May McAvoy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-09-06 (85 years old)

Deathday

1984-04-26

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

May McAvoy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in The Enchanted Cottage, Esther in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer. McAvoy appeared in her first film, entitled Hate, in 1917. After appearing in more than three dozen films, she co-starred with Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in director Fred Niblo's 1925 production of Ben-Hur, released by MGM. The feature-length film was one of the most lavish and spectacular productions of the silent movie era. Althoug...

Acting

1927

The Jazz Singer

as Mary Dale

1941

Love Crazy

as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Dowager (uncredited)

1922

A Homespun Vamp

as Meg Mackenzie

1922

Clarence

as Cora Wheeler

1923

Hollywood

as May McAvoy

1925

Lady Windermere's Fan

as Lady Windermere

1924

The Bedroom Window

as Ruth Martin

1926

The Fire Brigade

as Helen Corwin

1927

Irish Hearts

as Sheila

1924

Three Women

as Jeannie Wilton

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as (uncredited)

1925

The Mad Whirl

as Cathleen Gillis

1921

Morals

as Carlotta Carlotta

1923

Only 38

as Lucy Stanley

2000

Gareth Hughes

as Self (archive footage)

1918

A Perfect Lady

as Claire Higgins

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

1921

A Private Scandal

as Jeanne Millett

1920

1923

Her Reputation

as Jacqueline Lanier

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)

1959

Ben-Hur

as Woman in crowd (uncredited)

1926

My Old Dutch

as Sal Gratton

1920

The Truth About Husbands

as Leslie Brownell

1926

The Savage

as Ysabel Atwater

1927

1928

The Little Snob

as May Banks

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Middle Telephone Operator

1944

Movie Pests

as Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)

1926

The Road to Glory

as Judith Allen

1919

1941

Ringside Maisie

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

1919

The Way of a Woman

as Grace Lee

1924

The Enchanted Cottage

as Laura Pennington

1940

Dulcy

as Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)

1942

Born to Sing

as (uncredited)

1948

Luxury Liner

as Woman (uncredited)

1928

The Lion and the Mouse

as Shirley Ross

1928

1928

The Terror

as Olga Redmayne

1929

Stolen Kisses

as May Lambert

1929

No Defense

as Ruth Harper

1921

1919

The Woman Under Oath

as Edith Norton

1950

Mystery Street

as Nurse (uncredited)

1927

Slightly Used

as Cynthia Martin

1941

Whispers

as Gossip (uncredited)

1941

Main Street on the March!

as Window Shopper (uncredited)

1924

Tarnish

as Letitia Tevis

1927

If I Were Single

as May Howard

1922

Kick In

as Myrtle

1941

Sucker List

as Secretary (uncredited)

1942

Rio Rita

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1922

The Top of New York

as Hilda O'Shaunnessey

1941

1-2-3-Go!

as Nurse

1925

Tessie

as Tessie

1927

Matinee Ladies

as Sallie Smith

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