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