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Contents : Leslie Uggams Leslie Uggams made her national television debut at age six on the TV series Beulah portraying the niece of Ethel Waters. Appearances on Your Show of Shows The Milton Berle Show Arthur Godfrey Show and several children's programs followed. At age seven Leslie began performing regularly at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem as an extra added attraction before the performances of such legends as Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Leslie attended the New York Professional Children's School and at age fifteen she appeared on the CBS-TV series Name That Tune. Her appearance proved to be fortuitous: Mitch Miller head of recordings for Columbia Records was impressed by her vocal talents signed her to a recording contract and then made her a regular on Sing Along With Mitch TV's first pre-recorded music show. Her portrayal of Kizzy in the most watched dramatic show in TV history "Roots " won her the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1978 and her first Emmy nomination for Best Leading Actress. She also starred in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House Sizzle an ABC-TV Movie of the Week and Christmas at Radio City Music Hall an HBO special. She won an Emmy as co-host of the NBC-TV series Fantasy. In addition to ongoing concert dates Leslie returned to Broadway to star in the musical Blues in the Night she also enjoyed a two year run in the hit musical Jerry's Girls. In 1987 she toured with Peter Nero and Mel Torme in The Great Gershwin Concert for which she received rave reviews and in 1988 starred as Reno Sweaney in the National Company of the Lincoln Center Production of Anything Goes. Leslie reprised her role in 1989/90 at the Lincoln Center's Vivien Beaumont Theatre on Broadway. 1991 saw Leslie touring in Stringbean a new play with music based on Ethel Waters' rise to fame in the twenties and thirties. Off stage Leslie is a founding member of the BRAVO Chapter/City of Hope-- a charitable organization dedicated to the study treatment and eradication of all bloodrelated diseases a board member of the Alvin Alley Dance Theatre and TADA a children's musical theatre. Among her most recent concerts are the Pittsburgh Symphony Rhode Island Symphony and The Memorial Day Concert on the Washington Mall in front of 300 000 people televised live by PBS. Serving meeting planners since 1983 4219 Creekmeadow Drive Dallas TX 75287-6806 972.250.1162 888.290.1162 972.250.1165 FAX www.grabow.biz grabow@grabow.biz

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