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Leslie Uggams
0 FOLLOWERS • 35 CREDITS • MAY 25, 1943 • 81
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.
Known For
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Family Guy
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The Love Boat
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The Good Wife
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What's My Line?
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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The Early Show
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New Amsterdam
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The Danny Kaye Show
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Magnum, P.I.
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The Carol Burnett Show
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Hullabaloo
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
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The Muppet Show
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The Cosby Show
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The Flip Wilson Show
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The Dean Martin Show
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Extrapolations
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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Startime
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter
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Fallout
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Tony Awards
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The Apollo
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Deadpool & Wolverine
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Deadpool 2
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Once Upon a Deadpool
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Deadpool
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Nanny
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The Ravine
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American Fiction
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The Leslie Uggams Show
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Backstairs at the White House
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A Different World
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