Margaret Avery
Acting • Born 1944-01-20
Biography
Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Shug in The Color Purple (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
59 credits
The Color Purple
Movie • 1985
Shug Avery
Magnum Force
Movie • 1973
Prostitute
Which Way Is Up?
Movie • 1977
Annie Mae
The Set Up
Movie • 1995
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Movie • 2008
Mamma Jenkins
The Return of Superfly
Movie • 1990
Francine
Meet the Browns
Movie • 2008
Sarah Brown
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie • 1979
Toby Millman
Hell Up In Harlem
Movie • 1973
Sister Jennifer
Lord Help Us
Movie • 2007
Dorinda Thomas
Cool Breeze
Movie • 1972
Lark
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Movie • 1972
Edwina
Scott Joplin
Movie • 1977
Belle Joplin
Exodus
Movie • 2007
Robbed Tourist
Riverbend
Movie • 1989
Bell Coleman
Waitin' to Live
Movie • 2006
Pearline Loggins
The Nana Project
Movie • 2023
Gladys
Second to Die
Movie • 2002
Insurance Agent
Block Party
Movie • 2022
Janice Sommers
We Are Gathered Here Today
Movie • 2022
Estelle Wyatt
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie • 2022
Self
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie • 1983
Dottie
White Man's Burden
Movie • 1995
Megan Thomas
Night Trap
Movie • 1993
Miss Sadie
An Eye for an Eye
Movie • 1973
Nurse
Love Kills
Movie • 1999
Moon
Blueberry Hill
Movie • 1988
Hattie Cale
Heat Wave
Movie • 1990
Roxie Turpin
Proud Mary
Movie • 2018
Mina
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 1993
Dr. Sierheed
Something Evil
Movie • 1972
Irene
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Movie • 1976
The Lathe of Heaven
Movie • 1980
Heather LeLache
The Sky Is Gray
Movie • 1980
Rosemary
Orpheus Star
Movie • 2020
Lizette Jean-Marie
Single Women, Married Men
Movie • 1989
Grace Williams
Bones
TV • 2005
Ivy Gillespie
Being Mary Jane
TV • 2013
Helen Patterson
The Carmichael Show
TV • 2015
Janet
The Librarians
TV • 2014
Eleanor Darnell
Die Gang
TV • 1997
Glenda Otero
Kojak
TV • 1973
Lula
The Neighborhood
TV • 2018
Aunt Desiray
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Lucille Reed
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Regina Jeffries
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Dixie
Genius
TV • 2017
Delia Linsey King
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Leah
The Jacksons: An American Dream
TV • 1992
Martha Scruse
A Man on the Inside
TV • 2024
Florence Joanne Whistbrook
Snoops
TV • 1989
Matilda
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Ruth Van Galen
Ironside
TV • 1967
Bartender
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Mrs. Daniels
Harry O
TV • 1974
Ruby Dome
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Ruth Harper
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Sally Cordoba
Harry O
TV • 1974
Ginnie Adams
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV • 2003
Rita Armstrong