Margaret Avery
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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🎬 Movies
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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2022
Proud Mary
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2018
Meet the Browns
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2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
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2008
Second to Die
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2002
Love Kills
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1999
White Man's Burden
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1995
The Set Up
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1995
Night Trap
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1993
The Return of Superfly
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1990
Heat Wave
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1990
Riverbend
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1989
The Color Purple
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1985
The Lathe of Heaven
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1980
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
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1979
Which Way Is Up?
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1977
Magnum Force
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1973
Hell Up In Harlem
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1973
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
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1972
Cool Breeze
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1972
Something Evil
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1972