Cast
May McAvoy
Acting
Cast
May McAvoy
Known for
Acting
Born
1899-09-06
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1984-04-26
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. 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 circulated that McAvoy retired from the screen at the transition to sound films because of a lisp or speech impediment. In truth, she married the treasurer of United Artists, who asked her not to work. Later, she returned to films and played small roles during the 1940s and 1950s, making her final film appearance in a small part in the 1959 version of Ben-Hur.
★7.9
MOVIE1959
Ben-Hur
as Woman in crowd (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1929
No Defense
as Ruth Harper
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Dowager (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Ringside Maisie
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Sentimental Tommy
as Grizel
★6.1
MOVIE1927
The Jazz Singer
as Mary Dale
★6.8
MOVIE1925
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lady Windermere
★6.3
MOVIE1957
The Wings of Eagles
as Nurse (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Esther
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Executive Suite
as Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1923
Grumpy
as Virginia Bullivant
★5.0
MOVIE1926
The Fire Brigade
as Helen Corwin
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE1918
To Hell with the Kaiser!
as Wounded Girl
★5.4
MOVIE1942
Born to Sing
as (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Tessie
as Tessie
MOVIE2000
Gareth Hughes
as Self (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1920
The Sporting Duchess
as Mary Aylmer
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Through a Glass Window
as Jenny Martin
★6.7
MOVIE1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Wife (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1948
Luxury Liner
as Woman (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1920
My Husband's Other Wife
as Nettie Bryson
MOVIE1918
I'll Say So
★7.5
MOVIE1928
The Terror
as Olga Redmayne
★6.1
MOVIE1940
Phantom Raiders
as Middle Telephone Operator
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Two Girls on Broadway
as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1928
Caught in the Fog
as The Girl
★5.8
MOVIE1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Saleslady
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Devil's Garden
as Norah
★6.8
MOVIE1950
Mystery Street
as Nurse (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1924
The Bedroom Window
as Ruth Martin
★8.0
MOVIE1922
A Homespun Vamp
as Meg Mackenzie
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Way of a Woman
as Grace Lee
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The House of the Tolling Bell
as Lucy Atheron
★8.0
MOVIE1920
The Forbidden Valley
as Morning Glory
★6.1
MOVIE1944
Movie Pests
as Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1922
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1926
The Road to Glory
as Judith Allen
★6.3
MOVIE1929
Stolen Kisses
as May Lambert
★5.1
MOVIE1942
Mr. Blabbermouth!
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Sucker List
as Secretary (uncredited)
★4.3
MOVIE1924
Three Women
as Jeannie Wilton
★6.4
MOVIE1940
Dulcy
as Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Main Street on the March!
as Window Shopper (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1924
The Enchanted Cottage
as Laura Pennington
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Hollywood
as May McAvoy
★10.0
MOVIE1924
West of the Water Tower
as Bee Chew
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Irish Hearts
as Sheila
★6.5
MOVIE1919
The Woman Under Oath
as Edith Norton
★6.3
MOVIE1919
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Australy Wiggs
★10.0
MOVIE1922
The Top of New York
as Hilda O'Shaunnessey
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Truth About Husbands
as Leslie Brownell
★9.0
MOVIE1926
The Savage
as Ysabel Atwater
★7.0
MOVIE1921
A Private Scandal
as Jeanne Millett
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Clarence
as Cora Wheeler
★8.0
MOVIE1928
The Little Snob
as May Banks
★9.0
MOVIE1928
The Lion and the Mouse
as Shirley Ross
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Her Reputation
as Jacqueline Lanier
MOVIE1918
A Perfect Lady
as Claire Higgins
★10.0
MOVIE1921
A Virginia Courtship
as Prudence Fairfax
★9.0
MOVIE1926
The Passionate Quest
★9.0
MOVIE1927
If I Were Single
as May Howard
★6.6
MOVIE1925
The Mad Whirl
as Cathleen Gillis
★7.0
MOVIE1926
My Old Dutch
as Sal Gratton
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1927
Slightly Used
as Cynthia Martin
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Matinee Ladies
as Sallie Smith
★9.0
MOVIE1927
A Reno Divorce
as Carla
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Morals
as Carlotta Carlotta
★6.6
MOVIE1941
1-2-3-Go!
as Nurse
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Only 38
as Lucy Stanley
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Kick In
as Myrtle
★8.0
MOVIE1924
Tarnish
as Letitia Tevis