Leslie Uggams
Known for: Acting
Born: May 25, 1943
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…
Known for
Dotty and Soul
2023
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
Black Girl
1972
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
Blithe Spirit
2020
Just the Three of Us
2014
Easter Is
1974
Sizzle
1981
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
Show of Titles
2021
Remembering Roots
2002
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
American Fiction
2023
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
The Ravine
2022
Nanny
2022
Deadpool
2016
Sugar Hill
1994
Deadpool 2
2018
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Skyjacked
1972
Toe to Toe
2009
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
The Apollo
2019
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Cosby Show
1984
Hotel
1982
The Mod Squad
1968
The Early Show
1999
The Muppet Show
1976
Backstairs at the White House
1979
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
Hullabaloo
1965
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Roots
1977
The Bite
2021
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
That's Life
1968
Extrapolations
2023
Family Guy
1999
New Amsterdam
2018
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Reading Rainbow
1983
A Different World
1987
What's My Line?
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Stars in the House
2020
Fallout
2024
The Love Boat
1977
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Good Wife
2009
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Gilded Age
2022
Empire
2015
Tony Awards
1956
Nurse Jackie
2009
Startime
1959
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Night of 100 Stars II
1985