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Margaret Avery

Acting · Born January 20, 1944 · 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.

Margaret Avery movies and shows

  • Grey's Anatomy2005
  • The Rookie2018
  • Bones2005
  • MacGyver1985
  • Murder, She Wrote1984
  • Ironside1967
  • Miami Vice1984
  • The Cosby Show1984
  • American Playhouse1982
  • The Neighborhood2018
  • T. J. Hooker1982
  • The Librarians2014
  • Genius2017
  • Kojak1973
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974
  • Harry O1974
  • A Man on the Inside2024
  • Being Mary Jane2013
  • The New Dick Van Dyke Show1971
  • The Carmichael Show2015
  • 10-8: Officers on Duty2003
  • The Jacksons: An American Dream1992
  • The Color Purple1985
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins2008