Portrait of Leslie Uggams

Acting

Leslie Uggams

Career

Active from 1969 to 2023, with a break from 1995 to 2015, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for American Fiction
American Fiction
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leslie Uggams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7
  • Warfare
    0.6, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slow Burn 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles ยท average score 66
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

as Blind Al

Fallout
Fallout (2024)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Betty Pearson

American Fiction
American Fiction (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

as Agnes Ellison

Dotty and Soul
Dotty and Soul (2023)

as Dotty

Extrapolations
Extrapolations (2023)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Isabel Zucker

My Dad the Bounty Hunter
My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show ยท as Grandma (voice)

Nanny
Nanny (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kathleen

The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Ernestine Brown

The Ravine
The Ravine (2022)
GoodWatch score 14

as Joanna

The Bite
The Bite (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Dr. Hester Boutella

Stars in the House
Stars in the House (2020)

TV show ยท as Madame Arcati

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (2020)

as Madame Arcati

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 67
Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 (2018)
GoodWatch score 75

as Blind Al

Once Upon a Deadpool
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Blind Al

New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Mamma Reynolds

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sadie

Deadpool
Deadpool (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

as Blind Al

Empire
Empire (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Leah Walker

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 70
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Suzanne Packer

Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Vivian

Toe to Toe
Toe to Toe (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

as Grandma

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 52
Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Leslie Uggams (voice)

Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill (1994)
GoodWatch score 40

as Doris Holly

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 67
A Different World
A Different World (1987)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Dr. Eileen Redding

The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Kris Temple

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Sizzle
Sizzle (1981)

as Vonda

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Alexis Carter

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 61
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Lillian Rogers Parks

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Marion Blake / Callie Reason

Roots
Roots (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Kizzy Reynolds / Kizzy Reynolds Moore

Poor Pretty Eddie
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
GoodWatch score 47

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Easter Is
Easter Is (1974)

as (voice)

The Bobby Darin Show
The Bobby Darin Show (1973)

TV show

Black Girl
Black Girl (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Netta

Skyjacked
Skyjacked (1972)
GoodWatch score 48

as Lovejoy Wells

Swing Out, Sweet Land
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

as Saloon Singer

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 58
The Leslie Uggams Show
The Leslie Uggams Show (1969)

TV show

The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

That's Life
That's Life (1968)

TV show

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
GoodWatch score 38

TV show ยท as Natasha Brimstone

The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Two Weeks in Another Town
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
GoodWatch score 75

as Chanteuse