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...
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...
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Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
Nanny
as Kathleen
The Ravine
as Joanna
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
Deadpool
as Blind Al
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
Sizzle
as Vonda
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
as (voice)
Black Girl
as Netta
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse