Person Details
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Aliases: Leslie Marian Uggams , 萊斯莉·奧加姆斯
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Homepage: https://www.leslieuggams.com/index.php
Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - PerformerFallout
(2024) Betty PearsonNew Amsterdam
(2018) Mamma ReynoldsStars in the House
(2020) Madame ArcatiReading Rainbow
(1983) Herself - Narrator (voice)Roots
(1977) Kizzy Reynolds MooreThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(1966) Natasha BrimstoneExtrapolations
(2023) Isabel ZuckerActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Blind Al | |
Betty Pearson | ||
2023 | Agnes Ellison | |
Dotty | ||
Isabel Zucker | ||
Grandma (voice) | ||
2022 | Kathleen | |
Joanna | ||
2021 | Dr. Hester Boutella | |
2020 | Madame Arcati | |
Madame Arcati | ||
2019 | Self | |
2018 | Blind Al | |
Mamma Reynolds | ||
Blind Al | ||
2016 | Blind Al | |
2014 | N/A | |
2007 | Herself | |
2003 | Self | |
1999 | Self | |
Leslie Uggams (voice) | ||
1995 | N/A | |
1994 | Herself | |
Doris Holly | ||
1989 | N/A | |
1988 | Self | |
1987 | Dr. Eileen Redding | |
1985 | Self | |
1984 | N/A | |
1983 | Herself - Narrator (voice) | |
1982 | N/A | |
1981 | Vonda | |
1980 | N/A | |
1979 | Lillian Rogers Parks | |
1978 | Herself | |
1977 | Callie Reason | |
Marion Blake | ||
Kizzy Reynolds | ||
Kizzy Reynolds Moore | ||
1976 | Self - Special Guest Star | |
1975 | Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly | |
1973 | Self | |
1972 | Netta | |
Lovejoy Wells | ||
Self | ||
1970 | Self | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
1969 | N/A | |
Self | ||
1968 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1967 | Self | |
1966 | Natasha Brimstone | |
1965 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Self - Host | ||
1964 | Self - Singer | |
1963 | Self | |
1962 | Self | |
Chanteuse | ||
1961 | Self | |
1959 | N/A | |
1957 | Self | |
1956 | Self - Host | |
Self - Presenter | ||
Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer | ||
Self - Performer | ||
1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
1948 | Self - Singer | |
Self - Singers | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |