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