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Leslie Uggams

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.

  • Fallout
  • Extrapolations
  • My Dad the Bounty Hunter
  • The Gilded Age
  • The Bite
  • Stars in the House
  • New Amsterdam
  • Empire
  • The Good Wife
  • Nurse Jackie
  • Family Guy
  • A Different World
  • The Cosby Show
  • Reading Rainbow
  • Hotel
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • Backstairs at the White House
  • Roots
  • The Love Boat
  • The Muppet Show
  • The Bobby Darin Show
  • The Flip Wilson Show
  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  • The Mod Squad
  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Hullabaloo
  • The Dean Martin Show
  • The Hollywood Palace
  • The Danny Kaye Show
  • Startime
  • Tony Awards
  • What's My Line?

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