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), its 2018 sequel and the upcoming 2024 third film, as well as a recurring role on Empire. More about Leslie Uggams
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Uggams was born in Harlem, the daughter of Juanita Ernestine (Smith), a Cotton Club chorus girl/dancer, and Harold Coyden Uggams, an elevator operator and maintenance man, who was a singer with the Hall Johnson choir. She attended the Professional Children's School of New York and Juilliard. Her aunt, singer Eloise C. Uggams, encouraged her musical training. One of her grandfathers was Coyden H. Uggams, twice pastor of Zion Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1902 to 1906 and 1913 to 1919.The most expensive item with a signature of Leslie Uggams (LESLIE UGGAMS SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTO BLIND AL DEADPOOL RARE BECKETT BAS) was sold in June 2023 for $65.00 while the cheapest item (Leslie Uggams Signed 4x6 Photo Deadpool 2 Empire Roots Actress Singer Autograph) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was August 2016 with an average selling price of $11.62 for an autographed item of Leslie Uggams. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2016 with $30.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2017. In average, an autographed item from Leslie Uggams is worth $6.50.
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HALLELUJAH BABY Playbill LESLIE UGGAMS Autographed NYC 1967 | $12.00 | ||
HALLELUJAH BABY Playbill LESLIE UGGAMS Autographed NYC 1967 | $15.00 | ||
HER FIRST ROMAN Playbill LESLIE UGGAMS / RICHARD KILEY Autographed NYC 1968 | $16.00 | ||
Leslie Uggams & Alex Haley Roots award winning actor and author Lot 2 signed | $12.99 | ||
Leslie Uggams Actress Roots, Deadpool 2 Signed 3.5x5.1 Photo Paper E23703 | $1.59 | ||
LESLIE UGGAMS As BLIND AL Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - DEADPOOL | $3.25 | ||
LESLIE UGGAMS Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - ACTRESS & SINGER | $3.00 | ||
LESLIE UGGAMS HAND SIGNED “HER FIRST ROMAN” BROADWAY MUSICAL CD! RARE! | $29.99 | ||
Leslie Uggams Signed 8x10 Photo PSA/DNA COA Autograph AUTO | $3.74 | ||
Leslie Uggams signed contract Autograph CBS Television Actress 1975 | $4.99 |