Person
Leslie Uggams
Acting · Born 1943-05-25 · 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.
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
The Good Wife
Suzanne Packer
Tony Awards
Self - Host
The Love Boat
Marion Blake
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
Fallout
Betty Pearson
The Cosby Show
Kris Temple
Filmography
- 2024Deadpool & WolverineBlind Al
- 2024FalloutBetty Pearson
- 2023American FictionAgnes Ellison
- 2023Dotty and SoulDotty
- 2023ExtrapolationsIsabel Zucker
- 2023My Dad the Bounty HunterGrandma (voice)
- 2022NannyKathleen
- 2022The RavineJoanna
- 2022The Gilded AgeErnestine Brown
- 2021Show of Titles"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
- 2021The BiteDr. Hester Boutella
- 2020Blithe SpiritMadame Arcati
- 2020Stars in the HouseMadame Arcati
- 2019The ApolloSelf
- 2018Once Upon a DeadpoolBlind Al
- 2018New AmsterdamMamma Reynolds
- 2018Deadpool 2Blind Al
- 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSadie
- 2016DeadpoolBlind Al
- 2015EmpireLeah Walker
- 2014Just the Three of Us
- 2009The Good WifeSuzanne Packer
- 2009Nurse JackieVivian
- 2009Toe to ToeGrandma
- 2007Words and Music by Jerry HermanSelf
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2002Remembering RootsSelf
- 1999The Early ShowSelf
- 1999Family GuyLeslie Uggams (voice)
- 1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- 1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood BowlSelf
- 1994Sugar HillDoris Holly
- 1989The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
- 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf
- 1987A Different WorldDr. Eileen Redding
- 1986Christmas at Radio City Music HallSelf - Special Guest
- 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
- 1984The Cosby ShowKris Temple
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1982Hotel
- 1981SizzleVonda
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Alexis Carter
- 1979Backstairs at the White HouseLillian Rogers Parks
- 1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelf
- 1978A Special Sesame Street ChristmasSelf
- 1978Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
- 1977The Love BoatMarion Blake
- 1977RootsKizzy Reynolds
- 1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star
- 1975Poor Pretty EddieElizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
- 1974Easter Is(voice)
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
- 1973The Bobby Darin Show
- 1972Black GirlNetta
- 1972SkyjackedLovejoy Wells
- 1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S GershwinSelf
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
- 1970Swing Out, Sweet LandSaloon Singer
- 1969The Leslie Uggams Show
- 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968That's Life
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Natasha Brimstone
- 1965The Dean Martin Show
- 1965HullabalooSelf
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Singer
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962Two Weeks in Another TownChanteuse
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1959StartimeSelf
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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