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Leslie Uggams
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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.
BODY OF WORK
Leslie Uggams's Filmography
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Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
Nanny
as Kathleen
The Ravine
as Joanna
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
The Apollo
as Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
Deadpool
as Blind Al
No Poster
Just the Three of Us
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Remembering Roots
as Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
as Self - Special Guest
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Sizzle
as Vonda
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
as (voice)
Black Girl
as Netta
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
No Poster
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Saloon Singer
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse