Margaret Avery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Florence Joanne Whistbrook · 4 eps
The Nana Project
Movie · as Gladys
Block Party
Movie · as Janice Sommers
We Are Gathered Here Today
Movie · as Estelle Wyatt
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie · as Self
Orpheus Star
Movie · as Lizette Jean-Marie
Proud Mary
Movie · as Mina
The Neighborhood
TV · as Aunt Desiray · 1 ep
The Rookie
TV · as Ruth Harper · 1 ep
Genius
TV · as Delia Linsey King · 1 ep
The Carmichael Show
TV · as Janet · 1 ep
The Librarians
TV · as Eleanor Darnell · 1 ep
Being Mary Jane
TV · as Helen Patterson · 51 eps
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Movie · as Mamma Jenkins
Meet the Browns
Movie · as Sarah Brown
Lord Help Us
Movie · as Dorinda Thomas
Exodus
Movie · as Robbed Tourist
Waitin' to Live
Movie · as Pearline Loggins
Bones
TV · as Ivy Gillespie · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Lucille Reed · 1 ep
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV · as Rita Armstrong · 1 ep
Second to Die
Movie · as Insurance Agent
Love Kills
Movie · as Moon
Die Gang
TV · as Glenda Otero · 1 ep
The Set Up
Movie
White Man's Burden
Movie · as Megan Thomas
Night Trap
Movie · as Miss Sadie
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie · as Dr. Sierheed
Roots of Roe
Movie · as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
The Jacksons: An American Dream
TV · as Martha Scruse · 2 eps
The Return of Superfly
Movie · as Francine
Heat Wave
Movie · as Roxie Turpin
Riverbend
Movie · as Bell Coleman
Single Women, Married Men
Movie · as Grace Williams
Snoops
TV · as Matilda · 1 ep
Blueberry Hill
Movie · as Hattie Cale
The Color Purple
Movie · as Shug Avery
MacGyver
TV · as Regina Jeffries · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Dixie · 1 ep
The Cosby Show
TV · as Leah · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Sally Cordoba · 1 ep
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · as Dottie
T. J. Hooker
TV · as Mrs. Daniels · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Dottie · 1 ep
The Lathe of Heaven
Movie · as Heather LeLache
The Sky Is Gray
Movie · as Rosemary
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie · as Toby Millman
Which Way Is Up?
Movie · as Annie Mae
Scott Joplin
Movie · as Belle Joplin
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Movie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Ruth Van Galen · 1 ep
Harry O
TV · as Ruby Dome, Ginnie Adams · 2 eps
Magnum Force
Movie · as Prostitute
Hell Up In Harlem
Movie · as Sister Jennifer
An Eye for an Eye
Movie · as Nurse
Kojak
TV · as Lula · 1 ep
Cool Breeze
Movie · as Lark
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Movie · as Edwina
Something Evil
Movie · as Irene
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · as Pam Harris / Nurse Wilkinson · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep