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