Acting
Margaret Avery
Acting · Born 1944-01-20 · 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.
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A Man on the Inside
2024 · Florence Joanne Whistbrook
FilmThe Nana Project
2023 · Gladys
FilmIs That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
FilmWe Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · Estelle Wyatt
FilmBlock Party
2022 · Janice Sommers
The Rookie
2018 · Ruth Harper
The Neighborhood
2018 · Aunt Desiray
FilmProud Mary
2018 · Mina
Genius
2017 · Delia Linsey King
The Carmichael Show
2015 · Janet
The Librarians
2014 · Eleanor Darnell
Being Mary Jane
2013 · Helen Patterson
FilmMeet the Browns
2008 · Sarah Brown
FilmWelcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · Mamma Jenkins
FilmExodus
2007 · Robbed Tourist
FilmLord Help Us
2007 · Dorinda Thomas
FilmWaitin' to Live
2006 · Pearline Loggins
Bones
2005 · Ivy Gillespie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Lucille Reed
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · Rita Armstrong
FilmSecond to Die
2002 · Insurance Agent
FilmLove Kills
1999 · Moon
Die Gang
Die Gang
1997 · Glenda Otero
FilmWhite Man's Burden
1995 · Megan Thomas
FilmThe Set Up
1995
Roots of Roe
FilmRoots of Roe
1993 · Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
FilmNight Trap
1993 · Miss Sadie
FilmLightning in a Bottle
1993 · Dr. Sierheed
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992 · Martha Scruse
FilmThe Return of Superfly
1990 · Francine
FilmHeat Wave
1990 · Roxie Turpin
FilmSingle Women, Married Men
1989 · Grace Williams
Snoops
1989 · Matilda
FilmRiverbend
1989 · Bell Coleman
FilmBlueberry Hill
1988 · Hattie Cale
FilmThe Color Purple
1985 · Shug Avery
MacGyver
1985 · Regina Jeffries
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Dixie
The Cosby Show
1984 · Leah
Miami Vice
1984 · Sally Cordoba
FilmFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Dottie
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Mrs. Daniels
American Playhouse
1982 · Dottie
FilmThe Lathe of Heaven
1980 · Heather LeLache
FilmThe Sky Is Gray
1980 · Rosemary
FilmThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Toby Millman
FilmWhich Way Is Up?
1977 · Annie Mae
FilmScott Joplin
1977 · Belle Joplin
FilmLouis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Ruth Van Galen
Harry O
1974 · Ruby Dome
FilmMagnum Force
1973 · Prostitute
FilmHell Up In Harlem
1973 · Sister Jennifer
Kojak
1973 · Lula
FilmAn Eye for an Eye
1973 · Nurse
FilmTerror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · Edwina
FilmCool Breeze
1972 · Lark
FilmSomething Evil
1972 · Irene
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971 · Pam Harris / Nurse Wilkinson
Ironside
1967 · Bartender