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Leslie Uggams

1943-05-25

The 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.

Leslie Uggams in

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Deadpool & Wolverine

7.595 average rating
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Deadpool

7.622 average rating
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Deadpool 2

7.49 average rating
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American Fiction

7.319 average rating
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Once Upon a Deadpool

7.1 average rating
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Nanny

5.35 average rating
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Poor Pretty Eddie

5 average rating
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Sugar Hill

5.6 average rating
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

7 average rating
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

7.091 average rating
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Night of 100 Stars II

8 average rating
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The Apollo

6.5 average rating
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The Ravine

5.1 average rating
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Skyjacked

6.196 average rating
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Dotty and Soul

3.4 average rating
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Two Weeks in Another Town

5.9 average rating
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Show of Titles

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

6 average rating
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Black Girl

6.143 average rating
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Sizzle

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