Leslie Uggams
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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
Credits
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
as Blind Al
Deadpool (2016)
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Blind Al
Nanny (2022)
as Kathleen
American Fiction (2023)
as Agnes Ellison
Remembering Roots (2002)
as Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
Actor
Show of Titles (2021)
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
as Sadie
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Blithe Spirit (2020)
as Madame Arcati
Easter Is (1974)
as (voice)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
as Self
Sugar Hill (1994)
as Doris Holly
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978)
Actor
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall (1986)
as Self - Special Guest
Dotty and Soul (2023)
as Dotty
Skyjacked (1972)
as Lovejoy Wells
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Chanteuse
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Ravine (2022)
as Joanna
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Just the Three of Us (2014)
Actor
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
Toe to Toe (2009)
as Grandma
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Saloon Singer
The Apollo (2019)
as Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano (1989)
Actor
Sizzle (1981)
as Vonda
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
Black Girl (1972)
as Netta
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
as Self