Margaret Avery

Born: 1944-01-20, Mangum, Oklahoma, USA

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).

Filmography

• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• Ironside (1967)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• MacGyver (1985)
• The Cosby Show (1984)
• T. J. Hooker (1982)
• The Librarians (2014)
• The Neighborhood (2018)
• A Man on the Inside (2024)
• Kojak (1973)
• 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
• Harry O (1974)
• Being Mary Jane (2013)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
• Magnum Force (1973)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Proud Mary (2018)
• Something Evil (1972)
• Meet the Browns (2008)
• White Man's Burden (1995)
• Heat Wave (1990)
• The Set Up (1995)
• Cool Breeze (1972)
• Hell Up In Harlem (1973)
• Scott Joplin (1977)
• The Nana Project (2023)
• Which Way Is Up? (1977)
• Lord Help Us (2007)