Margaret Avery

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1944

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Mangum, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

Margaret Avery (I)

Margaret Jo Avery

Margret Avery

Margaret 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 list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Rookie

Grey's Anatomy

Bones

Murder, She Wrote

Miami Vice

MacGyver

The Cosby Show

Ironside

Filmography

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