- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 6, 1899
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 26, 1984
May McAvoy
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. Although her voice was not heard in The Jazz Singer, McAvoy did speak in several other films, including the second "all-talkie" released by Warner Brothers, The Terror, which was directed by Roy Del Ruth and co-starred Conrad Nagel. For years a rumor circu…
Filmography
Gareth Hughes
movieGareth Hughes
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieBen-Hur
1959 · Woman in crowd (uncredited)
movieThe Wings of Eagles
1957 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieExecutive Suite
1954 · Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
movieMystery Street
1950 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieThe Yellow Cab Man
1950 · (uncredited)
movieLuxury Liner
1948 · Woman (uncredited)
movieThe Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Wife (uncredited)
movieMovie Pests
1944 · Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
movieTwo Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Dowager (uncredited)
movieMr. Blabbermouth!
1942
movieRio Rita
1942 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
movieBorn to Sing
1942 · (uncredited)
movieMain Street on the March!
1941 · Window Shopper (uncredited)
movieRingside Maisie
1941 · 1st Nurse (uncredited)
movieSucker List
1941 · Secretary (uncredited)
movieLove Crazy
1941 · Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
movie1-2-3-Go!
1941 · Nurse
movieWhispers
1941 · Gossip (uncredited)
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Telephone Operator (uncredited)
movieDulcy
1940 · Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
moviePhantom Raiders
1940 · Middle Telephone Operator
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Saleslady
movieTwo Girls on Broadway
1940 · Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
movieNo Defense
1929 · Ruth Harper
movieStolen Kisses
1929 · May Lambert
movieThe Terror
1928 · Olga Redmayne
movieCaught in the Fog
1928 · The Girl
movieThe Lion and the Mouse
1928 · Shirley Ross
movieThe Little Snob
1928 · May Banks
movieIf I Were Single
1927 · May Howard
movieA Reno Divorce
1927 · Carla
movieThe Jazz Singer
1927 · Mary Dale
movieSlightly Used
1927 · Cynthia Martin
movieIrish Hearts
1927 · Sheila
movieMatinee Ladies
1927 · Sallie Smith
movieThe Fire Brigade
1926 · Helen Corwin
movieThe Savage
1926 · Ysabel Atwater
The Passionate Quest
movieThe Passionate Quest
1926
movieMy Old Dutch
1926 · Sal Gratton
movieThe Road to Glory
1926 · Judith Allen
movieLady Windermere's Fan
1925 · Lady Windermere
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Esther
Tessie
movieTessie
1925 · Tessie
movieThe Mad Whirl
1925 · Cathleen Gillis
movieThree Women
1924 · Jeannie Wilton
movieTarnish
1924 · Letitia Tevis
movieThe Bedroom Window
1924 · Ruth Martin
movieThe Enchanted Cottage
1924 · Laura Pennington
movieWest of the Water Tower
1924 · Bee Chew
movieHer Reputation
1923 · Jacqueline Lanier
movieHollywood
1923 · May McAvoy
movieOnly 38
1923 · Lucy Stanley
movieGrumpy
1923 · Virginia Bullivant
movieKick In
1922 · Myrtle
movieClarence
1922 · Cora Wheeler
movieA Trip to Paramountown
1922 · Self
movieThe Top of New York
1922 · Hilda O'Shaunnessey
movieThrough a Glass Window
1922 · Jenny Martin
movieA Homespun Vamp
1922 · Meg Mackenzie
movieA Virginia Courtship
1921 · Prudence Fairfax
movieMorals
1921 · Carlotta Carlotta
movieA Private Scandal
1921 · Jeanne Millett
movieSentimental Tommy
1921 · Grizel
movieThe Truth About Husbands
1920 · Leslie Brownell
movieThe Devil's Garden
1920 · Norah
movieThe Forbidden Valley
1920 · Morning Glory
movieThe House of the Tolling Bell
1920 · Lucy Atheron
movieThe Sporting Duchess
1920 · Mary Aylmer
movieMy Husband's Other Wife
1920 · Nettie Bryson
movieThe Way of a Woman
1919 · Grace Lee
movieThe Woman Under Oath
1919 · Edith Norton
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1919 · Australy Wiggs
movieI'll Say So
1918
movieA Perfect Lady
1918 · Claire Higgins
movieTo Hell with the Kaiser!
1918 · Wounded Girl