Leslie Uggams

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: Acting

Born: Harlem, New York, USA, 1943-05-25

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Two Weeks in Another Town	Chanteuse	59
2	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	73
3	1972	S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin	Self	50
4	1972	Skyjacked	Lovejoy Wells	62
5	1972	Black Girl	Netta	70
6	1975	Poor Pretty Eddie	Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly	50
7	1978	Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring		70
8	1978	A Special Sesame Street Christmas	Self	60
9	1981	Sizzle	Vonda	0
10	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
11	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self	60
12	1989	The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano		0
13	1994	Sugar Hill	Doris Holly	56
14	1994	Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl	Self	90
15	1995	Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!		0
16	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
17	2007	Words and Music by Jerry Herman	Herself	0
18	2014	Just the Three of Us		0
19	2016	Deadpool	Blind Al	76
20	2018	Deadpool 2	Blind Al	75
21	2018	Once Upon a Deadpool	Blind Al	71
22	2019	The Apollo	Self	64
23	2020	Blithe Spirit	Madame Arcati	0
24	2021	Show of Titles	"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer	0
25	2022	The Ravine	Joanna	50
26	2022	Nanny	Kathleen	53
27	2023	Dotty and Soul	Dotty	40
28	2023	American Fiction	Agnes Ellison	73
29	2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	Blind Al	76

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer	46
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	46
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
6	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer	46
7	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	65
8	1959	Startime		60
9	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
10	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
11	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
12	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
13	1965	Hullabaloo	Self	0
14	1965	Hullabaloo	Self - Host	0
15	1965	The Dean Martin Show		73
16	1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.	Natasha Brimstone	66
17	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	76
18	1968	The Mod Squad		65
19	1968	That's Life		60
20	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
21	1969	The Leslie Uggams Show		0
22	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
23	1973	The Bobby Darin Show		0
24	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
25	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
26	1977	Roots	Kizzy Reynolds	74
27	1977	Roots	Kizzy Reynolds Moore	74
28	1977	The Love Boat	Marion Blake	63
29	1977	The Love Boat	Callie Reason	63
30	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	64
31	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Lillian Rogers Parks	59
32	1980	Magnum, P.I.		73
33	1982	Hotel		68
34	1983	Reading Rainbow	Herself - Narrator (voice)	84
35	1984	The Cosby Show	Kris Temple	70
36	1987	A Different World	Dr. Eileen Redding	70
37	1999	Family Guy	Leslie Uggams (voice)	74
38	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
39	2009	The Good Wife	Suzanne Packer	76
40	2018	New Amsterdam	Mamma Reynolds	84
41	2020	Stars in the House	Madame Arcati	0
42	2021	The Bite	Dr. Hester Boutella	68
43	2023	My Dad the Bounty Hunter	Grandma (voice)	78
44	2023	Extrapolations	Isabel Zucker	60
45	2024	Fallout	Betty Pearson	83