May McAvoy: movies and TV shows
May McAvoy has 77 credits in the archive: 77 films and 0 TV series, from 1918 to 2000. Highest rated: Ben-Hur (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1918 – 2000 · busiest year: 1920 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gareth Hughes | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Woman in crowd (uncredited) | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Nurse (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Grimm's Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1950 | Mystery Street | Nurse (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner | Woman (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Wife (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor | Dowager (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1944 | Movie Pests | Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1942 | Born to Sing | (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1942 | Mr. Blabbermouth! | Film | 5.1 | 42 | |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | 1st Nurse (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1941 | 1-2-3-Go! | Nurse | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1941 | Main Street on the March! | Window Shopper (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1941 | Sucker List | Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1941 | Whispers | Gossip (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Saleslady | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Middle Telephone Operator | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1929 | No Defense | Ruth Harper | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1929 | Stolen Kisses | May Lambert | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1928 | Caught in the Fog | The Girl | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1928 | The Terror | Olga Redmayne | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1928 | The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Ross | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1928 | The Little Snob | May Banks | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1927 | The Jazz Singer | Mary Dale | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1927 | If I Were Single | May Howard | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1927 | A Reno Divorce | Carla | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1927 | Slightly Used | Cynthia Martin | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1927 | Matinee Ladies | Sallie Smith | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1927 | Irish Hearts | Sheila | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1926 | The Road to Glory | Judith Allen | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1926 | The Fire Brigade | Helen Corwin | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1926 | The Savage | Ysabel Atwater | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1926 | My Old Dutch | Sal Gratton | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1926 | The Passionate Quest | Film | 9.0 | 26 | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Esther | Film | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1925 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lady Windermere | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1925 | The Mad Whirl | Cathleen Gillis | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1925 | Tessie | Tessie | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1924 | Three Women | Jeannie Wilton | Film | 4.2 | 24 |
| 1924 | West of the Water Tower | Bee Chew | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1924 | The Bedroom Window | Ruth Martin | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1924 | The Enchanted Cottage | Laura Pennington | Film | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1924 | Tarnish | Letitia Tevis | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1923 | Hollywood | May McAvoy | Film | 9.0 | 23 |
| 1923 | Grumpy | Virginia Bullivant | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1923 | Her Reputation | Jacqueline Lanier | Film | 9.0 | 23 |
| 1923 | Only 38 | Lucy Stanley | Film | 9.0 | 23 |
| 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | Film | 7.8 | 22 |
| 1922 | Through a Glass Window | Jenny Martin | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1922 | The Top of New York | Hilda O'Shaunnessey | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1922 | A Homespun Vamp | Meg Mackenzie | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1922 | Kick In | Myrtle | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1922 | Clarence | Cora Wheeler | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1921 | Sentimental Tommy | Grizel | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1921 | A Virginia Courtship | Prudence Fairfax | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1921 | Morals | Carlotta Carlotta | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1921 | A Private Scandal | Jeanne Millett | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1920 | The Devil's Garden | Norah | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1920 | The Sporting Duchess | Mary Aylmer | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1920 | The Truth About Husbands | Leslie Brownell | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1920 | The House of the Tolling Bell | Lucy Atheron | Film | 9.0 | 20 |
| 1920 | The Forbidden Valley | Morning Glory | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1920 | My Husband's Other Wife | Nettie Bryson | Film | 10.0 | 20 |
| 1919 | The Way of a Woman | Grace Lee | Film | 8.0 | 19 |
| 1919 | The Woman Under Oath | Edith Norton | Film | 6.5 | 19 |
| 1919 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Australy Wiggs | Film | 6.3 | 19 |
| 1918 | To Hell with the Kaiser! | Wounded Girl | Film | — | 18 |
| 1918 | I'll Say So | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1918 | A Perfect Lady | Claire Higgins | Film | — | 18 |