Jan 20, 1944 - 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).
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| Movie | 1985 | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | |
| Movie | 1973 | Magnum Force | Prostitute | |
| Movie | 1977 | Which Way Is Up? | Annie Mae | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Set Up | ||
| Movie | 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Mamma Jenkins | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Return of Superfly | Francine | |
| Movie | 2008 | Meet the Browns | Sarah Brown | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Toby Millman | |
| Movie | 1973 | Hell Up In Harlem | Sister Jennifer | |
| Movie | 2007 | Lord Help Us | Dorinda Thomas | |
| Movie | 1972 | Cool Breeze | Lark | |
| Movie | 1972 | Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Edwina | |
| Movie | 1977 | Scott Joplin | Belle Joplin | |
| Movie | 2007 | Exodus | Robbed Tourist | |
| Movie | 1989 | Riverbend | Bell Coleman | |
| Movie | 2006 | Waitin' to Live | Pearline Loggins | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Nana Project | Gladys | |
| Movie | 2002 | Second to Die | Insurance Agent | |
| Movie | 2022 | Block Party | Janice Sommers | |
| Movie | 2022 | We Are Gathered Here Today | Estelle Wyatt | |
| Movie | 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Dottie | |
| Movie | 1995 | White Man's Burden | Megan Thomas | |
| Movie | 1993 | Night Trap | Miss Sadie | |
| Movie | 1973 | An Eye for an Eye | Nurse | |
| Movie | 1999 | Love Kills | Moon | |
| Movie | 1988 | Blueberry Hill | Hattie Cale | |
| Movie | 1990 | Heat Wave | Roxie Turpin | |
| Movie | 2018 | Proud Mary | Mina | |
| Movie | 1993 | Lightning in a Bottle | Dr. Sierheed | |
| Movie | 1972 | Something Evil | Irene | |
| Movie | 1976 | Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style | ||
| Movie | 1980 | The Lathe of Heaven | Heather LeLache | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Sky Is Gray | Rosemary | |
| Movie | 2020 | Orpheus Star | Lizette Jean-Marie | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Bones | Ivy Gillespie | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Being Mary Jane | Helen Patterson | 51 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Carmichael Show | Janet | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Librarians | Eleanor Darnell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Die Gang | Glenda Otero | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Lula | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Neighborhood | Aunt Desiray | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Lucille Reed | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | MacGyver | Regina Jeffries | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dixie | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | Genius | Delia Linsey King | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | The Cosby Show | Leah | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Martha Scruse | 2 |
| TV Show | 2024 | A Man on the Inside | Florance Joanne Whistbrook | 4 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Snoops | Matilda | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Ruth Van Galen | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Ironside | Bartender | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Mrs. Daniels | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Harry O | Ruby Dome | 2 |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Rookie | Ruth Harper | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Miami Vice | Sally Cordoba | 1 |
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