Leslie Uggams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-05-25 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Fallout

    Fallout

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • Deadpool

    Deadpool

  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Deadpool 2

    Deadpool 2

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

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

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

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

  • My Dad the Bounty Hunter

    My Dad the Bounty Hunter

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • American Fiction

    American Fiction

  • Once Upon a Deadpool

    Once Upon a Deadpool

  • Extrapolations

    Extrapolations

  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

  • The Flip Wilson Show

    The Flip Wilson Show

  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

  • The Ravine

    The Ravine

  • Sugar Hill

    Sugar Hill

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Skyjacked

    Skyjacked

  • Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

  • The Apollo

    The Apollo

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

  • Hullabaloo

    Hullabaloo

  • Hullabaloo

    Hullabaloo

  • Sizzle

    Sizzle

  • Startime

    Startime

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

    The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

  • Nanny

    Nanny

  • The Bite

    The Bite

  • Toe to Toe

    Toe to Toe

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Black Girl

    Black Girl

  • Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

    S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

  • Two Weeks in Another Town

    Two Weeks in Another Town

  • A Special Sesame Street Christmas

    A Special Sesame Street Christmas

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • Just the Three of Us

    Just the Three of Us

  • That's Life

    That's Life

  • Show of Titles

    Show of Titles

  • Poor Pretty Eddie

    Poor Pretty Eddie

  • The Bobby Darin Show

    The Bobby Darin Show

  • Dotty and Soul

    Dotty and Soul

  • Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

    Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

  • Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

    Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

  • Easter Is

    Easter Is

  • The Leslie Uggams Show

    The Leslie Uggams Show

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

    Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl