Leslie Uggams
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.
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible...
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The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after...
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Deadpool 2
as Blind AlWisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a...
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Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind AlA kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a...
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American Fiction
as Agnes EllisonA novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to...
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Sugar Hill
as Doris HollyIn the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his...
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Skyjacked
as Lovejoy WellsA crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
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Nanny
as KathleenAisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York...
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Two Weeks in Another Town
as ChanteuseAfter spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old...
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Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' WetherlyA wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
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The Apollo
as SelfThe history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
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The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
as uncreditedA special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States...
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The Ravine
as JoannaThis true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town...
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Night of 100 Stars II
as SelfThis special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as SelfStars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as HerselfLeslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne...
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as SelfHe hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has...
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Black Girl
as NettaAn aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as HerselfWORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of...
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Dotty and Soul
as DottyEthan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume...
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Sizzle
as VondaA sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's...
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Blithe Spirit
as Madame ArcatiResearching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of...
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as SelfA musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
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Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Fallout
as Betty PearsonThe story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200...
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CBS News Sunday Morning
as SelfThe sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that...
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The Good Wife
as Suzanne PackerAlicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce...
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The Cosby Show
as Kris TempleThe Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...
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Magnum, P.I.
as uncreditedA private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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New Amsterdam
as Mamma ReynoldsThe new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public...
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Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...
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The Love Boat
as Marion BlakePassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Love Boat
as Callie ReasonPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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A Different World
as Dr. Eileen ReddingA Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...
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The Carol Burnett Show
as SelfThe Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Nominee / PerformerThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - HostThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PerformerThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - SingerThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - SingersThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Extrapolations
as Isabel ZuckerEight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will...
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The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest StarGo behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...
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Roots
as Kizzy ReynoldsThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds MooreThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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The Hollywood Palace
as Self - SingerThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...
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The Danny Kaye Show
as SelfThe Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Grandma (voice)An intergalactic bounty hunter takes dad duty to new extremes when his two kids accidentally...
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The Mod Squad
as uncreditedThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...
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Stars in the House
as Madame ArcatiIn the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...
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The Dean Martin Show
as uncreditedThe Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series...
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The Flip Wilson Show
as SelfThe Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September...
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Natasha BrimstoneThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from...
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Hullabaloo
as SelfHullabaloo is an American musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through...
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Hullabaloo
as Self - HostHullabaloo is an American musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through...
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as SelfThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show...
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Startime
as uncreditedStartime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American...
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
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The Early Show
as SelfThe Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York...
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Backstairs at the White House
as Lillian Rogers ParksBehind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who...
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The Bite
as Dr. Hester BoutellaDuring an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, two...
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