Cast
Leslie Uggams
Acting
Cast
Leslie Uggams
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-05-25
From
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Leslie Marian Uggams
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.
★7.6
MOVIE2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
★7.5
MOVIE2018
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
★7.6
MOVIE2016
Deadpool
as Blind Al
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
★7.3
MOVIE2023
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
★5.9
MOVIE1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse
MOVIE2002
Remembering Roots
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
★6.3
MOVIE2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
★6.8
MOVIE1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
MOVIE2021
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
★5.6
MOVIE1994
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
★5.4
MOVIE2022
Nanny
as Kathleen
★6.7
MOVIE1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
★4.0
MOVIE2023
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
★6.4
MOVIE2019
The Apollo
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2022
The Ravine
as Joanna
MOVIE2020
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
MOVIE2014
Just the Three of Us
★5.7
MOVIE1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Saloon Singer
★10.0
MOVIE1981
Sizzle
as Vonda
★6.8
MOVIE1972
Black Girl
as Netta
MOVIE1986
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
as Self - Special Guest
MOVIE1995
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
MOVIE1974
Easter Is
as (voice)
MOVIE1989
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
★3.3
MOVIE2009
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
★6.0
MOVIE1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
MOVIE2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self