Biography
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).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1986 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
The Rookie
Bones
Grey's Anatomy
MacGyver
The Color Purple
The Neighborhood
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Genius
Murder, She Wrote
A Man on the Inside
Miami Vice
The Carmichael Show
The Librarians
Kojak
Magnum Force
The Cosby Show
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
The Sky Is Gray
Being Mary Jane
Ironside
Heat Wave
Meet the Browns
T. J. Hooker
Scott Joplin
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Block Party
Which Way Is Up?
We Are Gathered Here Today
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
Exodus
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Proud Mary
Hell Up In Harlem
The Return of Superfly
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
The Nana Project
The Set Up
Second to Die