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Margaret Avery

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: Acting

Born: Mangum, Oklahoma, USA, 1944-01-20

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Something Evil	Irene	54
2	1972	Cool Breeze	Lark	51
3	1972	Terror at Red Wolf Inn	Edwina	55
4	1973	An Eye for an Eye	Nurse	50
5	1973	Hell Up In Harlem	Sister Jennifer	56
6	1973	Magnum Force	Prostitute	71
7	1976	Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style		0
8	1977	Scott Joplin	Belle Joplin	61
9	1977	Which Way Is Up?	Annie Mae	61
10	1979	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Toby Millman	56
11	1980	The Sky Is Gray	Rosemary	0
12	1980	The Lathe of Heaven	Heather LeLache	66
13	1983	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Dottie	0
14	1985	The Color Purple	Shug Avery	78
15	1988	Blueberry Hill	Hattie Cale	35
16	1989	Riverbend	Bell Coleman	47
17	1990	Heat Wave	Roxie Turpin	62
18	1990	The Return of Superfly	Francine	55
19	1993	Lightning in a Bottle	Dr. Sierheed	48
20	1993	Night Trap	Miss Sadie	38
21	1995	The Set Up		42
22	1995	White Man's Burden	Megan Thomas	51
23	1999	Love Kills	Moon	20
24	2002	Second to Die	Insurance Agent	41
25	2006	Waitin' to Live	Pearline Loggins	0
26	2007	Lord Help Us	Dorinda Thomas	26
27	2007	Exodus	Robbed Tourist	58
28	2008	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Mamma Jenkins	60
29	2008	Meet the Browns	Sarah Brown	66
30	2018	Proud Mary	Mina	55
31	2020	Orpheus Star	Lizette Jean-Marie	0
32	2022	Block Party	Janice Sommers	61
33	2022	We Are Gathered Here Today	Estelle Wyatt	60
34	2022	Is That Black Enough for You?!?	Self	74
35	2023	The Nana Project	Gladys	45

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Ironside	Bartender	68
2	1973	Kojak	Lula	70
3	1974	Harry O	Ruby Dome	46
4	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Ruth Van Galen	76
5	1982	T. J. Hooker	Mrs. Daniels	64
6	1984	Miami Vice	Sally Cordoba	75
7	1984	The Cosby Show	Leah	70
8	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dixie	75
9	1985	MacGyver	Regina Jeffries	77
10	1989	Snoops	Matilda	50
11	1992	The Jacksons: An American Dream	Martha Scruse	67
12	1997	Die Gang	Glenda Otero	0
13	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Lucille Reed	82
14	2005	Bones	Ivy Gillespie	82
15	2013	Being Mary Jane	Helen Patterson	71
16	2014	The Librarians	Eleanor Darnell	72
17	2015	The Carmichael Show	Janet	72
18	2017	Genius	Delia Linsey King	77
19	2018	The Neighborhood	Aunt Desiray	76
20	2018	The Rookie	Ruth Harper	85
21	2024	A Man on the Inside	Florance Joanne Whistbrook	75