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
Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
The Cosby Show
Leah
Ironside
Bartender
Genius
Delia Linsey King
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
Kojak
Lula
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ruth Van Galen
A Man on the Inside
Florence Joanne Whistbrook
Harry O
Ruby Dome
Harry O
Ginnie Adams
Being Mary Jane
Helen Patterson
The Carmichael Show
Janet
Cool Breeze
Lark
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
Magnum Force
Prostitute
10-8: Officers on Duty
Rita Armstrong
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
Snoops
Matilda
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Martha Scruse
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
Proud Mary
Mina
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
Die Gang
Glenda Otero
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
Hell Up In Harlem
Sister Jennifer
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
The Set Up
Something Evil
Irene
Block Party
Janice Sommers
The Return of Superfly
Francine
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
Single Women, Married Men
Grace Williams
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt
The Nana Project
Gladys
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Edwina
Love Kills
Moon
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
An Eye for an Eye
Nurse