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