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Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business

Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business

Fresh Air · NPR

July 22, 202546m 7s

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Uggams performed in Beulah, Hallelujah Baby, Roots, Empire, American Fiction and the Deadpool films. She was the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. At 82, she's appearing in The Gilded Age. She spoke with Terry Gross about her long, winding career.

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