
Leslie Uggams
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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.
Known For

Family Guy

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Love Boat

The Good Wife

What's My Line?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tony Awards

CBS News Sunday Morning

The Early Show

New Amsterdam

The Danny Kaye Show

Magnum, P.I.

The Carol Burnett Show

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

The Muppet Show

The Cosby Show

The Bobby Darin Show

The Flip Wilson Show

The Dean Martin Show

Extrapolations

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

My Dad the Bounty Hunter

Startime

Fallout

The Apollo

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

Once Upon a Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Deadpool

Nanny

The Ravine

American Fiction

Deadpool & Wolverine

The Leslie Uggams Show

Backstairs at the White House

A Different World

Hullabaloo
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