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The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to feature an African American host, the first since the 1956 - '57 The Nat King Cole Show on NBC.
The Leslie Uggams Show: With Leslie Uggams, Roger Carroll, Glen Ash, David Frye. A variety show consisting of singing, dancing, and skits
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- 1969-09-28
- Comedy, Music
- 60
She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show singing The Beatles' Yesterday in 1965 and later had her own television variety show, The Leslie Uggams Show in 1969. This was the first network variety show to be hosted by a black person since The Nat King Cole Show of the mid-1950s. [10]
May 26, 2013 · Leslie sings "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon" on her variety show final episode.
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This CBS variety show hosted by Leslie Uggams featured music, songs, dances and comedy, including a regular featured sketch entitled ‘Sugar Hill’ which told of the struggles of a poor black family and featured Lillian Hayman as ‘Mama’, the mother of son Lamont (Johnny Brown) and daughters Sheila (Uggams) and Aletha (Allison Mills), with ...
Episode #1.1: Directed by Tim Kiley. With Leslie Uggams, Dennis Allen, Johnny Brown, William F. Buckley. As my girlfriend said to me, "Eeeh", and my girlfriend said to her, "Ggrrrrrrrrh!" Couple of fellows say Hi. See you later alligator, not a while crocodile.
Leslie Uggams is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer whose career has brought her from Harlem (The Apollo Theater) to Broadway (Hallelujah, Baby!), the big screen (Deadpool, Skyjacked) to television (Empire, The Leslie Uggams Show).
