# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-avery
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:30.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-avery"
name: "Margaret Avery"
slug: "margaret-avery"
description: "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)."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret_Avery%2C_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump