool 2 as Blind Al

2016

Deadpool as Blind Al

2014

Just the Three of Us

2009

The Good Wife as Suzanne Packer

2007

Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Self

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self

1999		The Early Show as Self
1999		Family Guy as Leslie Uggams (voice)

1995

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

1994		Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
1994		Sugar Hill as Doris Holly

1989

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

1988

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 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 Herself - Narrator (voice)

1982

Hotel

1981

Sizzle as Vonda

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Alexis Carter

1979		Backstairs at the White House as Lillian Rogers Parks
1979		CBS News Sunday Morning as Self

1978		A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Self
1978		Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

1977		The Love Boat as Marion Blake
1977		The Love Boat as Callie Reason
1977		Roots as Kizzy Reynolds
1977		Roots as Kizzy Reynolds Moore

1976

The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star

1975

Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

1974

Easter Is as (voice)

1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973		The Bobby Darin Show

1972		Black Girl as Netta
1972		Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells
1972		S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self

1970		The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1970		King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)

1969		The Leslie Uggams Show
1969		The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self

1968		The Mod Squad
1968		That's Life

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self

1966

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Natasha Brimstone

1965		The Dean Martin Show
1965		Hullabaloo as Self
1965		Hullabaloo as Self - Host

1964

The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer

1963

The Danny Kaye Show as Self

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1959

Startime

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self

1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self