Margaret Avery
Known for: Acting
Born: January 20, 1944
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
36 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
7.4
A Man on the Inside
2024
4.5
The Nana Project
2023
6.1
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
6.1
Block Party
2022
NR
Orpheus Star
2020
8.5
The Rookie
2018
7.6
The Neighborhood
2018
5.5
Proud Mary
2018
7.5
Genius
2017
7.2
The Carmichael Show
2015
7.2
The Librarians
2014
6.9
Being Mary Jane
2013
6.7
Meet the Browns
2008
6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
5.8
Exodus
2007
3.7
Lord Help Us
2007
10.0
Waitin' to Live
2006
8.2
Bones
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
4.2
Second to Die
2002
3.5
Love Kills
199910.0
Die Gang
1997
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
4.3
The Set Up
1995
4.0
Night Trap
1993
5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
6.8
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
5.4
The Return of Superfly
1990
6.8
Heat Wave
1990
7.0
Single Women, Married Men
1989
6.3
Snoops
1989
6.5
Riverbend
1989
4.0
Blueberry Hill
1988
7.7
The Color Purple
1985
7.7
MacGyver
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.5
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
7.0
The Sky Is Gray
1980
5.6
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
5.8
Which Way Is Up?
1977
6.6
Scott Joplin
1977
7.0
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
5.2
Harry O
1974
7.1
Magnum Force
1973
5.5
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
7.2
Kojak
1973
5.6
An Eye for an Eye
1973
5.7
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
5.1
Cool Breeze
1972
5.4
Something Evil
1972
5.2
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
6.8
Ironside
1967