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 r…
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Filmography
Acting (80)
Movies (35)
Fallout Season 2 - London Premiere
2025as Betty Pearson
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024as Blind Al
American Fiction
2023as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
2023as Dotty
Nanny
2022as Kathleen
The Ravine
2022as Joanna
Show of Titles
2021as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
2020as Madame Arcati
The Apollo
2019as Self
Deadpool 2
2018as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018as Blind Al
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017as Sadie
Deadpool
2016as Blind Al
Just the Three of Us
2014
Toe to Toe
2009as Grandma
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003as Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Sugar Hill
1994as Doris Holly
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994as Self
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988as Self
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986as Self - Special Guest
Night of 100 Stars II
1985as Self
Sizzle
1981as Vonda
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978as Self
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
1974as (voice)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972as Self
Skyjacked
1972as Lovejoy Wells
Black Girl
1972as Netta
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970as Self (archive footage)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970as Saloon Singer
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962as Chanteuse
Television (45)
Fallout
2024as Betty Pearson
Extrapolations
2023as Isabel Zucker
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023as Grandma (voice)
The Gilded Age
2022as Ernestine Brown
The Bite
2021as Dr. Hester Boutella
Stars in the House
2020as Madame Arcati
New Amsterdam
2018as Mamma Reynolds
Empire
2015as Leah Walker
The Good Wife
2009as Suzanne Packer
Nurse Jackie
2009as Vivian
Family Guy
1999as Leslie Uggams (voice)
The Early Show
1999as Self
A Different World
1987as Dr. Eileen Redding
The Cosby Show
1984as Kris Temple
Reading Rainbow
1983as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
1980as Alexis Carter
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979as Self
Backstairs at the White House
1979as Lillian Rogers Parks
The Love Boat
1977as Callie Reason
Roots
1977as Kizzy Reynolds
The Muppet Show
1976as Self - Special Guest Star
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973as Self
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
1970as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969as Self
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The Mod Squad
1968 That's Life
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967as Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966as Natasha Brimstone
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Hullabaloo
1965as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964as Self - Singer
The Danny Kaye Show
1963as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
Startime
1959 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957as Self
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
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