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Feb 27, 2016 · Actress Margaret Avery, nominated for supporting role for 1985’s “The Color Purple,” at her Hollywood home on Feb. 19, 2016.
May 23, 2023 · Warner Brothers/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty. No one blinks an eye today at the kind of vivacious, confident woman Margaret Avery portrayed in The Color Purple. In a film full of sadly downtrodden ...
Margaret Avery was an American actress born in Mangum, Oklahoma on January 20, 1944. Graduating from San Francisco State University with an education degree in 1965, she began acting in stage ...
Los Angeles Drama Circle Award. Performance in a Major Role. Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie. NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award. NAACP Image Award Nomination. Best Actress. The Scott Joplin Story. San Francisco State University. Alumni Hall of Fame, Inductee & Keynote Speaker.
Home. official website for Margaret Avery, Shug Avery, Helen Patterson on BET's Being Mary Jane. Includes Margaret Avery photos, Margaret Avery video, Margaret Avery Filmography, Margaret Avery Plays, Margaret Avery Behind-The-Scenes BTS.
Having worked steadily through the '70s on television and in blaxploitation films, African-American actress Margaret Avery did not become a star until she was cast as Shug in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Color Purple (1985), a performance that won her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
The Informant. (1972) 1972–1976 51m TV-PG. 6.7 (29) Rate. TV Episode. Officer's Webster and Gillis try to help a young man break away from two thugs who are using him as their wheel-man for robberies they are committing. But when the thugs take his girlfriend hostage it complicates their efforts. 12.
