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Margaret Avery

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Margaret Avery

Born Jan 20, 1944 · 82 years60 titles 36 movies · 24 TV
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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.

Also known as

Margaret Avery (I) · Margaret Jo Avery · Margret Avery

Born

Jan 20, 1944

Mangum, Oklahoma, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

60

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Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1967 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 3 title(s)

1973 4 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 2 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 3 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 3 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2022 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)