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 r
🎬 Movies (20)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Blind Al
American Fiction
2023
Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
2023
Dotty
Nanny
2022
Kathleen
The Ravine
2022
Joanna
Show of Titles
2021
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
2020
Madame Arcati
The Apollo
2019
Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Blind Al
Deadpool 2
2018
Blind Al
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Sadie
Deadpool
2016
Blind Al
Just the Three of Us
2014
Toe to Toe
2009
Grandma
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self
Remembering Roots
2002
Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Self
Sugar Hill
1994
Doris Holly
📺 TV Shows (20)
Fallout
2024
Betty Pearson
Extrapolations
2023
Isabel Zucker
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
Grandma (voice)
The Gilded Age
2022
Ernestine Brown
The Bite
2021
Dr. Hester Boutella
Stars in the House
2020
Madame Arcati
New Amsterdam
2018
Mamma Reynolds
Empire
2015
Leah Walker
The Good Wife
2009
Suzanne Packer
Nurse Jackie
2009
Vivian
The Early Show
1999
Self
Family Guy
1999
Leslie Uggams (voice)
A Different World
1987
Dr. Eileen Redding
The Cosby Show
1984
Kris Temple
Reading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Alexis Carter
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Lillian Rogers Parks
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Self
The Love Boat
1977
Marion Blake