People
Leslie Uggams
- Name: Leslie Uggams
- Birthday: 1943-05-25
- Also known as: Leslie Marian Uggams,萊斯莉·奧加姆斯
- Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
- Popularity: 5.005
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Deadpool & Wolverine as Blind Al | 2024-07-24 |
| American Fiction as Agnes Ellison | 2023-11-10 |
| Dotty and Soul as Dotty | 2023-05-19 |
| Nanny as Kathleen | 2022-11-23 |
| The Ravine as Joanna | 2022-05-06 |
| Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati | 2020-06-06 |
| The Apollo as Self | 2019-04-24 |
| Once Upon a Deadpool as Blind Al | 2018-12-11 |
| Deadpool 2 as Blind Al | 2018-05-10 |
| Deadpool as Blind Al | 2016-02-09 |
| Just the Three of Us | 2014-07-31 |
| Words and Music by Jerry Herman as Herself | 2007-04-01 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self | 2003-04-03 |
| Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! | 1995-10-19 |
| Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl as Self | 1994-03-04 |
| Sugar Hill as Doris Holly | 1994-02-25 |
| The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano | 1989-12-28 |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self | 1988-05-16 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Sizzle as Vonda | 1981-11-29 |
| A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Herself | 1978-12-08 |
| Poor Pretty Eddie as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly | 1975-06-01 |
| Black Girl as Netta | 1972-11-09 |
| Skyjacked as Lovejoy Wells | 1972-05-24 |
| S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self | 1972-01-17 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| Two Weeks in Another Town as Chanteuse | 1962-08-17 |
