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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.0863 |
| Birthday | 1943-05-25 |
| Place of Birth | Harlem, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Leslie Marian Uggams, |
2023
Dotty and Soul
4/7
Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes viral, nearly ending his career. Desperate to fig...
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Dotty and Soul
1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
5.2/33
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile coun...
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Poor Pretty Eddie
1994
Sugar Hill
5.684/103
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girl...
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Sugar Hill
2022
Nanny
5.375/228
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and...
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Nanny
1972
Black Girl
6.778/9
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Black Girl
1972
Skyjacked
6.191/55
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
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Skyjacked
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7/7
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6/3
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.333/12
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, M...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
2023
American Fiction
7.26/1317
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...
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American Fiction
2016
Deadpool
7.623/32634
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him wit...
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Deadpool
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
5.958/59
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and profess...
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Two Weeks in Another Town
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/4
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
7.558/8537
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces...
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Deadpool & Wolverine
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
6.667/6
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dick Smothers try to get Oscar to...
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
2018
Deadpool 2
7.49/19140
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
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Deadpool 2
2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
0/0
WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman an...
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
9/3
He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has become ubiquitous on the concert, tribute and benefit...
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
7.103/840
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, an...
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Once Upon a Deadpool
1989
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
0/0
A special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States and the Soviet Union. Notable for the Mario Ice Capades...
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The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
2019
The Apollo
6.5/18
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
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The Apollo
1981
Sizzle
10/1
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...
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Sizzle
2020
Blithe Spirit
0/0
Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of uncertain talent, to conduct a séance in his home. Quite by...
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Blithe Spirit
2014
Just the Three of Us
0/0
Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage.
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Just the Three of Us
2022
The Ravine
5.125/16
This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens to discover that Rachel Turner and her son, Evan, ha...
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The Ravine
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
6/3
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1995
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
0/0
Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
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Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
7/2
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Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
2021
Show of Titles
0/0
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.
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Show of Titles
1974
Easter Is
0/0
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Easter Is
2009
Toe to Toe
3.3/13
Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and deep bond, but their relationship is threatened once...
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Toe to Toe
2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
6.39/109
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2002
Remembering Roots
0/0
The cast and crew of Roots (1977) recall its phenomenal success on its 25th anniversary.
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