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.
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- Born:
- Jan 20, 1944 In Mangum, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 28
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Boy, a Girl and a Bike 1949-05-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Nana Project 2023-09-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Nana Project | Gladys | 2023-09-14 |
| Movie | Block Party | Janice Sommers | 2022-06-08 |
| Movie | Proud Mary | Mina | 2018-01-12 |
| Series | Being Mary Jane | Helen Patterson | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Mamma Jenkins | 2008-02-08 |
| Movie | Meet the Browns | Sarah Brown | 2008-03-21 |
| Movie | Exodus | Robbed Tourist | 2007-09-04 |
| Movie | Second to Die | Insurance Agent | 2002-04-23 |
| Movie | Love Kills | Moon | 1999-10-04 |
| Movie | The Set Up | 1995-07-23 | |
| Movie | White Man's Burden | Megan Thomas | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Night Trap | Miss Sadie | 1993-05-01 |
| Movie | Heat Wave | Roxie Turpin | 1990-08-13 |
| Movie | Riverbend | Bell Coleman | 1989-05-01 |
| Movie | Blueberry Hill | Hattie Cale | 1988-12-02 |
| Movie | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Dottie | 1983-03-22 |
| Movie | The Lathe of Heaven | Heather LeLache | 1980-01-09 |
| Movie | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Toby Millman | 1979-11-06 |
| Movie | Which Way Is Up? | Annie Mae | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Scott Joplin | Belle Joplin | 1977-02-11 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Nurse | 1973-09-28 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Prostitute | 1973-12-13 |
| Movie | Hell Up In Harlem | Sister Jennifer | 1973-12-01 |
| Movie | Something Evil | Irene | 1972-01-21 |
| Movie | Cool Breeze | Lark | 1972-03-29 |
| Movie | Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Edwina | 1972-09-27 |
| Movie | Curtain Up | Mary | 1952-03-12 |
| Movie | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Ginger | 1949-05-23 |