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Leslie Uggams

b. 1943 · 22 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Deadpool2016as Blind Al
  2. Deadpool 22018as Blind Al
  3. Deadpool & Wolverine2024as Blind Al
  4. Family Guy1999as Leslie Uggams (voice)
  5. Fallout2024as Betty Pearson
  6. American Fiction2023as Agnes Ellison
  7. New Amsterdam2018as Mamma Reynolds
  8. Once Upon a Deadpool2018as Blind Al
  9. Empire2015as Leah Walker
  10. The Good Wife2009as Suzanne Packer
  11. The Cosby Show1984as Kris Temple
  12. Magnum, P.I.1980as Alexis Carter
  13. The Muppet Show1976as Self - Special Guest Star
  14. The Gilded Age2022as Ernestine Brown
  15. Nurse Jackie2009as Vivian
  16. Roots1977as Kizzy Reynolds
  17. Nanny2022as Kathleen
  18. The Love Boat1977as Marion Blake
  19. Extrapolations2023as Isabel Zucker
  20. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks2017as Sadie
  21. Sugar Hill1994as Doris Holly
  22. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962as Self