The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to ...

"CBS didn't know what hit them, honey!" Tony- and Emmy-winning legend Leslie Uggams is recalling the network's response when she featured the multiracial funk-rock band Sly and the Family Stone on the ...

The other day, a couple of ESSENCE.com staffers were watching a DVD compilation of the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” and we immediately became obsessed with Leslie Uggams, the gorgeous actress who played ...

The actress, nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance in “Roots,” is still going strong with appearances in the TV series “Fallout” and the upcoming movie “Deadpool & Wolverine.” By ...

Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She was later the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. In the 1977 TV miniseries Roots, she ...