Leslie Uggams Biography: Height, Ethnicity, Age, Net Worth, Siblings, Parents, Movies, Awards, Music, Children, Husband

Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer whose career began in the early 1950s and spans stage, television, and film.

She first drew widespread attention for her award-winning Broadway performance in Hallelujah, Baby! in 1967, which earned her both a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

Profile

• Full name: Leslie Marian Uggams
• Date of birth: May 25, 1943
• Age: 82 years old
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
• State of origin: New York
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Actress, singer
• Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
• Weight: 61 kg (134 lbs)
• Eye color: Dark brown
• Hair color: Dark brown
• Parents: Juanita Ernestine (Smith), a Cotton Club chorus girl/dancer; Harold Coyden Uggams, an elevator operator and maintenance man
• Siblings: None (only child)
• Spouse: Grahame Pratt (m. October 16, 1965–present)
• Children: Danielle Chambers (b. April 11, 1970), Justice Pratt (b. July 28, 1975)
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Christianity
• Ethnicity: African-American
• Net worth: $3 million

Early Life and Education

Leslie Marian Uggams (82 years old) was born on May 25, 1943, in Harlem, New York City, and grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.

She attended the Professional Children’s School in New York, where she first studied acting and singing, and later trained at the Juilliard School’s pre-college program and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Personal Life

Uggams has been married to her longtime manager, Grahame Pratt, since October 16, 1965. Their interracial marriage was notable at the time for its prominence and endurance.

The couple met as students at the Professional Children’s School and have two children: daughter Danielle (born April 11, 1970) and son Justice (born July 28, 1975).

Danielle is a theater graduate of NYU’s Tisch School and has one daughter, Kassidy Chambers, while Justice works as a director/producer with Mama Bear Media Group.

Career

Leslie Uggams began performing on television as a child in the early 1950s and made her Broadway debut in Hallelujah, Baby! in 1967, winning both a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award. She starred in her own CBS variety show, The Leslie Uggams Show (1969), the first network series hosted by a Black woman.

She gained further acclaim as Kizzy Reynolds in Roots (1977) and later appeared in films such as Skyjacked (1972), Poor Pretty Eddie (1975), and Sugar Hill (1994).

In recent years, she has portrayed Blind Al in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), and appeared on Empire, American Fiction (2023), and the upcoming series Fallout.

Awards and Nominations

• 1967: Theatre World Award – Hallelujah, Baby! – Won
• 1968: Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Hallelujah, Baby! – Won
• 1977: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Roots) – Nominated
• 1977: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Roots) – Nominated
• 1983: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series (Fantasy) – Won

Net Worth

Leslie Uggams’s net worth is estimated at $3 million, earned through her extensive work on Broadway, television, and film.

Social Media

• Instagram: @leslieuggams1
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Filmography

• Inherit the Wind (1960)
• Skyjacked (1972)
• Black Girl (1972)
• Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
• Sugar Hill (1994)
• Deadpool (2016)
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
• American Fiction (2023)

Discography

• The Eyes of God (1959)
• LESLIE UGGAMS ON TV with Mitch Miller’s Sing Along Chorus (1962)
• So in Love! (1963)
• A Time to Love (1966)
• What’s An Uggams? (1968)
• Just to Satisfy You (1969)
• Leslie (1970)
• Try to See It My Way (1972)
• Leslie Uggams (1975)
• On My Way to You: Songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman (2003)