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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1890
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Religious education in the secondary modern school
- Teaching Scripture
- St. Paul's letter to the Philippians
- Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians and Hebrews
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Film & TV
Acting · Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Known for
- A Man on the Inside — Florence Joanne Whistbrook2024
- The Nana Project — Gladys2023
- Block Party — Janice Sommers2022
- We Are Gathered Here Today — Estelle Wyatt2022
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? — Self2022
- Orpheus Star — Lizette Jean-Marie2020
- Proud Mary — Mina2018
- The Neighborhood — Aunt Desiray2018
- The Rookie — Ruth Harper2018
- Genius — Delia Linsey King2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 57
- Total plays
- 696
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,237x
- Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Comprehensive Microbial Variant Detection and Genome Assembly Improvement
· 2014 · cited 9,001x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,922x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mangum, Oklahoma , U.S.
- Alma mater
- San Francisco State University American Conservatory Theater Phillips Graduate University
- Occupations
- Actress, singer
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Spouse
- Robert Gordon Hunt , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1980 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Margaret Avery is an American actress. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including Cool Breeze (1972), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977) which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Shug Avery in the period drama film The Color Purple (1985).
Avery continued appearing in films like Blueberry Hill (1988), White Man's Burden (1995), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Meet the Browns (2008), and Proud Mary (2018). From 2013 to 2019, Avery starred as Helen Patterson, lead character's mother, in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margaret Avery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.