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).
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Known for
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
The Cosby Show
Leah
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
Ironside
Bartender
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
Being Mary Jane
Helen Patterson
Genius
Delia Linsey King
Kojak
Lula
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ruth Van Galen
Harry O
Ruby Dome
A Man on the Inside
Florance Joanne Whistbrook
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
The Carmichael Show
Janet
Magnum Force
Prostitute
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
Snoops
Matilda
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
Proud Mary
Mina
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Martha Scruse
Something Evil
Irene
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Edwina
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
The Return of Superfly
Francine
Hell Up In Harlem
Sister Jennifer
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
Die Gang
Glenda Otero
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
An Eye for an Eye
Nurse
Love Kills
Moon
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
The Nana Project
Gladys
Cool Breeze
Lark
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
Block Party
Janice Sommers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt