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Margaret Avery

Age: 81 years

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Gender: Female

Birthday: January 20, 1944

Place of birth: 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 (...

Known for: Acting

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The Color Purple
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The Color Purple

as Shug Avery

Magnum Force
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Magnum Force

as Prostitute

Which Way Is Up?
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Which Way Is Up?

as Annie Mae

The Set Up
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The Set Up

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
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Welcome Home Roscoe ...

as Mamma Jenkins

The Return of Superfly
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The Return of Superf...

as Francine

Meet the Browns
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Meet the Browns

as Sarah Brown

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
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The Fish That Saved ...

as Toby Millman

Hell Up In Harlem
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Hell Up In Harlem

as Sister Jennifer

Lord Help Us
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Lord Help Us

as Dorinda Thomas

Cool Breeze
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Cool Breeze

as Lark

Terror at Red Wolf Inn
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Terror at Red Wolf I...

as Edwina

Scott Joplin
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Scott Joplin

as Belle Joplin

Exodus
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Exodus

as Robbed Tourist

Riverbend
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Riverbend

as Bell Coleman

Waitin' to Live
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Waitin' to Live

as Pearline Loggins

The Nana Project
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The Nana Project

as Gladys

Second to Die
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Second to Die

as Insurance Agent

Block Party
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Block Party

as Janice Sommers

We Are Gathered Here Today
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We Are Gathered Here...

as Estelle Wyatt

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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Is That Black Enough...

as Self

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
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For Us, the Living: ...

as Dottie

White Man's Burden
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White Man's Burden

as Megan Thomas

Night Trap
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Night Trap

as Miss Sadie

An Eye for an Eye
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An Eye for an Eye

as Nurse

Love Kills
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Love Kills

as Moon

Blueberry Hill
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Blueberry Hill

as Hattie Cale

Heat Wave
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Heat Wave

as Roxie Turpin

Proud Mary
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Proud Mary

as Mina

Lightning in a Bottle
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Lightning in a Bottl...

as Dr. Sierheed

Something Evil
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Something Evil

as Irene

Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
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Louis Armstrong - Ch...

The Lathe of Heaven
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The Lathe of Heaven

as Heather LeLache

The Sky Is Gray
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The Sky Is Gray

as Rosemary

Bones
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Bones

as Ivy Gillespie

Being Mary Jane
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Being Mary Jane

as Helen Patterson

The Carmichael Show
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The Carmichael Show

as Janet

The Librarians
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The Librarians

as Eleanor Darnell

Die Gang
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Die Gang

as Glenda Otero

Kojak
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Kojak

as Lula

The Neighborhood
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The Neighborhood

as Aunt Desiray

Grey's Anatomy
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Grey's Anatomy

as Lucille Reed

MacGyver
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MacGyver

as Regina Jeffries

Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote

as Dixie

Genius
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Genius

as Delia Linsey King

The Cosby Show
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The Cosby Show

as Leah

The Jacksons: An American Dream
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The Jacksons: An Ame...

as Martha Scruse

A Man on the Inside
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A Man on the Inside

as Florance Joanne Whistbrook

Snoops
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Snoops

as Matilda

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
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Kolchak: The Night S...

as Ruth Van Galen