Leslie Uggams
Date of birth: 1943-05-25
Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leslie Marian 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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Dotty and Soul
2023-05-19
Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975-06-01
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge ru
Sugar Hill
1994-02-25
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner
Nanny
2022-11-23
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City
Black Girl
1972-11-09
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Skyjacked
1972-05-24
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w
American Fiction
2023-11-10
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to wri
Deadpool
2016-02-09
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being s
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962-08-17
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old dir
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary,
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978-12-08
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, I
Deadpool 2
2018-05-15
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007-04-01
WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Do
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994-03-04
He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has bec
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018-12-11
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989-12-28
A special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States and th
The Apollo
2019-04-24
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Sizzle
1981-11-29
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's mur
Blithe Spirit
2020-06-06
Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of uncertain
Just the Three of Us
2014-07-31
Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spi
The Ravine
2022-05-06
This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens to
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972-01-17
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995-10-19
Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978-03-09
Show of Titles
2021-06-13
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.
Easter Is
1974-03-01
Benji and Waldo in Easter Is
Toe to Toe
2009-01-16
Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and dee
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017-04-22
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are