Margaret Avery
Department: Acting
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
The Color Purple
1985
Magnum Force
1973
Which Way Is Up?
1977
The Set Up
1995
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
The Return of Superfly
1990
Meet the Browns
2008
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
Lord Help Us
2007
Cool Breeze
1972
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
Scott Joplin
1977
Exodus
2007
Riverbend
1989
Waitin' to Live
2006
The Nana Project
2023
Second to Die
2002
Block Party
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
White Man's Burden
1995
Night Trap
1993
An Eye for an Eye
1973
Love Kills
1999
Blueberry Hill
1988
Heat Wave
1990
Proud Mary
2018
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
Something Evil
1972
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
The Sky Is Gray
1980
Orpheus Star
2020
Single Women, Married Men
1989
Bones
2005
Being Mary Jane
2013
The Carmichael Show
2015
The Librarians
2014
Die Gang
1997
Kojak
1973
The Neighborhood
2018
Grey's Anatomy
2005
MacGyver
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Genius
2017
The Cosby Show
1984
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
A Man on the Inside
2024
Snoops
1989
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Ironside
1967
T. J. Hooker
1982
Harry O
1974
The Rookie
2018
Miami Vice
1984
Harry O
1974
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003