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    1943-05-2583 years, 5 months, and 9 days old

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    Place of birth:

    Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Female

    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 received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.

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    Best Credits: 83

    Title
    Dotty and Soul
    Dotty
    4
    2023-05-19
    1.389
    Poor Pretty Eddie
    Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
    5.2
    1975-06-01
    1.8997
    Sugar Hill
    Doris Holly
    5.7
    1994-02-25
    1.9233
    Nanny
    Kathleen
    5.3
    2022-11-23
    2.4144
    Black Girl
    Netta
    6.8
    1972-11-09
    0.8989
    Skyjacked
    Lovejoy Wells
    6.2
    1972-05-24
    1.5198
    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    Self
    7
    2003-04-03
    1.5204
    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
    Self
    6
    1988-05-16
    1.1392
    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
    Self (archive footage)
    7.4
    1970-03-24
    1.0497
    American Fiction
    Agnes Ellison
    7.2
    2023-11-10
    5.0822
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