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May McAvoy 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, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer.
Born
Friday, 08 September 1899
Died
Thursday, 26 April 1984
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| These Amazing Shadows | Lady Windermere (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) | 2011 |
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self (from Ben Hur) | 2003 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Almonds and Raisins | Self | 1984 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Ben-Hur | Woman in Crowd | 1959 |
| Jailhouse Rock | Minor Role | 1957 |
| Gun Glory | Woman | 1957 |
| Designing Woman | Boston Wardrobe Woman | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Nurse | 1957 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| These Amazing Shadows | Lady Windermere (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) | 2011 |
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self (from Ben Hur) | 2003 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Almonds and Raisins | Self | 1984 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Ben-Hur | Woman in Crowd | 1959 |
| Jailhouse Rock | Minor Role | 1957 |
| Gun Glory | Woman | 1957 |
| Designing Woman | Boston Wardrobe Woman | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Nurse | 1957 |
| Ransom! | Miss May | 1956 |
| The Tender Trap | Visitor to Home Show | 1955 |
| The Glass Slipper | Ball Guest | 1955 |
| Executive Suite | Grimm's Secretary | 1954 |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | Pebbel's Secretary | 1952 |
| Watch the Birdie | Minor Role | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Member of the Jury | 1950 |
| Mystery Street | Nurse | 1950 |
| The Yellow Cab Man | Minor Role | 1950 |
| Luxury Liner | Ship Passenger | 1948 |
| A Date with Judy | Dance Attendee | 1948 |
| The Unfinished Dance | Ronsell's Secretary | 1947 |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Wife | 1947 |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | Well-Wisher after 'Roberta' | 1946 |
| Week-End at the Waldorf | Minor Role | 1945 |
| Nothing But Trouble | Servant Seeker | 1944 |
| Movie Pests | Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked | 1944 |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | Dowager | 1944 |
| My Tomato | Gidge's Customer | 1943 |
| Air Raid Wardens | Townswoman at Meeting | 1943 |
| Assignment in Brittany | Nurse | 1943 |
| Mr. Blabbermouth! | Wife | 1942 |
| Rio Rita | Hotel Guest | 1942 |
| Main Street on the March! | Window Shopper | 1942 |
| Ringside Maisie | 1st Nurse | 1941 |
| Sucker List | Secretary | 1941 |
| The Getaway | Duff's Secretary | 1941 |
| Love Crazy | Sanity Hearing Secretary | 1941 |
| 1-2-3-Go! | Miss Jones, nurse | 1941 |
| Third Finger, Left Hand | Telephone Operator | 1940 |
| Dulcy | Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary | 1940 |
| Phantom Raiders | Middle Telephone Operator | 1940 |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Saleslady | 1940 |
| Two Girls on Broadway | Chatworth's Secretary | 1940 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| The Terror | Olga Redmayne | 1928 |
| Caught in the Fog | The Girl | 1928 |
| The Little Snob | May Banks | 1928 |
| The Jazz Singer | Mary Dale | 1928 |
| If I Were Single | May Howard | 1927 |
| A Reno Divorce | Carla | 1927 |
| Matinee Ladies | Sallie Smith | 1927 |
| The Fire Brigade | Helen Corwin | 1926 |
| The Passionate Quest | Rosina Vonet | 1926 |
| My Old Dutch | Sal Gratton | 1926 |
| The Road to Glory | Judith Allen | 1926 |
| Lady Windermere's Fan | Lady Windermere | 1925 |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Esther | 1925 |
| Tessie | Tessie | 1925 |
| The Mad Whirl | Cathleen Gillis | 1925 |
| Married Flirts | May McAvoy | 1924 |
| Three Women | Jeannie Wilton | 1924 |
| A Virginia Courtship | Prudence Fairfax | 1924 |
| The Bedroom Window | Ruth Martin | 1924 |
| The Enchanted Cottage | Laura Pennington | 1924 |
| West of the Water Tower | Bee Chew | 1924 |
| Hollywood | May McAvoy | 1923 |
| Only 38 | Lucy Stanley | 1923 |
| Clarence | Cora Wheeler | 1922 |
| The Top of New York | Hilda O'Shaunnessey | 1922 |
| A Trip to Paramountown | Herself / Self | 1922 |
| Through a Glass Window | Jenny Martin | 1922 |
| A Homespun Vamp | Meg Mackenzie | 1922 |
| Morals | Carlotta / Carlotta Carlotta | 1921 |
| A Private Scandal | Jeanne Millett | 1921 |
| The Truth About Husbands | Leslie Brownell | 1920 |
| The House of the Tolling Bell | Lucy Atheron | 1920 |
| The Sporting Duchess | Mary Aylmer | 1920 |
| The Way of a Woman | Grace Lee | 1919 |
| The Woman Under Oath | Edith Norton | 1919 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Australy Wiggs | 1919 |
| I'll Say So | Undetermined Role | 1918 |
| A Perfect Lady | Claire Higgins | 1918 |
| To Hell with the Kaiser! | Wounded Girl | 1918 |
