Portrait of May McAvoy

Acting

May McAvoy

Career

Active from 1918 to 1944, with a break from 1930 to 1939, busiest in 1927 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
41
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
May McAvoy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Class Conflict 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Silent Film 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Family Melodrama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Mistaken Identity 2
  • Silent Era Melodrama 2
  • Emotional Redemption 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 72
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Woman in crowd (uncredited)

The Wings of Eagles
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
GoodWatch score 47

as Nurse (uncredited)

Executive Suite
Executive Suite (1954)
GoodWatch score 86

as Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)

The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
GoodWatch score 79

as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

Mystery Street
Mystery Street (1950)
GoodWatch score 70

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Yellow Cab Man
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

as (uncredited)

1940s

17 titles ยท average score 62
Luxury Liner
Luxury Liner (1948)
GoodWatch score 55

as Woman (uncredited)

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

as Wife (uncredited)

Movie Pests
Movie Pests (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)

Two Girls and a Sailor
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
GoodWatch score 82

as Dowager (uncredited)

Rio Rita
Rio Rita (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Born to Sing
Born to Sing (1942)
GoodWatch score 56

as (uncredited)

Ringside Maisie
Ringside Maisie (1941)
GoodWatch score 51

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

Love Crazy
Love Crazy (1941)
GoodWatch score 87

as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
GoodWatch score 53

as Saleslady

Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Two Girls on Broadway
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
GoodWatch score 50

as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders
Phantom Raiders (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Middle Telephone Operator

1920s

44 titles ยท average score 75
Caught in the Fog
Caught in the Fog (1928)

as The Girl

The Terror
The Terror (1928)

as Olga Redmayne

The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer (1927)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mary Dale

If I Were Single
If I Were Single (1927)

as May Howard

The Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade (1926)

as Helen Corwin

The Road to Glory
The Road to Glory (1926)

as Judith Allen

Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
GoodWatch score 86

as Lady Windermere

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
GoodWatch score 87

as Esther

The Mad Whirl
The Mad Whirl (1925)

as Cathleen Gillis

Three Women
Three Women (1924)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jeannie Wilton

The Enchanted Cottage
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
GoodWatch score 70

as Laura Pennington

The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window (1924)

as Ruth Martin

1910s

5 titles
The Woman Under Oath
The Woman Under Oath (1919)

as Edith Norton

The Way of a Woman
The Way of a Woman (1919)

as Grace Lee

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919)

as Australy Wiggs

To Hell with the Kaiser!
To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918)

as Wounded Girl

A Perfect Lady
A Perfect Lady (1918)

as Claire Higgins