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.
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TV Series
Magnum, P.I.
7.275
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
6.6
The Cosby Show
7.027
Hotel
6.8
The Mod Squad
6.3
The Early Show
5.7
The Muppet Show
8.034
Backstairs at the White House
5.9
The Hollywood Palace
4.5
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
5.8
Hullabaloo
0
The Dean Martin Show
7.316
The Flip Wilson Show
4.8
Roots
7.381
The Bite
6.82
The Leslie Uggams Show
0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
That's Life
6
Extrapolations
6
Startime
6
Family Guy
7.4
New Amsterdam
8.354
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Reading Rainbow
8.4
A Different World
7.123
What's My Line?
6.9
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
Tony Awards
5.1
Tony Awards
5.1
Tony Awards
5.1
Tony Awards
5.1
Hullabaloo
0
Stars in the House
0
Fallout
8.251
Roots
7.381
The Love Boat
6.262
The Love Boat
6.262
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
8.185
The Danny Kaye Show
6.3
The Good Wife
7.598
CBS News Sunday Morning
6.8
The Bobby Darin Show
0
Movies
Dotty and Soul
3.4
Poor Pretty Eddie
5
Sugar Hill
5.6
Nanny
5.3
Black Girl
6.143
Skyjacked
6.196
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.091
American Fiction
7.3
Deadpool
7.623
Two Weeks in Another Town
5.917
Night of 100 Stars II
8
Deadpool & Wolverine
7.592
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
6.25
Deadpool 2
7.491
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
9
Once Upon a Deadpool
7.1
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
0
The Apollo
6.5
Sizzle
0
Blithe Spirit
0
Just the Three of Us
0
The Ravine
5.1
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
5
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
0
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
7
Show of Titles
0
Easter Is
0
Toe to Toe
3.458