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Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams is credited on 19 releases across 12 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2012 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
19
Pressings credited
12
Albums
7
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
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). Her other prominent roles were as Leah Walker on the Fox musical drama series Empire (2016–2020); as Agnes Ellison in the comedy-drama film American Fiction (2023); and as Betty Pearson in the Amazon Original post-apocalyptic drama series Fallout (2024–present), based on the video game of the same name.
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Credited work
19 releases · 12 albums · active 1959–2012
- Performance · 31
- Other credits · 1
Studios: The Automatt
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Erich Kunzel
- Jerry Herman
- Jule Styne
- Richard Kiley
- Ervin Drake
- Mitch Miller
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