May McAvoy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 6, 1899, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 26, 1984
- Movies
- 77
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2000 | Gareth Hughes | Self (archive footage) |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Woman in crowd (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Grimm's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Mystery Street | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner | Woman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Wife (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Movie Pests | Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor | Dowager (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mr. Blabbermouth! | |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Born to Sing | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Main Street on the March! | Window Shopper (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | 1st Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sucker List | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1941 | 1-2-3-Go! | Nurse |
| 1941 | Whispers | Gossip (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Middle Telephone Operator |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Saleslady |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1929 | No Defense | Ruth Harper |
| 1929 | Stolen Kisses | May Lambert |
| 1928 | The Terror | Olga Redmayne |
| 1928 | Caught in the Fog | The Girl |
| 1928 | The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Ross |
| 1928 | The Little Snob | May Banks |
| 1927 | If I Were Single | May Howard |
| 1927 | A Reno Divorce | Carla |
| 1927 | The Jazz Singer | Mary Dale |
| 1927 | Slightly Used | Cynthia Martin |
| 1927 | Irish Hearts | Sheila |
| 1927 | Matinee Ladies | Sallie Smith |
| 1926 | The Fire Brigade | Helen Corwin |
| 1926 | The Savage | Ysabel Atwater |
| 1926 | The Passionate Quest | |
| 1926 | My Old Dutch | Sal Gratton |
| 1926 | The Road to Glory | Judith Allen |
| 1925 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lady Windermere |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Esther |
| 1925 | Tessie | Tessie |
| 1925 | The Mad Whirl | Cathleen Gillis |
| 1924 | Three Women | Jeannie Wilton |
| 1924 | Tarnish | Letitia Tevis |
| 1924 | The Bedroom Window | Ruth Martin |
| 1924 | The Enchanted Cottage | Laura Pennington |
| 1924 | West of the Water Tower | Bee Chew |
| 1923 | Her Reputation | Jacqueline Lanier |
| 1923 | Hollywood | May McAvoy |
| 1923 | Only 38 | Lucy Stanley |
| 1923 | Grumpy | Virginia Bullivant |
| 1922 | Kick In | Myrtle |
| 1922 | Clarence | Cora Wheeler |
| 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Self |
| 1922 | The Top of New York | Hilda O'Shaunnessey |
| 1922 | Through a Glass Window | Jenny Martin |
| 1922 | A Homespun Vamp | Meg Mackenzie |
| 1921 | A Virginia Courtship | Prudence Fairfax |
| 1921 | Morals | Carlotta Carlotta |
| 1921 | A Private Scandal | Jeanne Millett |
| 1921 | Sentimental Tommy | Grizel |
| 1920 | The Truth About Husbands | Leslie Brownell |
| 1920 | The Devil's Garden | Norah |
| 1920 | The Forbidden Valley | Morning Glory |
| 1920 | The House of the Tolling Bell | Lucy Atheron |
| 1920 | The Sporting Duchess | Mary Aylmer |
| 1920 | My Husband's Other Wife | Nettie Bryson |
| 1919 | The Way of a Woman | Grace Lee |
| 1919 | The Woman Under Oath | Edith Norton |
| 1919 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Australy Wiggs |
| 1918 | I'll Say So | |
| 1918 | A Perfect Lady | Claire Higgins |
| 1918 | To Hell with the Kaiser! | Wounded Girl |
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