Margaret Avery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Nana Project 2023
as Gladys
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
as Self
We Are Gathered Here Today 2022
as Estelle Wyatt
Block Party 2022
as Janice Sommers
Orpheus Star 2020
as Lizette Jean-Marie
Proud Mary 2018
as Mina
Meet the Browns 2008
as Sarah Brown
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 2008
as Mamma Jenkins
Exodus 2007
as Robbed Tourist
Lord Help Us 2007
as Dorinda Thomas
Waitin' to Live 2006
as Pearline Loggins
Second to Die 2002
as Insurance Agent
Love Kills 1999
as Moon
White Man's Burden 1995
as Megan Thomas
The Set Up 1995
Actor
- Roots of Roe
Roots of Roe 1993
as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
Night Trap 1993
as Miss Sadie
Lightning in a Bottle 1993
as Dr. Sierheed
The Return of Superfly 1990
as Francine
Heat Wave 1990
as Roxie Turpin
Single Women, Married Men 1989
as Grace Williams
Riverbend 1989
as Bell Coleman
Blueberry Hill 1988
as Hattie Cale
The Color Purple 1985
as Shug Avery
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983
as Dottie
The Lathe of Heaven 1980
as Heather LeLache
The Sky Is Gray 1980
as Rosemary
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979
as Toby Millman
Which Way Is Up? 1977
as Annie Mae
Scott Joplin 1977
as Belle Joplin
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style 1976
Actor
Magnum Force 1973
as Prostitute
Hell Up In Harlem 1973
as Sister Jennifer
An Eye for an Eye 1973
as Nurse
Terror at Red Wolf Inn 1972
as Edwina
Cool Breeze 1972
as Lark
Something Evil 1972
as Irene
Credits from TMDB.