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.
Dotty and Soul
(Dotty)
Poor Pretty Eddie
(Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly)
Sugar Hill
(Doris Holly)
Nanny
(Kathleen)
Black Girl
(Netta)
Skyjacked
(Lovejoy Wells)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
(Self)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
(Self)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
(Self (archive footage))
American Fiction
(Agnes Ellison)
Deadpool
(Blind Al)
Two Weeks in Another Town
(Chanteuse)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
Deadpool & Wolverine
(Blind Al)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
(Herself)
Deadpool 2
(Blind Al)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
(Herself)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
(Herself)
Once Upon a Deadpool
(Blind Al)
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
The Apollo
(Self)
Sizzle
(Vonda)
Blithe Spirit
(Madame Arcati)
Just the Three of Us
The Ravine
(Joanna)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
(Self)
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Magnum, P.I.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(Natasha Brimstone)
The Cosby Show
(Kris Temple)
Hotel
The Mod Squad
The Early Show
(Self)
The Muppet Show
(Self - Special Guest Star)
Backstairs at the White House
(Lillian Rogers Parks)
The Hollywood Palace
(Self - Singer)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
(Self)
Hullabaloo
(Self)
The Dean Martin Show
The Flip Wilson Show
(Self)
Roots
(Kizzy Reynolds)
The Bite
(Dr. Hester Boutella)
The Leslie Uggams Show
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
That's Life
Extrapolations
(Isabel Zucker)
Startime
Family Guy
(Leslie Uggams (voice))
New Amsterdam
(Mamma Reynolds)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Singer)
Reading Rainbow
(Herself - Narrator (voice))
A Different World
(Dr. Eileen Redding)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Singers)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer)
Tony Awards
(Self - Host)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Tony Awards
(Self - Performer)
Hullabaloo
(Self - Host)
Stars in the House
(Madame Arcati)
Fallout
(Betty Pearson)
Roots
(Kizzy Reynolds Moore)
The Love Boat
(Marion Blake)
The Love Boat
(Callie Reason)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
(Grandma (voice))
The Danny Kaye Show
(Self)
The Good Wife
(Suzanne Packer)