May McAvoy

Personal Info

Birthday

September 6, 1899

Day of Death

1984-04-26

(84 years old)

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.

Known For

Hollywood

Ben-Hur

The Bad and the Beautiful

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

The Jazz Singer

A Private Scandal

Mystery Street

Love Crazy

Filmography

2000
Gareth Hughes
as Self (archive footage)
1959
Ben-Hur
as Woman in crowd (uncredited)
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
1950
Mystery Street
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Yellow Cab Man
as (uncredited)
1948
Luxury Liner
as Woman (uncredited)
1944
Movie Pests
as Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Dowager (uncredited)
1942
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Born to Sing
as (uncredited)
1941
Main Street on the March!
as Window Shopper (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
Sucker List
as Secretary (uncredited)
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go!
as Nurse
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Dulcy
as Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
as Middle Telephone Operator
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Saleslady
Two Girls on Broadway
as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
1929
No Defense
as Ruth Harper
Stolen Kisses
as May Lambert
1928
The Terror
as Olga Redmayne
Caught in the Fog
as The Girl
The Lion and the Mouse
as Shirley Ross
The Little Snob
as May Banks
1927
If I Were Single
as May Howard
A Reno Divorce
as Carla
The Jazz Singer
as Mary Dale
Slightly Used
as Cynthia Martin
Irish Hearts
as Sheila
Matinee Ladies
as Sallie Smith
1926
The Fire Brigade
as Helen Corwin
The Savage
as Ysabel Atwater
My Old Dutch
as Sal Gratton
The Road to Glory
as Judith Allen
1925
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lady Windermere
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Esther
Tessie
as Tessie
The Mad Whirl
as Cathleen Gillis
1924
Three Women
as Jeannie Wilton
Tarnish
as Letitia Tevis
The Bedroom Window
as Ruth Martin
The Enchanted Cottage
as Laura Pennington
West of the Water Tower
as Bee Chew
1923
Her Reputation
as Jacqueline Lanier
Hollywood
as May McAvoy
Only 38
as Lucy Stanley
1922
Kick In
as Myrtle
Clarence
as Cora Wheeler
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
The Top of New York
as Hilda O'Shaunnessey
A Homespun Vamp
as Meg Mackenzie
1921
Morals
as Carlotta Carlotta
A Private Scandal
as Jeanne Millett
Sentimental Tommy
as Grizel
1920
The Truth About Husbands
as Leslie Brownell
The Devil's Garden
as Norah
1919
The Way of a Woman
as Grace Lee
The Woman Under Oath
as Edith Norton
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Australy Wiggs
1918
A Perfect Lady
as Claire Higgins