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.
The Color Purple
(Shug Avery)
Magnum Force
(Prostitute)
Which Way Is Up?
(Annie Mae)
The Set Up
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
(Mamma Jenkins)
The Return of Superfly
(Francine)
Meet the Browns
(Sarah Brown)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
(Toby Millman)
Hell Up In Harlem
(Sister Jennifer)
Lord Help Us
(Dorinda Thomas)
Cool Breeze
(Lark)
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
(Edwina)
Scott Joplin
(Belle Joplin)
Exodus
(Robbed Tourist)
Riverbend
(Bell Coleman)
Waitin' to Live
(Pearline Loggins)
The Nana Project
(Gladys)
Second to Die
(Insurance Agent)
Block Party
(Janice Sommers)
We Are Gathered Here Today
(Estelle Wyatt)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
(Self)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
(Dottie)
White Man's Burden
(Megan Thomas)
Night Trap
(Miss Sadie)
An Eye for an Eye
(Nurse)
Love Kills
(Moon)
Blueberry Hill
(Hattie Cale)
Heat Wave
(Roxie Turpin)
Proud Mary
(Mina)
Lightning in a Bottle
(Dr. Sierheed)
Something Evil
(Irene)
Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
The Lathe of Heaven
(Heather LeLache)
The Sky Is Gray
(Rosemary)
Bones
(Ivy Gillespie)
Being Mary Jane
(Helen Patterson)
The Carmichael Show
(Janet)
The Librarians
(Eleanor Darnell)
Die Gang
(Glenda Otero)
Kojak
(Lula)
The Neighborhood
(Aunt Desiray)
Grey's Anatomy
(Lucille Reed)
MacGyver
(Regina Jeffries)
Murder, She Wrote
(Dixie)
Genius
(Delia Linsey King)
The Cosby Show
(Leah)
The Jacksons: An American Dream
(Martha Scruse)
A Man on the Inside
(Florance Joanne Whistbrook)
Snoops
(Matilda)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(Ruth Van Galen)