Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

25/05/1943

Age

82 years old

Place of Birth

Harlem, 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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2024

Deadpool & Wolverine

as Blind Al

2023

American Fiction

as Agnes Ellison

2023

Dotty and Soul

as Dotty

2022

Nanny

as Kathleen

2022

The Ravine

as Joanna

2021

Show of Titles

as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer

2020

Blithe Spirit

as Madame Arcati

2019

The Apollo

as Self

2018

Once Upon a Deadpool

as Blind Al

2018

Deadpool 2

as Blind Al

2016

Deadpool

as Blind Al

2009

Toe to Toe

as Grandma

1994

Sugar Hill

as Doris Holly

1981

Sizzle

as Vonda

1975

Poor Pretty Eddie

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

1974

Easter Is

as (voice)

1972

Black Girl

as Netta

1972

Skyjacked

as Lovejoy Wells

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to M...

as Self (archive footage)