Leslie Uggams
Acting
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.
TV Shows(42)
Fallout
Betty Pearson
2024
Extrapolations
Isabel Zucker
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Grandma (voice)
2023
The Gilded Age
Ernestine Brown
2022
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
Stars in the House
Madame Arcati
2020
New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds
2018
Empire
Leah Walker
2015
The Good Wife
Suzanne Packer
2009
Nurse Jackie
Vivian
2009
The Early Show
Self
1999
Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
A Different World
Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
The Cosby Show
Kris Temple
1984
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
Alexis Carter
1980
Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
The Love Boat
Marion Blake
1977
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds
1977
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
That's Life
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Natasha Brimstone
1966
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Hullabaloo
Self
1965
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Startime
Self
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(33)
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
2024
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
2023
Dotty and Soul
Dotty
2023
Nanny
Kathleen
2022
The Ravine
Joanna
2022
Show of Titles
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
2020
The Apollo
Self
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
2018
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sadie
2017
Deadpool
Blind Al
2016
Just the Three of Us
2014
Toe to Toe
Grandma
2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Remembering Roots
Self
2002
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
1994
Sugar Hill
Doris Holly
1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
1988
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Sizzle
Vonda
1981
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Self
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
Easter Is
(voice)
1974
Black Girl
Netta
1972
Skyjacked
Lovejoy Wells
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Self
1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
1962