Leslie Uggams
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943-05-25
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Hallelujah, baby!
- Cabaret
- The Leslie Uggams beauty book
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Film & TV
Acting · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Deadpool & Wolverine — Blind Al2024
- Fallout — Betty Pearson2024
- Dotty and Soul — Dotty2023
- American Fiction — Agnes Ellison2023
- Extrapolations — Isabel Zucker2023
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter — Grandma (voice)2023
- Nanny — Kathleen2022
- The Ravine — Joanna2022
- The Gilded Age — Ernestine Brown2022
- Show of Titles — "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,521
- Total plays
- 17,969
Tags
easy listeningAllnorthern soulfemale vocalistfemale vocalists
Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943, New York City) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her Tony Award-winning work in Hallelujah, Baby! Uggams first started in show business as a child in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on the television series Beulah. She was a regular on Sing Along with Mitch, starring record producer/conductor Mitch Miller. In 1960 she sang "Give Me That Old Time Religion" in the film Inherit the Wind. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leslie+Ugg
Key dates
- Born
- 25 May 1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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Categories
1943 births20th-century African-American actresses20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American actresses20th-century American singers20th-century American women singers21st-century African-American actresses21st-century African-American women singers21st-century American actresses21st-century American singers21st-century American women singers