Margaret Avery
January 20, 1944 (80 years old) in Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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
Credits
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Florance Joanne Whistbrook
- 2023 · The Nana Project as Gladys
- 2022 · Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
- 2022 · We Are Gathered Here Today as Estelle Wyatt
- 2022 · Block Party as Janice Sommers
- 2018 · The Neighborhood as Aunt Desiray
- 2018 · Proud Mary as Mina
- 2017 · Genius as Delia Linsey King
- 2015 · The Carmichael Show as Janet
- 2014 · The Librarians as Eleanor Darnell
- 2013 · Being Mary Jane as Helen Patterson
- 2008 · Meet the Browns as Sarah Brown
- 2008 · Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Mamma Jenkins
- 2007 · Exodus as Robbed Tourist
- 2007 · Lord Help Us as Dorinda Thomas
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Pearline Loggins
- 2005 · Bones as Ivy Gillespie
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Lucille Reed
- 2002 · Second to Die as Insurance Agent
- 1999 · Love Kills as Moon
- 1997 · Die Gang as Glenda Otero
- 1995 · White Man's Burden as Megan Thomas
- 1995 · The Set Up as
- 1993 · Night Trap as Miss Sadie
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Dr. Sierheed
- 1992 · The Jacksons: An American Dream as Martha Scruse
- 1990 · The Return of Superfly as Francine
- 1990 · Heat Wave as Roxie Turpin
- 1989 · Riverbend as Bell Coleman
- 1988 · Blueberry Hill as Hattie Cale
- 1985 · The Color Purple as Shug Avery
- 1985 · MacGyver as Regina Jeffries
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Dixie
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Leah
- 1983 · For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Dottie
- 1980 · The Lathe of Heaven as Heather LeLache
- 1980 · The Sky Is Gray as Rosemary
- 1979 · The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Toby Millman
- 1977 · Which Way Is Up? as Annie Mae
- 1977 · Scott Joplin as Belle Joplin
- 1976 · Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style as
- 1973 · Magnum Force as Prostitute
- 1973 · Hell Up In Harlem as Sister Jennifer
- 1973 · Kojak as Lula
- 1973 · An Eye for an Eye as Nurse
- 1972 · Terror at Red Wolf Inn as Edwina
- 1972 · Cool Breeze as Lark
- 1972 · Something Evil as Irene