Leslie Uggams
Also Known As: Leslie Marian Uggams, 萊斯莉·奧加姆斯
Biography: Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Birthday: May 25, 1943
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Gender: Female
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Dotty and Soul
Overview: Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes viral, nearly ending his career. Desperate to figure out a way forward, he hires a 71-year-old woman to pose as his company's figurehead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-19
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Poor Pretty Eddie
Overview: A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-01
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Sugar Hill
Overview: In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-25
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Nanny
Overview: Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-23
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Black Girl
Overview: An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-09
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Skyjacked
Overview: A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-03
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Overview: Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-16
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Overview: Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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American Fiction
Overview: A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-10
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Deadpool
Overview: The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-09
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Two Weeks in Another Town
Overview: After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-17
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Overview: A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-24
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Overview: Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar to stop being such a Grouch on Christmas.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Deadpool 2
Overview: Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-10
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Overview: WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman and an all-star cast, chart his rise from 1950s off-Broadway through all of his smash hits. Featuring never-before-seen footage of original stage performances, and a score full of classic show tunes.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-01
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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Overview: He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has become ubiquitous on the concert, tribute and benefit scene, as evidenced by a video release of "Jerry Herman's Broadway - at the Hollywood Bowl." The star-studded event celebrating Herman's 30-plus-year career includes performances by Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams, Lorna Luft and Lee Roy Reams all together on "Hello, Dolly!"; George Hearn singing "Movies Were Movies" (Mack And Mabel); Davis Gaines crooning "Song On The Sand" and "I Am What I Am" (La Cage Aux Folles); Rita Moreno advising "Tap Your Troubles Away" (Mack And Mabel); and Beatrice Arthur pointing out "The Man In The Moon" (also from Mame). There is also special taped greetings from Angela Lansbury and Paul & Linda McCartney.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Once Upon a Deadpool
Overview: A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-11
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The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Overview: A special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States and the Soviet Union. Notable for the Mario Ice Capades segment.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-28
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The Apollo
Overview: The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-24
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Sizzle
Overview: A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze for the mob.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-29
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Blithe Spirit
Overview: Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of uncertain talent, to conduct a séance in his home. Quite by accident, she summons the spirit of Charles's first wife and cannot make the disruptive spirit go away.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-06
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Just the Three of Us
Overview: Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-31
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The Ravine
Overview: This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens to discover that Rachel Turner and her son, Evan, have been brutally murdered during the night. A short while later, Danny Turner is found in his car at the bottom of a ravine, after having taken his own life.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-06
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Overview: A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-17
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Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Overview: Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-19
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Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-09
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Show of Titles
Overview: An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-13
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