
Margaret Avery
Acting
Born 1944-01-20 · Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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 Color Purple
1985 · Movie

Magnum Force
1973 · Movie

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · Movie

Waitin' to Live
2006 · Movie

Proud Mary
2018 · Movie

Meet the Browns
2008 · Movie

Heat Wave
1990 · Movie

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Movie

The Lathe of Heaven
1980 · Movie

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Movie

The Sky Is Gray
1980 · Movie

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976 · Movie

Scott Joplin
1977 · Movie

Single Women, Married Men
1989 · Movie

Which Way Is Up?
1977 · Movie

White Man's Burden
1995 · Movie

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Movie

We Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · Movie

Hell Up In Harlem
1973 · Movie

Something Evil
1972 · Movie

Block Party
2022 · Movie

Cool Breeze
1972 · Movie

Exodus
2007 · Movie

An Eye for an Eye
1973 · Movie

Riverbend
1989 · Movie

The Return of Superfly
1990 · Movie

Lightning in a Bottle
1993 · Movie

Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · Movie

The Set Up
1995 · Movie

The Nana Project
2023 · Movie

Night Trap
1993 · Movie

Second to Die
2002 · Movie

Love Kills
1999 · Movie

Blueberry Hill
1988 · Movie

Lord Help Us
2007 · Movie

Orpheus Star
2020 · Movie