Margaret Avery: movies and TV shows
Margaret Avery has 61 credits in the archive: 36 films and 25 TV series, from 1967 to 2024. Highest rated: The Rookie (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1967 – 2024 · busiest year: 1973 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A Man on the Inside | Florence Joanne Whistbrook | TV | 7.4 | 80 |
| 2023 | The Nana Project | Gladys | Film | 4.5 | 79 |
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2022 | We Are Gathered Here Today | Estelle Wyatt | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2022 | Block Party | Janice Sommers | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2020 | Orpheus Star | Lizette Jean-Marie | Film | — | 76 |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Ruth Harper | TV | 8.5 | 74 |
| 2018 | The Neighborhood | Aunt Desiray | TV | 7.6 | 74 |
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Mina | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2017 | Genius | Delia Linsey King | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2015 | The Carmichael Show | Janet | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2014 | The Librarians | Eleanor Darnell | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane | Helen Patterson | TV | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Mamma Jenkins | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns | Sarah Brown | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2007 | Exodus | Robbed Tourist | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 2007 | Lord Help Us | Dorinda Thomas | Film | 3.7 | 63 |
| 2006 | Waitin' to Live | Pearline Loggins | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Lucille Reed | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2005 | Bones | Ivy Gillespie | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Rita Armstrong | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2002 | Second to Die | Insurance Agent | Film | 4.2 | 58 |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Moon | Film | 3.5 | 55 |
| 1997 | Die Gang | Glenda Otero | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Megan Thomas | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 1995 | The Set Up | Film | 4.2 | 51 | |
| 1993 | Night Trap | Miss Sadie | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1993 | Lightning in a Bottle | Dr. Sierheed | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Martha Scruse | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1990 | The Return of Superfly | Francine | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Roxie Turpin | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1989 | Snoops | Matilda | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1989 | Single Women, Married Men | Grace Williams | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1989 | Riverbend | Bell Coleman | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1988 | Blueberry Hill | Hattie Cale | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Regina Jeffries | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | Film | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dixie | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Sally Cordoba | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Leah | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Dottie | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Mrs. Daniels | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Dottie | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1980 | The Lathe of Heaven | Heather LeLache | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1980 | The Sky Is Gray | Rosemary | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Toby Millman | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1977 | Scott Joplin | Belle Joplin | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1977 | Which Way Is Up? | Annie Mae | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1976 | Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1974 | Harry O | Ruby Dome | TV | 5.2 | 30 |
| 1974 | Harry O | Ginnie Adams | TV | 5.2 | 30 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Ruth Van Galen | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Lula | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Prostitute | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1973 | Hell Up In Harlem | Sister Jennifer | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1973 | An Eye for an Eye | Nurse | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1972 | Something Evil | Irene | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1972 | Cool Breeze | Lark | Film | 5.1 | 28 |
| 1972 | Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Edwina | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Pam Harris / Nurse Wilkinson | TV | 5.2 | 27 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Bartender | TV | 6.9 | 23 |