
Leslie Uggams
Acting • Born 1943-05-25
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.
Filmography
75 credits
Dotty and Soul
Movie • 2023
Dotty

Poor Pretty Eddie
Movie • 1975
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Sugar Hill
Movie • 1994
Doris Holly

Nanny
Movie • 2022
Kathleen

Black Girl
Movie • 1972
Netta

Skyjacked
Movie • 1972
Lovejoy Wells

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)

American Fiction
Movie • 2023
Agnes Ellison

Deadpool
Movie • 2016
Blind Al

Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie • 1962
Chanteuse

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self

Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie • 2024
Blind Al

A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Movie • 1978
Self

Deadpool 2
Movie • 2018
Blind Al

Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Movie • 2007
Self

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie • 1994
Self

Once Upon a Deadpool
Movie • 2018
Blind Al

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Movie • 1989

The Apollo
Movie • 2019
Self

Sizzle
Movie • 1981
Vonda

Blithe Spirit
Movie • 2020
Madame Arcati

Just the Three of Us
Movie • 2014

The Ravine
Movie • 2022
Joanna

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Movie • 1972
Self

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1995

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Movie • 1978

Show of Titles
Movie • 2021
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer

Easter Is
Movie • 1974
(voice)

Toe to Toe
Movie • 2009
Grandma

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie • 2017
Sadie

Remembering Roots
Movie • 2002
Self

Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Alexis Carter

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Natasha Brimstone

The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Kris Temple

Hotel
TV • 1982

The Mod Squad
TV • 1968

The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self

The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star

Backstairs at the White House
TV • 1979
Lillian Rogers Parks

The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Singer

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self

Hullabaloo
TV • 1965
Self

The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965

The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self

Roots
TV • 1977
Kizzy Reynolds

The Bite
TV • 2021
Dr. Hester Boutella

The Leslie Uggams Show
TV • 1969

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self

That's Life
TV • 1968

Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Isabel Zucker

Startime
TV • 1959

Family Guy
TV • 1999
Leslie Uggams (voice)

New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Mamma Reynolds

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self

Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)

A Different World
TV • 1987
Dr. Eileen Redding

What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self

The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self

Hullabaloo
TV • 1965
Self - Host

Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Madame Arcati

Fallout
TV • 2024
Betty Pearson

Roots
TV • 1977
Kizzy Reynolds Moore

The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Marion Blake

The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Callie Reason

My Dad the Bounty Hunter
TV • 2023
Grandma (voice)

The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Suzanne Packer

CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self

The Bobby Darin Show
TV • 1973

The Gilded Age
TV • 2022
Ernestine Brown