May Mcavoy


Actor
May Mcavoy

About

Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
September 18, 1901
Died
April 26, 1984

Biography

Silent screen star whose lisping voice put an end to her career after the transition to sound....

Photos & Videos

The Jazz Singer - Behind-the-Scenes photos
Ben-Hur (1925) - Behind-The-Scenes Photos
The Jazz Singer - Scene Stills

Biography

Silent screen star whose lisping voice put an end to her career after the transition to sound.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Nurse
Designing Woman (1957)
Wardrobe woman
Gun Glory (1957)
Ransom! (1956)
Miss May
Executive Suite (1954)
Grimm's secretary
Watch the Birdie (1951)
Mystery Street (1950)
Nurse
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Luxury Liner (1948)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
Wife
Assignment in Brittany (1943)
Nurse
Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Secretary
Ringside Maisie (1941)
Day nurse
The Get-Away (1941)
Secretary
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Girl operator
Phantom Raiders (1940)
Telephone operator
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Secretary
Dulcy (1940)
Miss Murphy
No Defense (1929)
Ruth Harper
Stolen Kisses (1929)
May Lambert
The Little Snob (1928)
May Banks
The Terror (1928)
Olga Redmayne
Caught in the Fog (1928)
The girl
The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
Shirley Ross
Matinee Ladies (1927)
Sallie Smith
Slightly Used (1927)
Cynthia Martin
A Reno Divorce (1927)
Carla
If I Were Single (1927)
May Howard
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Mary Dale
Irish Hearts (1927)
Sheila
The Fire Brigade (1927)
Helen Corwin
The Savage (1926)
Ysabel Atwater
The Road to Glory (1926)
Judith Allen
The Passionate Quest (1926)
Rosina Vonet
My Old Dutch (1926)
Sal Gratton
Tessie (1925)
Tessie
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Cathleen Gillis
Ben-Hur (1925)
Esther
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Lady Windermere
Married Flirts (1924)
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
Laura Pennington
West of the Water Tower (1924)
Bee Chew
Tarnish (1924)
Letitia Tevis
Three Women (1924)
Jeanne Wilton
The Bedroom Window (1924)
Ruth Martin
Hollywood (1923)
Grumpy (1923)
Virginia Bullivant
Only 38 (1923)
Lucy Stanley
Her Reputation (1923)
Jacqueline Lanier
Kick In (1923)
Myrtle
Through a Glass Window (1922)
Jenny Martin
The Top of New York (1922)
Hilda O'Shaunnessey
A Homespun Vamp (1922)
Meg Mackenzie
Clarence (1922)
Cora Wheeler
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
Grizel, his sweetheart
A Private Scandal (1921)
Jeanne Millett
Morals (1921)
Carlotta
A Virginia Courtship (1921)
Prudence Fairfax
Everything for Sale (1921)
Helen Wainwright
The Sporting Duchess (1920)
Mary Aylmer
The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)
Lucy Atherton
Forbidden Valley (1920)
Morning Glory
Man and His Woman (1920)
Eve Cartier
The Devil's Garden (1920)
Norah
The Truth About Husbands (1920)
Leslie Brownell
My Husband's Other Wife (1920)
Nettie Bryson
The Woman Under Oath (1919)
Edith Norton
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919)
Australy
To Hell with the Kaiser (1918)
Wounded girl

Cast (Short)

Movie Pests (1944)
My Tomato (1943)
Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942)
Main Street on the March! (1941)
1-2-3 Go! (1941)
Whispers (1941)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
The New Pupil (1940)

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Jazz Singer - Behind-the-Scenes photos
Here are a few photos of Al Jolson taken behind-the-scenes during production of The Jazz Singer (1927), Warner Bros' ground-breaking talking picture.
Ben-Hur (1925) - Behind-The-Scenes Photos
Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman.
The Jazz Singer - Scene Stills
Here are some scene stills from The Jazz Singer (1927), Warner Bros' ground-breaking "Talkie" starring Al Jolson.

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Bibliography