Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

  • Born: 1943-5-25
  • Birthplace: New York, USA
  • Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
  • Profession: actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: Roots Roots
  • Leslie Uggams, born on May 25, 1943 in New York, USA, was nominated for the 29th Emmy Award [1] and the 35th American Golden Globe Award for Roots Roots (1977) [2]  
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      Fiddler: [turns to stable horse] Horse! I hear tell that you ain't a horse at all. I hear tell that you think you a mighty crow! I hear tell that you fly from here 'bouts all the way to Annapolis and back again. Now horse... you look mighty like a horse to me. And you sure SMELLS mighty like a horse. So I'm saying to you, that you... is... a horse! What you think you is don't matter a damn bit.