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May McAvoy

May McAvoy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

06/09/1899

Day of Death

26/04/1984
(85) 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 Singe... Read More

Known For

Ben-Hur

Executive Suite

Executive Suite

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

Mystery Street

The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man

Luxury Liner

Movie Pests

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

Mr. Blabbermouth!

Mr. Blabbermouth!

Filmography

Cast

2000

Gareth Hughes

as Self (archive footage)

1959

Ben-Hur

as Woman in crowd (uncredited)

1954

Executive Suite

as Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

1950

Mystery Street

as Nurse (uncredited)

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as (uncredited)

1948

Luxury Liner

as Woman (uncredited)

1944

Movie Pests

as Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredi...

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Dowager (uncredited)

1942

Mr. Blabbermouth!

1942

Rio Rita

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1942

Born to Sing

as (uncredited)

1941

Main Street on the March!

as Window Shopper (uncredited)

1941

Ringside Maisie

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

1941

Sucker List

as Secretary (uncredited)

1941

Love Crazy

as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)

1941

1-2-3-Go!

as Nurse

1941

Whispers

as Gossip (uncredited)

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1940

Dulcy

as Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncr...

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Middle Telephone Operator

1940

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Saleslady

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)

1929

No Defense

as Ruth Harper

1929

Stolen Kisses

as May Lambert

1928

The Terror

as Olga Redmayne

1928

Caught in the Fog

as The Girl

1928

The Lion and the Mouse

as Shirley Ross

1928

The Little Snob

as May Banks

1927

If I Were Single

as May Howard

1927

A Reno Divorce

as Carla

1927

The Jazz Singer

as Mary Dale

1927

Slightly Used

as Cynthia Martin

1927

Irish Hearts

as Sheila

1927

Matinee Ladies

as Sallie Smith

1926

The Fire Brigade

as Helen Corwin

1926

The Savage

as Ysabel Atwater

1926

The Passionate Quest

1926

My Old Dutch

as Sal Gratton

1926

The Road to Glory

as Judith Allen

1925

Lady Windermere's Fan

as Lady Windermere

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Esther

1925

Tessie

as Tessie

1925

The Mad Whirl

as Cathleen Gillis

1924

Three Women

as Jeannie Wilton

1924

Tarnish

as Letitia Tevis

1924

The Bedroom Window

as Ruth Martin

1924

The Enchanted Cottage

as Laura Pennington

1924

West of the Water Tower

as Bee Chew

1923

Her Reputation

as Jacqueline Lanier

1923

Hollywood

as May McAvoy

1923

Only 38

as Lucy Stanley

1922

Kick In

as Myrtle

1922

Clarence

as Cora Wheeler

1922

A Trip to Paramountown

as Self

1922

The Top of New York

as Hilda O'Shaunnessey

1922

A Homespun Vamp

as Meg Mackenzie

1921

A Virginia Courtship

as Prudence Fairfax

1921

Morals

as Carlotta Carlotta

1921

A Private Scandal

as Jeanne Millett

1921

Sentimental Tommy

as Grizel

1920

The Truth About Husbands

as Leslie Brownell

1920

The Devil's Garden

as Norah

1920

The Forbidden Valley

as Morning Glory

1920

The House of the Tolling Bell

as Lucy Atheron

1920

The Sporting Duchess

as Mary Aylmer

1919

The Way of a Woman

as Grace Lee

1919

The Woman Under Oath

as Edith Norton

1919

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Australy Wiggs

1918

I'll Say So

1918

A Perfect Lady

as Claire Higgins

1918

To Hell with the Kaiser!

as Wounded Girl