LESLIE UGGAMS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 183057

LESLIE UGGAMS
A publicity photograph of the actress wearing a scarf and sequined shirt, signed in black ink
Photograph signed: "Best/Always/Leslie/Uggams". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 7x8¾ (one surface). Publicity photograph by Harry Langdon Photography for Skip Heinecke's Reflections. ©1983. Name imprinted at lower margin. 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 upper left blank margin. Minor surface creases (not evident head on) touch hair. Fine condition.