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Leslie Uggams

1943 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leslie Uggams has received more than 3,005,404 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leslie Uggams is the 5,415th most popular actor (down from 4,768th in 2019), the 8,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,404th in 2019) and the 2,541st most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leslie Uggams ranks 5,415 out of 9,996. Before her are Flavio Bucci, Signe Hasso, Aldo Ray, Carl Lumbly, Clive Dunn, and Kurt Sutter. After her are Gabrielle Union, Michaela Schaffrath, Jack Kruschen, Laura Ramsey, Sidney Blackmer, and Snub Pollard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Leslie Uggams ranks 490. Before her are Charles P. Thacker, Manfred Schnelldorfer, Joan Van Ark, Tony Christie, Shinobu Sekine, and David Clennon. After her are François Mazet, Zvonimir Vujin, Nancy Greene Raine, Bill Moggridge, Daniel Brandenstein, and Charles H. Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leslie Uggams ranks 8,054 out of 18,182. Before her are Jane Colden (1724), Aldo Ray (1926), Jeremy Camp (1978), Barbara Boxer (1940), Carl Lumbly (1951), and Kurt Sutter (1960). After her are Gabrielle Union (1972), Laura Ramsey (1982), Sidney Blackmer (1895), Jaron Lanier (1960), Kevin Systrom (1983), and Matt Biondi (1965).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Leslie Uggams ranks 2,541. Before her are Robert Alda (1914), David Clennon (1943), Mike Vogel (1979), Aldo Ray (1926), Carl Lumbly (1951), and Kurt Sutter (1960). After her are Gabrielle Union (1972), Laura Ramsey (1982), Sidney Blackmer (1895), Summer Glau (1981), Anthony Denison (1949), and Talia Balsam (1959).

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