Margaret Avery
Acting
Born January 20, 1944
From Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as Margaret Avery (I), Margaret Jo Avery, Margret Avery
Biography
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 l...
Filmography
The Nana Project
Gladys
20234.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
20226.2
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt
20226.0
Block Party
Janice Sommers
20226.1
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
2020
Proud Mary
Mina
20185.5
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
20086.7
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
20086.0
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
20075.8
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
20073.7
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
200610.0
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
20024.2
Love Kills
Moon
19993.5
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
19955.1
The Set Up
19954.3
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
19934.0
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
19935.6
The Return of Superfly
Francine
19905.4
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
19906.8
Single Women, Married Men
Grace Williams
19897.0
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
19895.4
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
19884.0
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
19857.7
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
19837.0
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache
19806.5
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
19807.0
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
19795.6
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
19776.1
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
19776.3
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
19767.0
Magnum Force
Prostitute
19737.1
Hell Up In Harlem
Sister Jennifer
19735.5
An Eye for an Eye
Nurse
19735.6
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Edwina
19725.7
Cool Breeze
Lark
19725.1
Something Evil
Irene
19725.4