Leslie Uggams
Acting1943Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
2025
The Gilded Age
TVas Ernestine Brown• 2 eps
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
Fallout
TVas Betty Pearson• 9 eps
2023
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
Extrapolations
TVas Isabel Zucker• 2 eps
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
TVas Grandma (voice)
2022
The Ravine
as Joanna
Nanny
as Kathleen
2021
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
The Bite
TVas Dr. Hester Boutella
2020
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
Stars in the House
TVas Madame Arcati• 1 eps
2019
The Apollo
as Self
New Amsterdam
TVas Mamma Reynolds• 5 eps
2018
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
2017
2016
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2011
The Good Wife
TVas Suzanne Packer• 1 eps
2009
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
2007
2002
Remembering Roots
as Self
1999
Family Guy
TVas Leslie Uggams (voice)• 2 eps
The Early Show
TVas Self
1994
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1993
A Different World
TVas Dr. Eileen Redding• 1 eps
1991
The Cosby Show
TVas Kris Temple• 1 eps
1990
Reading Rainbow
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
1987
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Alexis Carter• 1 eps
1981
Sizzle
as Vonda
The Love Boat
TVas Marion Blake / Callie Reason• 1 eps
1979
The Muppet Show
TVas Self - Special Guest Star• 1 eps
Backstairs at the White House
TVas Lillian Rogers Parks
CBS News Sunday Morning
TVas Self
1977
Roots
TVas Kizzy Reynolds Moore• 1 eps
1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1974
Easter Is
as (voice)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1972
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
Black Girl
as Netta
1971
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Performer / Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer / Self - Host / Self - Presenter• 2 eps
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Flip Wilson Show
TVas Self
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
1968
1967
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Natasha Brimstone• 1 eps
1965
Hullabaloo
TVas Self / Self - Host
1964
The Hollywood Palace
TVas Self - Singer
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self