May McAvoy
Actress
Birth Date: September 8, 1899
Death Date: April 26, 1984 — 84 years old
Birth Place: New York, New York
Silent screen star whose lisping voice put an end to her career after the transition to sound.
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Actor
Saleslady
Show
1940
The Terror
Actor
Olga Redmayne
Movie
1928
Matinee Ladies
Actor
Sallie Smith
Movie
1927
If I Were Single
Actor
May Howard
Movie
1927
The Jazz SingerStream
Actor
Movie
1927
The Fire Brigade
Actor
Helen Corwin
Movie
1926
The Mad Whirl
Actor
Cathleen Gillis
Movie
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristStream
Actor
Esther
Special
1925
Lady Windermere's Fan
Actor
Lady Windermere
Movie
1925
Three Women
Actor
Jeannie Wilton
Movie
1924
The Enchanted Cottage
Actor
Movie
1924
Sentimental Tommy
Actor
Grizel
Movie
1921
A Private Scandal
Actor
Jeanne Millett
Movie
1921
The Woman Under Oath
Actor
Edith Norton
Movie
1919
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