Margaret Avery
Birthday
1944/01/20 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Margaret Avery (I), Margaret Jo Avery, Margret 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.
Acting
(1985) The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
(1973) Magnum Force
as Prostitute
(1977) Which Way Is Up?
as Annie Mae
(1995) The Set Up
as ---
(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
as ---
(1980) The Lathe of Heaven
as Heather LeLache
(1980) The Sky Is Gray
as Rosemary
(2020) Orpheus Star
as Lizette Jean-Marie
(2005) Bones
as Ivy Gillespie
(2013) Being Mary Jane
as Helen Patterson
(2015) The Carmichael Show
as Janet
(2014) The Librarians
as Eleanor Darnell
(1997) Die Gang
as Glenda Otero
(1973) Kojak
as Lula
(2018) The Neighborhood
as Aunt Desiray
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Lucille Reed
(1985) MacGyver
as Regina Jeffries
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Dixie
(2017) Genius
as Delia Linsey King
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Leah
(1992) The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Martha Scruse
(2024) A Man on the Inside
as Florance Joanne Whistbrook
(1989) Snoops
as Matilda
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Ruth Van Galen
Being Mary Jane
as Helen Patterson
(1967) Ironside
as Bartender
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Mrs. Daniels