Margaret Avery
Acting

Margaret Avery

Born 20 January 1944 · Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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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

Grey's Anatomy
Bones
The Rookie
The Color Purple
Magnum Force
MacGyver
Miami Vice
The Librarians
Proud Mary
The Cosby Show
Murder, She Wrote
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
The Nana Project
Block Party
We Are Gathered Here Today
Orpheus Star
Proud Mary
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Meet the Browns
Lord Help Us
Exodus
Waitin' to Live
Second to Die
Love Kills
The Set Up
White Man's Burden
Night Trap
Lightning in a Bottle
The Return of Superfly
Heat Wave
Riverbend
Single Women, Married Men
Blueberry Hill
The Color Purple
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
The Lathe of Heaven
The Sky Is Gray
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Which Way Is Up?
Scott Joplin
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Magnum Force
Hell Up In Harlem
An Eye for an Eye
Cool Breeze
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Something Evil
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