Margaret Avery
Born
20 January 1944 (82)
Place of Birth
Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as
Margaret Avery (I), Margaret Jo Avery
Biography
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.
Filmography (36)
The Nana Project
2023
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
Block Party
2022
Orpheus Star
2020
Proud Mary
2018
Meet the Browns
2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Exodus
2007
Lord Help Us
2007
Waitin' to Live
2006
Second to Die
2002
Love Kills
1999
White Man's Burden
1995
The Set Up
1995
Night Trap
1993
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
The Return of Superfly
1990
Heat Wave
1990
Single Women, Married Men
1989
Riverbend
1989
Blueberry Hill
1988
The Color Purple
1985
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
The Sky Is Gray
1980
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
Which Way Is Up?
1977
Scott Joplin
1977
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Magnum Force
1973
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
An Eye for an Eye
1973
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
Cool Breeze
1972
Something Evil
1972