Leslie Uggams: movies and TV shows
Leslie Uggams has 83 credits in the archive: 35 films and 48 TV series, from 1948 to 2024. Highest rated: New Amsterdam (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2024 · busiest year: 1956 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Blind Al | Film | 7.6 | 81 |
| 2024 | Fallout | Betty Pearson | TV | 8.1 | 81 |
| 2023 | Extrapolations | Isabel Zucker | TV | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2023 | American Fiction | Agnes Ellison | Film | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2023 | My Dad the Bounty Hunter | Grandma (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 80 |
| 2023 | Dotty and Soul | Dotty | Film | 4.0 | 80 |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Ernestine Brown | TV | 7.7 | 79 |
| 2022 | Nanny | Kathleen | Film | 5.4 | 79 |
| 2022 | The Ravine | Joanna | Film | 5.1 | 79 |
| 2021 | The Bite | Dr. Hester Boutella | TV | 6.8 | 78 |
| 2021 | Show of Titles | "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer | Film | — | 78 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Madame Arcati | TV | — | 77 |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | Film | — | 77 |
| 2019 | The Apollo | Self | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Mamma Reynolds | TV | 8.3 | 75 |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Blind Al | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Blind Al | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Sadie | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Blind Al | Film | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2015 | Empire | Leah Walker | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2014 | Just the Three of Us | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Suzanne Packer | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | Vivian | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2009 | Toe to Toe | Grandma | Film | 3.3 | 66 |
| 2007 | Words and Music by Jerry Herman | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Remembering Roots | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Leslie Uggams (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1995 | Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1994 | Sugar Hill | Doris Holly | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1994 | Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl | Self | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Dr. Eileen Redding | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1986 | Christmas at Radio City Music Hall | Self - Special Guest | Film | — | 43 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Kris Temple | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 40 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 39 | |
| 1981 | Sizzle | Vonda | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Alexis Carter | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Lillian Rogers Parks | TV | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1978 | A Special Sesame Street Christmas | Self | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1978 | Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Marion Blake | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Callie Reason | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1977 | Roots | Kizzy Reynolds | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1977 | Roots | Kizzy Reynolds Moore | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1975 | Poor Pretty Eddie | Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly | Film | 5.2 | 32 |
| 1974 | Easter Is | (voice) | Film | — | 31 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show | TV | 10.0 | 30 | |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Lovejoy Wells | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1972 | Black Girl | Netta | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1972 | S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 27 |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Saloon Singer | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | TV | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1969 | The Leslie Uggams Show | TV | 9.0 | 26 | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 25 | |
| 1968 | That's Life | TV | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 24 |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Natasha Brimstone | TV | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show | TV | 7.4 | 22 | |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo | Self | TV | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo | Self - Host | TV | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | TV | 5.0 | 21 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 19 |
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Chanteuse | Film | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 18 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self | TV | 6.8 | 16 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 14 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 13 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 13 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 13 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 13 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 7 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 5 |