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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 F...
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The Jazz Singer
As Mary Dale
Love Crazy
As Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
As Esther
Third Finger, Left Hand
As Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
As Dowager (uncredited)
A Homespun Vamp
As Meg Mackenzie
Clarence
As Cora Wheeler
Hollywood
As May McAvoy
Lady Windermere's Fan
As Lady Windermere
The Bedroom Window
As Ruth Martin
The Fire Brigade
As Helen Corwin
Irish Hearts
As Sheila
Three Women
As Jeannie Wilton
The Yellow Cab Man
As (uncredited)
The Mad Whirl
As Cathleen Gillis
A Trip to Paramountown
As Self
I'll Say So
Morals
As Carlotta Carlotta
Only 38
As Lucy Stanley
Gareth Hughes
As Self (archive footage)
A Perfect Lady
As Claire Higgins
The Bad and the Beautiful
As Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
A Private Scandal
As Jeanne Millett
The Devil's Garden
As Norah
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
As Saleslady
Her Reputation
As Jacqueline Lanier
Two Girls on Broadway
As Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
Ben-Hur
As Woman in crowd (uncredited)
My Old Dutch
As Sal Gratton
The Truth About Husbands
As Leslie Brownell
The Savage
As Ysabel Atwater
A Reno Divorce
As Carla
The Little Snob
As May Banks
Phantom Raiders
As Middle Telephone Operator
Movie Pests
As Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
As Judith Allen
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
As Australy Wiggs
Ringside Maisie
As 1st Nurse (uncredited)
The Way of a Woman
As Grace Lee
The Enchanted Cottage
As Laura Pennington
Dulcy
As Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
Born to Sing
As (uncredited)
Luxury Liner
As Woman (uncredited)
The Lion and the Mouse
As Shirley Ross
Caught in the Fog
As The Girl
The Terror
As Olga Redmayne
Stolen Kisses
As May Lambert
No Defense
As Ruth Harper
Sentimental Tommy
As Grizel
The Woman Under Oath
As Edith Norton
Mystery Street
As Nurse (uncredited)
Slightly Used
As Cynthia Martin
Whispers
As Gossip (uncredited)
Main Street on the March!
As Window Shopper (uncredited)
Mr. Blabbermouth!
Tarnish
As Letitia Tevis
The Passionate Quest
If I Were Single
As May Howard
Kick In
As Myrtle
Sucker List
As Secretary (uncredited)
Rio Rita
As Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Top of New York
As Hilda O'Shaunnessey
1-2-3-Go!
As Nurse