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Actress Margaret Avery
- Slender, attractive actress Margaret Avery, spellbinding in her role of Shug in Steven Spielberg 's The Color Purple (1985), is certainly no "one-hit wonder".
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She was cast in the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple (1985) just after Tina Turner turned it down and because Steven Spielberg had previously worked with her on the television film Something Evil (1972).
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- Deon Cole as Alfonso. Deon Cole plays Alfonso, Celie and Nettie’s stepfather. He is violent with both of his daughters, but Celie is the only one he sexually assaults.
- David Alan Grier as Rev. Samuel Avery. David Alan Grier plays Rev. Samuel Avery, a minister who adopts Celie’s biological children, Olivia and Adam, along with his wife, Corrine.
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol' Mister Johnson. plays Ol’ Mister Johnson, Mister’s father. More principled than his son, he disapproves of his son’s affairs and leaves in disgust when he hears that Shug has three illegitimate children.
- Jon Batiste as Grady. Jon Batiste plays Grady, Shug’s husband. Though he is loving and not violent, he is an unabashed womanizer who spends his money irresponsibly.
In 1985, Avery played the role of Shug Avery in the period drama film The Color Purple directed by Steven Spielberg. Her performance in this screen adaptation of Alice Walker's prize-winning novel The Color Purple was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [9] Avery was the last character to be cast in the film.
Dec 21, 2023 · Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery and Fantasia Barrino as Celie in the new movie version of “The Color Purple.”
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She was cast in the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple (1985) just after Tina Turner turned it down and because Steven Spielberg had previously worked with her on the television film Something Evil (1972).
- January 20, 1944
Dec 18, 2023 · Henson says the 1985 film adaptation of The Color Purple inspired her to become an actor. She stars as jazz singer Shug Avery in a new version, which she hopes will offer audiences hope and...
The Color Purple: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey. A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
