Margaret Avery

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1944-01-20

Place of Birth

Mangum, Oklahoma, USA

Margaret Avery

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 (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

The Rookie

The Rookie

Bones

Bones

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

MacGyver

MacGyver

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

Ironside

Ironside

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

Genius

Genius

Acting History

A Man on the Inside as Florence Joanne Whistbrook

The Nana Project as Gladys

Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self

We Are Gathered Here Today as Estelle Wyatt

Block Party as Janice Sommers

Orpheus Star as Lizette Jean-Marie

The Rookie as Ruth Harper

The Neighborhood as Aunt Desiray

Proud Mary as Mina

Genius as Delia Linsey King

The Carmichael Show as Janet

The Librarians as Eleanor Darnell

Being Mary Jane as Helen Patterson

Meet the Browns as Sarah Brown

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Mamma Jenkins

Exodus as Robbed Tourist

Lord Help Us as Dorinda Thomas

Waitin' to Live as Pearline Loggins

Bones as Ivy Gillespie

Grey's Anatomy as Lucille Reed

Second to Die as Insurance Agent

Love Kills as Moon

Die Gang as Glenda Otero

White Man's Burden as Megan Thomas

Night Trap as Miss Sadie

Lightning in a Bottle as Dr. Sierheed

The Jacksons: An American Dream as Martha Scruse

The Return of Superfly as Francine

Heat Wave as Roxie Turpin

Single Women, Married Men as Grace Williams

Snoops as Matilda

Riverbend as Bell Coleman

Blueberry Hill as Hattie Cale

The Color Purple as Shug Avery

MacGyver as Regina Jeffries

Murder, She Wrote as Dixie

The Cosby Show as Leah

Miami Vice as Sally Cordoba

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Dottie

T. J. Hooker as Mrs. Daniels

The Lathe of Heaven as Heather LeLache

The Sky Is Gray as Rosemary

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Toby Millman

Which Way Is Up? as Annie Mae

Scott Joplin as Belle Joplin

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Ruth Van Galen

Harry O as Ruby Dome

Harry O as Ginnie Adams

Magnum Force as Prostitute

Hell Up In Harlem as Sister Jennifer

An Eye for an Eye as Nurse

Terror at Red Wolf Inn as Edwina

Cool Breeze as Lark

Something Evil as Irene

Ironside as Bartender