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Margaret Avery

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Bio:: 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…

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Range of Movie T-meters: 13% - 88%

Number of Movies: 28

Box Office Since 2001: $42.2M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2008		Waitin' to Live	Actor	--
2008	22%	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Mama Jenkins	$42.2M
2006		Lord Help Us	Actor	--
2006		Waitin' to Live	Actor	--
1995	24%	White Man's Burden	Megan Thomas	--
1994		Cyborg 3: The Recycler (Cyborg 3: The Creation)	Doc Edford	--
1993		Night Trap (Mardi Gras for the Devil)	Miss Sadie	--
1992		The Jacksons: An American Dream	Martha	--
1990		Heat Wave	Roxie Turpin	--
1990		Return of Superfly	Francine	--
1989		Riverbend	Bell Coleman	--
1988		Blueberry Hill	Hattie Cole	--
1985	88%	The Color Purple	Shug Avery	--
1983		For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Actor	--
1980		The Sky Is Gray	Actor	--
1980		The Lathe of Heaven	Heather LeLache	--
1979		The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Toby Millman	--
1977	20%	Which Way Is Up?	Annie Mae	--
1977		Scott Joplin	Belle Joplin	--
1975		Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style	Actor	--
1973	13%	Hell Up In Harlem	Sister Jennifer	--
1973	50%	Black Caesar	Actor	--
1973	80%	Magnum Force	Prostitute	--
1973		The Psychopath	Actor	--
1972		Terror House (Club Dead) (Terror at Red Wolf Inn)	Actor	--
1971		Something Evil	Irene	--
1952		Curtain Up	Mary	--
1949		A Boy, a Girl and a Bike	Ginger	--