Margaret Avery
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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Acting
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Lucille Reed
2005
TV
Bones
as Ivy Gillespie
2005
TV
The Rookie
as Ruth Harper
2018
Movie
The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
1985
Movie
Magnum Force
as Prostitute
1973
TV
MacGyver
as Regina Jeffries
1985
Movie
Proud Mary
as Mina
2018
TV
The Librarians
as Eleanor Darnell
2014
TV
Miami Vice
as Sally Cordoba
1984
TV
The Cosby Show
as Leah
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Dixie
1984
Movie
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Mamma Jenkins
2008
TV
Genius
as Delia Linsey King
2017
TV
A Man on the Inside
as Florence Joanne Whistbrook
2024
TV
The Neighborhood
as Aunt Desiray
2018
TV
Kojak
as Lula
1973
Movie
Meet the Browns
as Sarah Brown
2008
TV
T. J. Hooker
as Mrs. Daniels
1982
TV
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Ruth Van Galen
1974
Movie
White Man's Burden
as Megan Thomas
1995
TV
Ironside
as Bartender
1967
Movie
Something Evil
as Irene
1972
TV
The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Martha Scruse
1992
TV
Being Mary Jane
as Helen Patterson
2013