Personal Info
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1899-09-06 (126 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
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 pr ...
Acting
2000 --
Gareth Hughes
| Self (archive footage)
1959 --
Ben-Hur
| Woman in crowd (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)
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
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
1922 --
Kick In
| Myrtle
1922 --
Clarence
| Cora Wheeler
1922 --
A Trip to Paramountown
| Self
1922 --
The Top of New York
| Hilda O'Shaunnessey
1922 --
A Homespun Vamp
| Meg Mackenzie
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
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