May McAvoy
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Sep 06 1899• Died Apr 26 1984
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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 fil…
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May McAvoy's Credits
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Ben-Hur
Woman in crowd (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
Mary Dale
Mystery Street
Nurse (uncredited)
Executive Suite
Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Esther
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Saleslady
Two Girls and a Sailor
Dowager (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere
Luxury Liner
Woman (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Hollywood
May McAvoy
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Wife (uncredited)
Sucker List
Secretary (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
Middle Telephone Operator
Born to Sing
(uncredited)
Stolen Kisses
May Lambert
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
Three Women
Jeannie Wilton
Dulcy
Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
1st Nurse (uncredited)
The Fire Brigade
Helen Corwin
The Yellow Cab Man
(uncredited)
My Old Dutch
Sal Gratton
Tarnish
Letitia Tevis
The Terror
Olga Redmayne
Grumpy
Virginia Bullivant
A Homespun Vamp
Meg Mackenzie
The Top of New York
Hilda O'Shaunnessey
No Defense
Ruth Harper
Morals
Carlotta Carlotta
Kick In
Myrtle
Movie Pests
Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
Sentimental Tommy
Grizel
Caught in the Fog
The Girl
I'll Say So
A Perfect Lady
Claire Higgins
A Virginia Courtship
Prudence Fairfax
The Bedroom Window
Ruth Martin
The Lion and the Mouse
Shirley Ross
1-2-3-Go!
Nurse
Main Street on the March!
Window Shopper (uncredited)
West of the Water Tower
Bee Chew
The Enchanted Cottage
Laura Pennington
A Private Scandal
Jeanne Millett
The Way of a Woman
Grace Lee
Matinee Ladies
Sallie Smith
Tessie
Tessie
The Mad Whirl
Cathleen Gillis
Slightly Used
Cynthia Martin
Clarence
Cora Wheeler
Whispers
Gossip (uncredited)
The Truth About Husbands
Leslie Brownell
The Savage
Ysabel Atwater
The Devil's Garden
Norah
The Road to Glory
Judith Allen
Irish Hearts
Sheila
The Sporting Duchess
Mary Aylmer
The Passionate Quest
Through a Glass Window
Jenny Martin
The Woman Under Oath
Edith Norton
To Hell with the Kaiser!
Wounded Girl
The Little Snob
May Banks
Her Reputation
Jacqueline Lanier
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Australy Wiggs
A Reno Divorce
Carla
Only 38
Lucy Stanley
If I Were Single
May Howard
Gareth Hughes
Self (archive footage)
The Forbidden Valley
Morning Glory
Mr. Blabbermouth!
My Husband's Other Wife
Nettie Bryson
The House of the Tolling Bell
Lucy Atheron