American actress and singer Leslie Marian Uggams. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots, earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance.
Height in meters and feet
Leslie Uggams’s height is 5 feet 6 inches tall. Uggams started in show business as a child in 1951, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah. That same year she appeared as a featured performer at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, alongside Ella Fitzgerald. She made her professional debut at the age of six on Jack Barry’s NBC show “Stars And Stardust.” Following that, she performed on “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts.
Weight in KG and ibs
Leslie Uggams’s body weight is 54 kilograms. Uggams got her biggest break on The Lawrence Welk Show and was a regular on Sing Along with Mitch, starring record producer-conductor Mitch Miller. In 1954, ten-year-old Uggams made a record for MGM, which included a reworking of the song Santa Baby as “Uncle Santa,” with words suitable for a child. In 1960, she sang, off-screen, “Give Me That Old Time Religion” in the film Inherit the Wind.
