Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 20, 1944
Place of Birth
Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
60 titles
Margaret Avery
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Man on the Inside
Florence Joanne Whistbrook
The Nana Project
Gladys
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt
Block Party
Janice Sommers
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
Proud Mary
Mina
Genius
Delia Linsey King
The Carmichael Show
Janet
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
Being Mary Jane
Helen Patterson
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
10-8: Officers on Duty
Rita Armstrong
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
Love Kills
Moon
Die Gang
Glenda Otero
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
The Set Up
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Martha Scruse
The Return of Superfly
Francine
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
Single Women, Married Men
Grace Williams
Snoops
Matilda
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
The Cosby Show
Leah
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
American Playhouse
Dottie
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ruth Van Galen