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Margaret Avery

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Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944) is an American actress and singer. [1]

80 relations: A.E.S. Hudson Street, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Alice Walker, Angela Bassett, Being Mary Jane, BET, Billy Dee Williams, Blaxploitation, Blueberry Hill (1988 film), Clint Eastwood, Cool Breeze (film), Cyborg 3: The Recycler, Darren McGavin, Dirty Harry (film series), Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Exodus (2007 British film), Film, Film adaptation, Heat Wave (1990 film), Hell Up in Harlem, Hi-Fi murders, Ironside (1967 TV series), JAG (TV series), James Earl Jones, John E. Douglas, Judy Pace, Katherine Jackson, Kojak, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Lightning in a Bottle, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Love Kills (film), Magnum Force, Mangum, Oklahoma, Marcus Welby, M.D., Marilyn Monroe, Martin Lawrence, Meet the Browns (film), Miami Vice, Michael Schultz, Murder, She Wrote, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Night Trap (film), Point Loma High School, Proud Mary (film), Psychopath (1973 film), Rags to Riches (TV series), Ragtime, ..., Richard Pryor, Riverbend (film), San Diego, San Francisco State University, Sandy Dennis, Sanford and Son, Scott Joplin, Scott Joplin (film), Second to Die, Single Ladies (TV series), Something Evil, Spenser: For Hire, Steven Spielberg, Sun-Sentinel, Thalmus Rasulala, The Asphalt Jungle, The Color Purple, The Color Purple (film), The Cosby Show, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The Jacksons: An American Dream, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Powers of Matthew Star, The Sistuhs, TV.com, Victim: The Other Side of Murder, Walker, Texas Ranger, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Which Way Is Up?, White Man's Burden (film). Expand index (30 more) »

A.E.S. Hudson Street

A.E.S. Hudson Street is an American comedy television show that aired on ABC in 1978 on Thursday night from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm EST.

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist.

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Angela Bassett

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist.

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Being Mary Jane

Being Mary Jane is an American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union, that debuted January 7, 2014 on BET. The 90-minute-pilot for the series aired on July 2, 2013. The series follows professional and personal life of successful TV news anchor Mary Jane Paul, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Being Mary Jane has received positive reviews from critics, and the series premiere on BET had more than 4 million viewers. The second and third seasons received critical acclaim, specifically praising Gabrielle Union's leading performance, Mara Brock Akil's writing, and directing work by Regina King. On January 6, 2016, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 10, 2017. Set in New York, season 4 reaches a milestone and a record as it is made with 20 episodes. It was announced on October 11, 2017 that the series would conclude in 2018 with a two-hour movie finale. At the 45th NAACP Image Awards, the pilot movie won the award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, and Union for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. The series later received another nine NAACP Image Awards nominations, include two for Outstanding Drama Series.

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BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET, stylised as BET★) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom.

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Billy Dee Williams

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, artist, singer, and writer.

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Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s.

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Blueberry Hill (1988 film)

Blueberry Hill is a 1988 American coming of age dramatic film starring Jennifer Rubin and directed by Strathford Hamilton.

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure.

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Cool Breeze (film)

Cool Breeze is a 1972 American blaxploitation film directed by Barry Pollack and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Cyborg 3: The Recycler

Cyborg 3: The Recycler is the 1995 direct-to-video sequel to Cyborg 2 starring Malcolm McDowell and Khrystyne Haje.

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Darren McGavin

William Lyle Richardson (May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006), known professionally as Darren McGavin, was an American film, stage, and television actor best known for his portrayal of the grumpy but loving father in the film A Christmas Story, and for the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

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Dirty Harry (film series)

Dirty Harry is an American film series featuring San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan who is notorious for being extremely violent and ruthless in his methods, and a danger for any partner assigned to him.

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Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?

Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? is a play written in 1969 by Don Petersen.

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Exodus (2007 British film)

Exodus is a contemporary retelling of the Biblical story of Exodus, that was released in 2007.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Heat Wave (1990 film)

Heat Wave is a 1990 American action-thriller television film about 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, and David Strathairn.

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Hell Up in Harlem

Hell Up in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation film, starring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry.

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Hi-Fi murders

The Hi-Fi murders were the brutal torture and killings of three people during a robbery at a home audio store in Ogden, Utah on the evening of April 22, 1974.

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Ironside (1967 TV series)

Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over 8 seasons from 1967 to 1975.

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JAG (TV series)

JAG (U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General) is an American legal drama television show with a distinct U.S. Navy theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television (now CBS Television Studios).

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor.

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John E. Douglas

John Edward Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is a retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Judy Pace

Judy Lenteen Pace (born June 15, 1942) is an American actress.

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Katherine Jackson

Katherine Esther Jackson (born Kattie B. Screws; May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family.

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Kojak

Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak.

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season.

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Lightning in a Bottle

Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) is a music festival in the Central Coast region of California presented by The Do LaB.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards is an annual awards program presented by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC).

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Love Kills (film)

Love Kills is a 1998 film by Mario Van Peebles starring Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, and Daniel Baldwin.

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Magnum Force

Magnum Force is a 1973 American action thriller and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry.

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Mangum, Oklahoma

Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired Tuesdays at 10:00–11:00 p.m. (EST) on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer.

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Martin Lawrence

Martin Fitzgerald LawrenceStated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio (born April 16, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, talk show host, and writer.

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Meet the Browns (film)

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008.

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Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann for NBC.

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Michael Schultz

Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of film and television.

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.

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Night Trap (film)

Night Trap, also known as Mardi Gras for the Devil, is a 1993 supernatural thriller film directed by David A. Prior and starring Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, John Amos, Mike Starr, Lesley-Anne Down and Mickey Jones.

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Point Loma High School

Point Loma High School is a public high school in the San Diego Unified School District in San Diego, California, United States.

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Proud Mary (film)

Proud Mary is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi, from a screenplay written by John S. Newman and Christian Swegal.

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Psychopath (1973 film)

The Psychopath, also known as An Eye for an Eye, is a 1973 horror film written by Walter Dallenbach, produced and directed by Larry G. Brown and has Beverly Hills Cop star John Ashton as one of its co-stars.

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Rags to Riches (TV series)

Rags to Riches is an American musical comedy-drama that was broadcast on NBC for two seasons from 1987 to 1988.

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Ragtime

Ragtime – also spelled rag-time or rag time – is a musical style that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1918.

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Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic.

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Riverbend (film)

Riverbend is a 1989 film directed by Sam Firstenberg.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university located in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Sandy Dennis

Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American theater and film actress.

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Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977.

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Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin (1867/68 or November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist.

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Scott Joplin (film)

Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of American composer and pianist Scott Joplin.

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Second to Die

Second to Die is a thriller film released in 2002.

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Single Ladies (TV series)

Single Ladies is an American comedy-drama television series that debuted on May 30, 2011, as a two-hour television film on VH1 Created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, the series chronicles the lives of three friends — Val, Keisha and April (and later Raquel) — and their relationships. VH1 announced on February 28, 2014, that Single Ladies was canceled. It was announced on April 8, 2014, that BET Networks ordered a fourth season which would air on Centric. Single Ladies returned on March 18, 2015 with Melissa De Sousa joining the cast.

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Something Evil

Something Evil is a 1972 horror television film starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin and Ralph Bellamy.

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Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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Sun-Sentinel

The Sun-Sentinel is the main daily newspaper of Broward County, Florida.

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Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala (born Jack Crowder; November 15, 1939October 9, 1991) was an American actor with a long career in theater, television, and movies.

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The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 film noir and heist film directed by John Huston.

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The Color Purple

The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

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The Color Purple (film)

The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker.

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The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992.

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh is an American sports/fantasy comedy film that was released in 1979.

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The Jacksons: An American Dream

The Jacksons: An American Dream is a four-hour American miniseries broadcast in two halves on ABC and originally broadcast on November 15 through November 18, 1992.

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The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The New Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974.

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The Powers of Matthew Star

The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 until April 8, 1983, on NBC.

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The Sistuhs

The Sistuhs is a 1979 musical play by American playwright Saundra Sharp.

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TV.com

TV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation).

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Victim: The Other Side of Murder

Victim: The Other Side of Murder (Delacorte Press) is a 1982 true crime book by Gary Kinder.

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Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger is an American crime action television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis.

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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Which Way Is Up?

Which Way is Up? is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Michael Schultz.

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White Man's Burden (film)

White Man's Burden is a 1995 American drama film about racism in an alternative America where black and white Americans have reversed cultural roles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Avery

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