Leslie Uggams

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American actress and singer

United States ActorsBorn 1943 · age 83

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Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. , winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968.

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Uggams in 1983

Uggams performing in 1971

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Filmography 35

Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · ★ 7.6

Deadpool2016 · ★ 7.6

Deadpool 22018 · ★ 7.5

Once Upon a Deadpool2018 · ★ 7.1

American Fiction2023 · ★ 7.2

Nanny2022 · ★ 5.4

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks2017 · ★ 6.4

Sugar Hill1994 · ★ 5.6

Two Weeks in Another Town1962 · ★ 6.0

Skyjacked1972 · ★ 6.2

Poor Pretty Eddie1975

The Apollo2019

The Ravine2022

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970

Toe to Toe2009

Black Girl1972

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003

Dotty and Soul2023

Night of 100 Stars II1985

A Special Sesame Street Christmas1978

Swing Out, Sweet Land1970

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin1972

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl1994

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring1978

Sizzle1981

Show of Titles2021

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano1989

Words and Music by Jerry Herman2007

Remembering Roots2002

Blithe Spirit2020

Just the Three of Us2014

Easter Is1974

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!1995

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall1986

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Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962

Family Guy1999

The Good Wife2009

The Mike Douglas Show1961

The Love Boat1977

New Amsterdam2018

Magnum, P.I.1980

What's My Line?1950

Empire2015

Fallout2024

The Cosby Show1984

CBS News Sunday Morning1979

Hotel1982

A Different World1987

The Carol Burnett Show1967

The Gilded Age2022

Nurse Jackie2009

Tony Awards1956

The Ed Sullivan Show1948

The Muppet Show1976

Extrapolations2023

Roots1977

Reading Rainbow1983

Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957

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1967Theatre World Award

TV Land Award

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

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Oprah WinfreyAlso in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

Issa RaeAlso in American Fiction (2023)

Vincent PastoreAlso in Sugar Hill (1994)

GayleAlso in The Ravine (2022)

Gary OwenAlso in Dotty and Soul (2023)

Michelle MonaghanAlso in Nanny (2022)

About this person

Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. After beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, she garnered acclaim for her role in the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Uggams gained wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance.

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