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Leslie Uggams

1943 - Today

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Leslie Marian Uggams (; born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. After beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, she garnered acclaim for her role in the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Uggams gained wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances as Blind Al in the superhero films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Uggams is the 3,891st most popular actor (up from 4,909th in 2019), the 6,307th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,186th in 2019) and the 1,816th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leslie Uggams ranks 3,891 out of 13,578. Before her are Gustaf Molander, Michael Ball, Richard Simmons, Megumi Hayashibara, Rosario Dawson, and Erika Blanc. After her are Eva-Maria Hagen, Kenneth Mars, Rosie O'Donnell, Lupe Ontiveros, Edie Falco, and Mikhail Shchepkin.

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Among people born in 1943, Leslie Uggams ranks 408. Before her are Niles Eldredge, Marilynne Robinson, Mike Bloomfield, Masatoshi Shima, Catherine Cesarsky, and Christl Haas. After her are Sharon Gless, Dante Ferretti, Larry Coryell, Jean-Louis Bruguès, Tony Joe White, and Gordon Matta-Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leslie Uggams ranks 6,308 out of 20,380. Before her are Lou Gramm (1950), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974), Leon Russell (1942), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Mel Patton (1924), and Rosario Dawson (1979). After her are Kenneth Mars (1935), Bobby Seale (1936), Rosie O'Donnell (1962), Louis C.K. (1967), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826), and Nate Diaz (1985).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Leslie Uggams ranks 1,816. Before her are Rance Howard (1928), Ed Wynn (1886), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Michael Paré (1958), Richard Simmons (1948), and Rosario Dawson (1979). After her are Kenneth Mars (1935), Rosie O'Donnell (1962), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), Edie Falco (1963), Shirley Booth (1898), and Verne Troyer (1969).

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