LESLIE UGGAMS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 12/01/1977 - HFSID 26182

LESLIE UGGAMS
A candid 3½x4¼ image of the actress signing autographs
Photograph signed: "Leslie/Uggams". Color, 3½x4¼ overall, image 3x3¼ (two surfaces). Polaroid photograph of Uggams signing an autograph. Ink date (unknown hand) on verso: "12-1-77". In the year she signed this autograph, Uggams starred as Kizzy on the acclaimed TV miniseries, Roots, and she appeared on the TV special, Sinatra and Friends, and was a presenter on The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. 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. Lightly rippled at lower edge, touching the descender of the "L" of Leslie. Fine condition.