Margaret Avery
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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
The Color Purple (1985)
as Shug Avery
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
as Mamma Jenkins
Magnum Force (1973)
as Prostitute
Proud Mary (2018)
as Mina
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
as Self
Meet the Browns (2008)
as Sarah Brown
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
as Toby Millman
Night Trap (1993)
as Miss Sadie
Hell Up In Harlem (1973)
as Sister Jennifer
Single Women, Married Men (1989)
as Grace Williams
Something Evil (1972)
as Irene
The Return of Superfly (1990)
as Francine
Lightning in a Bottle (1993)
as Dr. Sierheed
White Man's Burden (1995)
as Megan Thomas
Cool Breeze (1972)
as Lark
We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
as Estelle Wyatt
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
as Annie Mae
Terror at Red Wolf Inn (1972)
as Edwina
Second to Die (2002)
as Insurance Agent
An Eye for an Eye (1973)
as Nurse
Scott Joplin (1977)
as Belle Joplin
The Nana Project (2023)
as Gladys
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
as Heather LeLache
Love Kills (1999)
as Moon
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
as Dottie
The Set Up (1995)
Actor
Block Party (2022)
as Janice Sommers
Waitin' to Live (2006)
as Pearline Loggins
Exodus (2007)
as Robbed Tourist
The Sky Is Gray (1980)
as Rosemary
Riverbend (1989)
as Bell Coleman
Lord Help Us (2007)
as Dorinda Thomas
Heat Wave (1990)
as Roxie Turpin
Blueberry Hill (1988)
as Hattie Cale
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style (1976)
Actor
Orpheus Star (2020)
as Lizette Jean-Marie