Leslie Uggams Archives - Harlem World Magazine

TADA! Gala Honoring Harlem’s Leslie Uggams and Tommy Tune

TADA! Youth Theater will honor Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and Harlemite (Empire, Deadpool, Hallelujah, Baby!, Thoroughly Modern Millie) and performer, director, choreographer and Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune (The Will Rogers Follies, Grand Hotel, Nine, Seesaw) at its annual Gala.Continue reading

Fabulous Harlem Legend Leslie Uggams Named Emmy TV Legend (Video)

Tony and Emmy Award-winning star of stage and screen [easyazon_link identifier="B000002Z3C" locale="US" tag="harlemworld-20"]Leslie Uggams[/easyazon_link] (Hallelujah, Baby! and The Leslie Uggams Show) has joined the ranks of Emmy TV Legend as a recent interviewee of the Archive of American Television. Continue reading

Leslie Uggams, TV Prodigy And Harlemite, 1950 (Video)

Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943 in New York City, New York) is an American actress and singer, known for her work in Hallelujah, Baby! and as Kizzy Reynolds in the 1977 television miniseries Roots. Continue reading

Dionne Warwick’s Amazing 75th Surprise Birthday Party

One by one, they gathered. Stars of Broadway, film and TV, alongside music superstars and politicians alike to honor the 75^th birthday of Dionne Warwick-mother, friend, humanitarian, and icon. Continue reading

Shop: Leslie Uggams Signed Photograph, 1950’s

Leslie Uggams An early photograph of the actress, signed as "little Leslie".Continue reading