May McAvoy
Age: 84 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1899-09-08 06:04:59
Death: 1984-04-26 06:04:59
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 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.
Most Famous Work
Ben-Hur
(1959) Woman in crowd (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952) Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
(1927) Mary Dale
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925) Esther
Mystery Street
(1950) Nurse (uncredited)
Three Women
(1924) Jeannie Wilton
Born to Sing
(1942) (uncredited)
The Way of a Woman
(1919) Grace LeeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1959 | Woman in crowd (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Nurse (uncredited) | |
| (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Woman (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited) | |
| Dowager (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | N/A | |
| Hotel Guest (uncredited) | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Window Shopper (uncredited) | |
| 1st Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Gossip (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | |
| Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Middle Telephone Operator | ||
| Saleslady | ||
| Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| 1929 | Ruth Harper | |
| May Lambert | ||
| 1928 | Olga Redmayne | |
| The Girl | ||
| Shirley Ross | ||
| Mary Dale | ||
| 1927 | May Howard | |
| Cynthia Martin | ||
| Sheila | ||
| 1926 | Helen Corwin | |
| Ysabel Atwater | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sal Gratton | ||
| Judith Allen | ||
| 1925 | Lady Windermere | |
| Esther | ||
| Cathleen Gillis | ||
| 1924 | Jeannie Wilton | |
| Letitia Tevis | ||
| Ruth Martin | ||
| Laura Pennington | ||
| 1923 | May McAvoy | |
| Lucy Stanley | ||
| 1922 | Myrtle | |
| Cora Wheeler | ||
| Self | ||
| Hilda O'Shaunnessey | ||
| Meg Mackenzie | ||
| 1921 | Carlotta Carlotta | |
| Jeanne Millett | ||
| Grizel | ||
| 1920 | Norah | |
| 1919 | Grace Lee | |
| Edith Norton | ||
| Australy Wiggs | ||
| 1918 | N/A | |
| Claire Higgins | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
