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