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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1944-01-20 · Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
Known for
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Lucille Reed
- Bones (2005) — Ivy Gillespie
- The Rookie (2018) — Ruth Harper
- The Color Purple (1985) — Shug Avery
- Magnum Force (1973) — Prostitute
- MacGyver (1985) — Regina Jeffries
- Miami Vice (1984) — Sally Cordoba
- The Librarians (2014) — Eleanor Darnell
- Proud Mary (2018) — Mina
- The Cosby Show (1984) — Leah
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Dixie
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) — Mamma Jenkins
- Genius (2017) — Delia Linsey King
- A Man on the Inside (2024) — Florence Joanne Whistbrook
- The Neighborhood (2018) — Aunt Desiray
- Kojak (1973) — Lula