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