Leslie Uggams

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Leslie Uggams (1971)

Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943 in New York City ) is an American singer and actress .

Life

Leslie Uggams began her television career as a child in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah . In 1967 she starred on Broadway in the musical Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne and Arthur Laurents . A year later she received a Tony Award for this work . In 1969 she got her own television show called The Leslie Uggams Show . She became known to a German audience in the 1970s when she played the role of Kizzy in the television series Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley of the same name . In 1975 the LP Leslie Uggams was created for the legendary record label Motown . In 1979 she played the maid Lillian Rogers Parks in the US series White House, Back Entrance . Since the 1980s, she has mainly appeared in Broadway productions. Every now and then she takes on guest roles in American television series .

Uggams has been married to Grahame Pratt since 1965 and has two children with him.

Discography

  • The Eyes of God ( Columbia CS8174, 1959)
  • "Leslie Uggams On TV with Mitch Miller's Sing Along Chorus" (Columbia CL 1706, 1961)
  • So in love! (Columbia CS8871, 1963)
  • A Time to Love ( Atlantic 8128, 1966)
  • What's an Uggams? (Atlantic SD8196, 1968)
  • Just to Satisfy You (Atlantic SD8241, 1969)
  • Leslie (Columbia CS9936, 1970)
  • Try To See It My Way ( Sonday SL8000, 1972)
  • Leslie Uggams ( Motown M6846S1, 1975)

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Leslie Uggams  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Uggams, Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uggams, Leslie Marian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States