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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…
Known for
- Gareth Hughes — Self (archive footage)2000
- Ben-Hur — Woman in crowd (uncredited)1959
- The Wings of Eagles — Nurse (uncredited)1957
- Executive Suite — Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)1954
- The Bad and the Beautiful — Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)1952
- The Yellow Cab Man — (uncredited)1950
- Mystery Street — Nurse (uncredited)1950
- Luxury Liner — Woman (uncredited)1948
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge — Wife (uncredited)1947
- Two Girls and a Sailor — Dowager (uncredited)1944
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- May
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Sherman Oaks
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- May-mcavoy.jpg
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- Commons category
- May McAvoy
- date of birth
- 1899-09-08
- date of death
- 1984-04-26
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- May McAvoy
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
- start of work period
- 1917-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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