Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/25/1943
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Leslie Marian Uggams
Leslie Uggams
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) & Dea...
Known For
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
Deadpool
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
The Ravine
as Joanna
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
The Apollo
as Self
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
Black Girl
as Netta
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
Sizzle
as Vonda
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Unknown Role
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Nanny
as Kathleen
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self