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Margaret Avery
Born: 1944-01-20 in Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (35)
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Waitin' to Live
2006
7.7
The Color Purple
1985
7.1
Magnum Force
1973
7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
7.0
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
7.0
The Sky Is Gray
1980
7.0
Single Women, Married Men
1989
6.8
Heat Wave
1990
6.7
Meet the Browns
2008
6.6
Scott Joplin
1977
6.5
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
6.5
Riverbend
1989
6.1
Block Party
2022
6.1
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
5.8
Exodus
2007
5.8
Which Way Is Up?
1977
5.7
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
5.6
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
5.6
An Eye for an Eye
1973
5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
5.5
Proud Mary
2018
5.5
Hell Up In Harlem
1973
5.4
The Return of Superfly
1990
5.4
Something Evil
1972
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
5.1
Cool Breeze
1972
4.5
The Nana Project
2023
4.3
The Set Up
1995
4.2
Second to Die
2002
4.0
Night Trap
1993
4.0
Blueberry Hill
1988
3.7
Lord Help Us
2007
3.5
Love Kills
1999