Birthday:
Jan 20, 1944
Place of Birth: Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Place of Birth: Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Margaret Avery
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 1985 |
| Magnum Force | Prostitute | 1973 |
| Which Way Is Up? | Annie Mae | 1977 |
| The Set Up | 1995 | |
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Mamma Jenkins | 2008 |
| The Return of Superfly | Francine | 1990 |
| Meet the Browns | Sarah Brown | 2008 |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Toby Millman | 1979 |
| Hell Up In Harlem | Sister Jennifer | 1973 |
| Lord Help Us | Dorinda Thomas | 2007 |
| Cool Breeze | Lark | 1972 |
| Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Edwina | 1972 |
| Scott Joplin | Belle Joplin | 1977 |
| Exodus | Robbed Tourist | 2007 |
| Riverbend | Bell Coleman | 1989 |
| Waitin' to Live | Pearline Loggins | 2006 |
| The Nana Project | Gladys | 2023 |
| Second to Die | Insurance Agent | 2002 |
| Block Party | Janice Sommers | 2022 |
| We Are Gathered Here Today | Estelle Wyatt | 2022 |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022 |
| For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Dottie | 1983 |
| White Man's Burden | Megan Thomas | 1995 |
| Night Trap | Miss Sadie | 1993 |
| An Eye for an Eye | Nurse | 1973 |
| Love Kills | Moon | 1999 |
| Blueberry Hill | Hattie Cale | 1988 |
| Heat Wave | Roxie Turpin | 1990 |
| Proud Mary | Mina | 2018 |
| Lightning in a Bottle | Dr. Sierheed | 1993 |
| Something Evil | Irene | 1972 |
| Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style | 1976 | |
| The Lathe of Heaven | Heather LeLache | 1980 |
| The Sky Is Gray | Rosemary | 1980 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Bones | Ivy Gillespie | 2005 |
| Being Mary Jane | Helen Patterson | 2013 |
| The Carmichael Show | Janet | 2015 |
| The Librarians | Eleanor Darnell | 2014 |
| Die Gang | Glenda Otero | 1997 |
| Kojak | Lula | 1973 |
| The Neighborhood | Aunt Desiray | 2018 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Lucille Reed | 2005 |
| MacGyver | Regina Jeffries | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Dixie | 1984 |
| Genius | Delia Linsey King | 2017 |
| The Cosby Show | Leah | 1984 |
| The Jacksons: An American Dream | Martha Scruse | 1992 |
| A Man on the Inside | Florance Joanne Whistbrook | 2024 |
| Snoops | Matilda | 1989 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Ruth Van Galen | 1974 |
