LESLIE UGGAMS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 183062

LESLIE UGGAMS
A publicity photograph of the actress signed with "Happiness"
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/Juliet Curtis/Happiness/Leslie Uggams". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 7½x8½ (one surface). Singer and actress Leslie Uggams (born in 1943) won the Tony Award for Best Actress - Musical in 1968 for Hallelujah, Baby!, and she was nominated for a Tony Award in 2001 for King Hedley II. A talented singer, she had begun her career singing at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem at the age of six, and she found national popularity with her stint on TV's Sing Along With Mitch (1961-1966). In 1969, she hosted her own TV series, The Leslie Uggams Show, and she has also appeared in several TV movies and miniseries, including Roots (1977) and Backstairs at the White House (1979), on a number of TV variety shows and guest starred a number of series and soap operas (including All My Children, 1996). Her film credits include Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), Skyjacked (1972) and Sugar Hill (1994). In addition to performing, Uggams serves on the board of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and TADA, a children's musical theater group and she was the founding member of BRAVO Chapter/City of Hope, a charitable organization that is involved in research and treatment of blood-related diseases. Slightly creased at blank margins and corners, light black marks at upper and lower right corners. Minor surface creases (not evident head on) at background. Slightly soiled on verso. Fine condition.