7.7
7.7
The Color Purple
1985
as Shug Avery
Margaret Avery
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Point Loma High School, San Francisco State University
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Margaret Avery is an American actress. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including Cool Breeze (1972), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977) which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Shug Avery in the period drama film The Color Purple (1985). Avery continued appearing in films like Blueberry Hill (1988), White Man's Burden (1995), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Meet the Browns (2008), and Proud Mary (2018). From 2013 to 2019, Avery starred as Helen Patterson, lead character's mother, in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane.
Filmography (35 movies)
7.1
7.1
Magnum Force
1973
as Prostitute
6.6
6.6
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
as Heather LeLache
6.6
6.6
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
6.6
6.6
Meet the Browns
2008
as Sarah Brown
6.2
6.2
Heat Wave
1990
as Roxie Turpin
6.1
6.1
Block Party
2022
as Janice Sommers
6.1
6.1
Scott Joplin
1977
as Belle Joplin
6.0
6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
as Estelle Wyatt
6.0
6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Mamma Jenkins
6.0
6.0
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as Annie Mae
5.8
5.8
Exodus
2007
as Robbed Tourist
5.6
5.6
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Toby Millman
5.6
5.6
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
as Sister Jennifer
5.5
5.5
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
as Edwina
5.5
5.5
Proud Mary
2018
as Mina
5.4
5.4
Something Evil
1972
as Irene
5.4
5.4
The Return of Superfly
1990
as Francine
5.2
5.2
White Man's Burden
1995
as Megan Thomas
5.0
5.0
An Eye for an Eye
1973
as Nurse
4.8
4.8
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
as Dr. Sierheed
4.8
4.8
Cool Breeze
1972
as Lark
4.7
4.7
Riverbend
1989
as Bell Coleman
4.5
4.5
The Nana Project
2023
as Gladys
4.0
4.0
The Sky Is Gray
1980
as Rosemary
4.0
4.0
The Set Up
1995
3.7
3.7
Second to Die
2002
as Insurance Agent
3.5
3.5
Night Trap
1993
as Miss Sadie
3.0
3.0
Blueberry Hill
1988
as Hattie Cale
2.6
2.6
Lord Help Us
2007
as Dorinda Thomas
2.0
2.0
Love Kills
1999
as Moon
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Orpheus Star
2020
as Lizette Jean-Marie
Waitin' to Live
2006
as Pearline Loggins
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Dottie
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