Cast & creator
Margaret Avery
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, The Rookie, Bones
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
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film credits
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television credits
62
1967–2024 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
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Grey's Anatomy
Lucille Reed
2005
The Rookie
Ruth Harper
2018
Bones
Ivy Gillespie
2005
MacGyver
Regina Jeffries
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Dixie
1984
American Playhouse
Dottie
1982
Miami Vice
Sally Cordoba
1984
Ironside
Bartender
1967
The Cosby Show
Leah
1984
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Daniels
1982
The Neighborhood
Aunt Desiray
2018
Genius
Delia Linsey King
2017
The Librarians
Eleanor Darnell
2014
Kojak
Lula
1973
Harry O
Ruby Dome
1974Harry O
Ginnie Adams
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Ruth Van Galen
1974
A Man on the Inside
Florence Joanne Whistbrook
2024
10-8: Officers on Duty
Rita Armstrong
2003
Being Mary Jane
Helen Patterson
2013
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Pam Harris / Nurse Wilkinson
1971
The Carmichael Show
Janet
2015
Snoops
Matilda
1989
Magnum Force
Prostitute
1973
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
1985
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Martha Scruse
1992
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mamma Jenkins
2008Die Gang
Glenda Otero
1997
White Man's Burden
Megan Thomas
1995
Proud Mary
Mina
2018
Meet the Browns
Sarah Brown
2008
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Toby Millman
1979
Hell Up In Harlem
Sister Jennifer
1973
Night Trap
Miss Sadie
1993
Which Way Is Up?
Annie Mae
1977
Scott Joplin
Belle Joplin
1977
Something Evil
Irene
1972
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Edwina
1972
Cool Breeze
Lark
1972
The Return of Superfly
Francine
1990
We Are Gathered Here Today
Estelle Wyatt
2022
Single Women, Married Men
Grace Williams
1989
The Nana Project
Gladys
2023
The Lathe of Heaven
Heather LeLache
1980
Lightning in a Bottle
Dr. Sierheed
1993
The Set Up
1995
An Eye for an Eye
Nurse
1973
Heat Wave
Roxie Turpin
1990
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Dottie
1983
The Sky Is Gray
Rosemary
1980
Block Party
Janice Sommers
2022
Lord Help Us
Dorinda Thomas
2007
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Second to Die
Insurance Agent
2002
Riverbend
Bell Coleman
1989Roots of Roe
Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
1993
Exodus
Robbed Tourist
2007
Love Kills
Moon
1999
Orpheus Star
Lizette Jean-Marie
2020
Waitin' to Live
Pearline Loggins
2006
Blueberry Hill
Hattie Cale
1988