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May McAvoy (1899–1984)

Actress

Silent screen star May McAvoy was born in an upper scale area of New York City. Her well-to-do family owned and operated a large livery stable situated where the Waldorf-Astoria now stands. She initially wanted to be a teacher but became intrigued with show business after watching a friend rehearse a show at a nearby vaudeville theater... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1959 Ben-Hur
Woman in crowd (uncredited)
 
1957 Gun Glory
Woman (uncredited)
 
1957 Designing Woman
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
 
1957 The Wings of Eagles
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Member of the Jury
– The Night of January Sixteenth (1956) … Member of the Jury
 
1956 Ransom!
Miss May (uncredited)
 
1954 Executive Suite
Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1950 Watch the Birdie
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1950 Mystery Street
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1950 The Yellow Cab Man
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1948 Luxury Liner
Woman (uncredited)
 
1947 The Unfinished Dance
Ronsell's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Wife (uncredited)
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1944 Barbary Coast Gent
Minor Role (scenes deleted)
 
1944 Movie Pests (short)
Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
Dowager (uncredited)
 
1943 My Tomato (short)
Gidge's Customer (uncredited)
 
1943 Assignment in Brittany
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1942 Mr. Blabbermouth! (short)
Wife (uncredited)
 
1942 Born to Sing (uncredited)
 
1941 Ringside Maisie
1st Nurse (uncredited)
 
1941 The Getaway
Duff's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1941 Love Crazy
Sanity Hearting Secretary (uncredited)
 
1941 1-2-3 Go! (short)
Nurse
 
1941 Whispers (short)
Gossip (uncredited)
 
1941 Main Street on the March! (short)
Window Shopper (uncredited)
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1940 Dulcy
Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1940 Phantom Raiders
Middle Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1940 The New Pupil (short)
Sally's mother
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway
Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1929 No Defense
Ruth Harper
 
1929 Stolen Kisses
May Lambert
 
1928 The Terror
Olga Redmayne
 
1928 Caught in the Fog
The Girl
 
1928 The Lion and the Mouse
Shirley Ross
 
1928/II Sunny California (short)
 
1928 The Little Snob
May Banks
 
1927 If I Were Single
May Howard
 
1927 A Reno Divorce
Carla
 
1927 The Jazz Singer
Mary Dale
 
1927 Slightly Used
Cynthia Martin
 
1927 Irish Hearts
Sheila
 
1927 Matinee Ladies
Sallie Smith
 
1926 The Fire Brigade
Helen Corwin
 
1926 The Savage
Ysabel Atwater
 
1926 The Passionate Quest
Rosina Vonet
 
1926 My Old Dutch
Sal Gratton
 
1926 The Road to Glory
Judith Allen
 
1926 Calf-Love (short)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Esther
 
1925 Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere
 
1925 Tessie
Tessie
 
1925 The Mad Whirl
Cathleen Gillis
 
1924 Three Women
Jeanne Wilton
 
1924 Tarnish
Letitia Tevis
 
1924 The Bedroom Window
Ruth Martin
 
1924 The Enchanted Cottage
Laura Pennington
 
1923 West of the Water Tower
Bee Chew
 
1923 Her Reputation
Jacqueline Lanier
 
1923 Only 38
Lucy Stanley
 
1923 Grumpy
Virginia Bullivant
 
1922 Kick In
Myrtle
 
1922 Clarence
Cora Wheeler
 
1922 The Top of New York
Hilda O'Shaunnessey
 
1922 Through a Glass Window
Jenny Martin
 
1922 A Homespun Vamp
Meg Mackenzie
 
1921 A Virginia Courtship
Prudence Fairfax
 
1921 Morals
Carlotta
 
1921 Everything for Sale
Helen Wainwright
 
1921 A Private Scandal
Jeanne Millett
 
1921 Sentimental Tommy
Grizel
 
1920 The Truth About Husbands
 
1920 The Devil's Garden
Norah
 
1920 The Forbidden Valley
Morning Glory
 
1920 The House of the Tolling Bell
Lucy Atheron
 
1920 Man and His Woman
Eve Cartier
 
1920 The Sporting Duchess
Mary Aylmer
 
1920 My Husband's Other Wife
Nettie Bryson
 
1919 Love Wins
 
1919 The Way of a Woman
Grace Lee
 
1919 The Woman Under Oath
Edith Norton
 
1919 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Australy Wiggs
 
1918 I'll Say So
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1918 A Perfect Lady
Claire Higgins
 
1918 To Hell with the Kaiser!
Wounded Girl
 
1917 Hate
May Garvan
 
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1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Saleslady
 
1924 Married Flirts
Herself, Guest at party
 
1924 The City of Stars (short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Herself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (documentary short)
Herself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Herself (from Ben Hur) (uncredited)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1984 Almonds and Raisins (documentary)
Herself
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Lady Windermere (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Height:

4' 11" (1.50 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Madge Kennedy was absolutely marvelous to me. It was the first and only time a star deliberately urned her back to the camera and gave me the scene. Miss Kennedy did it not once but several times, until the director reminded her she was the star audiences paid money to see. See more »

Trivia:

Her first film was a promotional commercial short for Domino Sugar filmed at Metro. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo