Name
Margaret Avery
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-01-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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).
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- 1985 The Color Purple as Shug Avery
- 1973 Magnum Force as Prostitute
- 1977 Which Way Is Up? as Annie Mae
- 1995 The Set Up
- 2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Mamma Jenkins
- 1990 The Return of Superfly as Francine
- 2008 Meet the Browns as Sarah Brown
- 1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Toby Millman
- 1973 Hell Up In Harlem as Sister Jennifer
- 2007 Lord Help Us as Dorinda Thomas
- 1972 Cool Breeze as Lark
- 1972 Terror at Red Wolf Inn as Edwina
- 1977 Scott Joplin as Belle Joplin
- 2007 Exodus as Robbed Tourist
- 1989 Riverbend as Bell Coleman
- 2006 Waitin' to Live as Pearline Loggins
- 2023 The Nana Project as Gladys
- 2002 Second to Die as Insurance Agent
- 2022 Block Party as Janice Sommers
- 2022 We Are Gathered Here Today as Estelle Wyatt
- 2022 Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
- 1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Dottie
- 1995 White Man's Burden as Megan Thomas
- 1993 Night Trap as Miss Sadie
- 1973 An Eye for an Eye as Nurse
- 1999 Love Kills as Moon
- 1988 Blueberry Hill as Hattie Cale
- 1990 Heat Wave as Roxie Turpin
- 2018 Proud Mary as Mina
- 1993 Lightning in a Bottle as Dr. Sierheed
- 1972 Something Evil as Irene
- 1976 Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
- 1980 The Lathe of Heaven as Heather LeLache
- 1980 The Sky Is Gray as Rosemary
- 2020 Orpheus Star as Lizette Jean-Marie
- 1989 Single Women, Married Men as Grace Williams
- 1993 Roots of Roe as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Ivy Gillespie
- 2013 Being Mary Jane ( 51 episodes ) as Helen Patterson
- 2015 The Carmichael Show ( 1 episode ) as Janet
- 2014 The Librarians ( 1 episode ) as Eleanor Darnell
- 1997 Die Gang ( 1 episode ) as Glenda Otero
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Lula
- 2018 The Neighborhood ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Desiray
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Lucille Reed
- 1985 MacGyver ( 1 episode ) as Regina Jeffries
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Dixie
- 2017 Genius ( 1 episode ) as Delia Linsey King
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Leah
- 1992 The Jacksons: An American Dream ( 2 episodes ) as Martha Scruse
- 2024 A Man on the Inside ( 4 episodes ) as Florence Joanne Whistbrook
- 1989 Snoops ( 1 episode ) as Matilda
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Van Galen
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Bartender
- 1982 T. J. Hooker ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Daniels
- 1974 Harry O ( 2 episodes ) as Ruby Dome
- 2018 The Rookie ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Harper
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Sally Cordoba
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode ) as Ginnie Adams
- 2003 10-8: Officers on Duty ( 1 episode ) as Rita Armstrong
- 1971 The New Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Pam Harris / Nurse Wilkinson
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dottie
