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Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943, New York City) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her work in Hallelujah, Baby! and the miniseries Roots. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Uggams was born in New York City. Her father was a singer and her mother was a dancer.She attended the Professional Children's School of New York and Juilliard. Uggams started in show business as a child in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah. Uggams made her singing debut on the Lawrence Welk Show and was a regular on Sing Along with Mitch, starring record... MORE

Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943, New York City) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her work in Hallelujah, Baby! and the miniseries Roots. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Uggams was born in New York City. Her father was a singer and her mother was a dancer.She attended the Professional Children's School of New York and Juilliard. Uggams started in show business as a child in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah. Uggams made her singing debut on the Lawrence Welk Show and was a regular on Sing Along with Mitch, starring record producer-conductor Mitch Miller.In 1960, she sang, off-screen, "Give Me That Old Time Religion" in the film Inherit the Wind. Her records "One More Sunrise"(an English-language cover of Ivo Robic's "Morgen", 1959) and "House Built On Sand" made Billboard Magazine's charts. She appeared in her own television variety show, The Leslie Uggams Show in 1969. This was the "first network variety show to feature an African-American host since the mid-1950s Nat "King" Cole Show." She had a lead role in the 1977 miniseries Roots, as Kizzy. She also made guest appearances on such television programs as Hollywood Squares, LESS