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Actor Leslie Uggams has had a captivating career in both theater and film.

Despite having a stellar seven-decade career, the singer and actress from Harlem is most known for her part in the Deadpool series.

But, because her marriage to White Australian Grahame Pratt in 1965 defied all expectations for an interracial relationship, her life may be the subject of a movie behind closed doors.

In 1953, Leslie, a talented vocalist, recorded a song for MGM when he was just 10 years old. The renowned Julliard School of Music in New York and the Professional Children’s School of New York were recommended to her by her aunt, soprano Eloise Uggams.

However, her career was far from over after her musical breakthrough; in 1969, she hosted “The Leslie Uggams Show,” the first network variety show hosted by a Black person since “The Nat King Cole Show.”