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