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 r...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Blind Al
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces...
American Fiction
2023
as Agnes Ellison
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...
Dotty and Soul
2023
as Dotty
Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes viral, nearly ending his career. Desperate to fig...
Nanny
2022
as Kathleen
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and...
The Ravine
2022
as Joanna
This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens to discover that Rachel Turner and her son, Evan, ha...
Show of Titles
2021
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of uncertain talent, to conduct a séance in his home. Quite by...
The Apollo
2019
as Self
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Blind Al
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, an...
Deadpool 2
2018
as Blind Al
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Deadpool
2016
as Blind Al
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him wit...
Just the Three of Us
2014
Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage.
Toe to Toe
2009
as Grandma
Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and deep bond, but their relationship is threatened once ...
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
as Self
WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman an...
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
as Self
He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has become ubiquitous on the concert, tribute and benefit...
Sugar Hill
1994
as Doris Holly
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girl...
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
A special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States and the Soviet Union. Notable for the Mario Ice Capades ...
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
Sizzle
1981
as Vonda
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
as Self
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar ...
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile coun...
Easter Is
1974
as (voice)
Benji and Waldo in Easter Is
Black Girl
1972
as Netta
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Skyjacked
1972
as Lovejoy Wells
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
as Self
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Chanteuse
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and profess...