Margaret Avery
Born in Mangum, Oklahoma, USA — Jan 20 1944
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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.
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Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
The Cosby Show
Leah
Ironside
Bartender
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
Kojak
Lula
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
Genius
Delia Linsey King
Harry O
Ruby Dome
A Man on the Inside
Florence Joanne Whistbrook
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ruth Van Galen
Snoops
Matilda
Being Mary Jane
Helen Patterson
10-8: Officers on Duty
Rita Armstrong
Die Gang
Glenda Otero
The Carmichael Show
Janet
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
Magnum Force
Prostitute
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Martha Scruse
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
Proud Mary
Mina
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
The Set Up
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Something Evil
Irene
Love Kills
Moon
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
The Nana Project
Gladys
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
Cool Breeze
Lark
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
The Return of Superfly
Francine
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
Hell Up In Harlem
Sister Jennifer
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
Single Women, Married Men
Grace Williams
Block Party
Janice Sommers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
An Eye for an Eye
Nurse
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Edwina
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache