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