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