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Leslie Uggams

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

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.

Born

Harlem, New York, USA on 25th May 1943

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Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice)
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The Love Boat
Callie Reason
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The Love Boat
Marion Blake
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Good Wife
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The Carol Burnett Show
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New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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The Danny Kaye Show
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The Mike Douglas Show
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Hotel
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The Mod Squad
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Fallout
Betty Pearson
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Magnum, P.I.
Alexis Carter
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Stars in the House
Madame Arcati
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The Cosby Show
Kris Temple
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The Gilded Age
Ernestine Brown
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
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A Different World
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The Flip Wilson Show
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The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Tony Awards
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Tony Awards
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Tony Awards
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Tony Awards
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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The Dean Martin Show
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Extrapolations
Isabel Zucker
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Grandma (voice)
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Roots
Kizzy Reynolds Moore
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Roots
Kizzy Reynolds
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What's My Line?
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Reading Rainbow
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Natasha Brimstone
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Deadpool
Blind Al
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Startime
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That's Life
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The Early Show
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Deadpool 2
Blind Al
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Hullabaloo
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Hullabaloo
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
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The Bite
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Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
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American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
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Nanny
Kathleen
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The Leslie Uggams Show
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Backstairs at the White House
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The Bobby Darin Show
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Sugar Hill
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Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
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Skyjacked
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
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Night of 100 Stars II
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The Apollo
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The Ravine
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
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The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
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Show of Titles
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
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Dotty and Soul
Dotty
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
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Sizzle
Vonda
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
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Black Girl
Netta
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
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Toe to Toe
Grandma
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Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
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Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
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Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
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Just the Three of Us
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Easter Is
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