The Bad and the Beautiful
1953
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May Irene McAvoy [citation needed] (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, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer.
May McAvoy. Actress: The Jazz Singer. Silent-screen star May McAvoy was born in an upscale area of New York City. Her well-to-do family owned and operated a large livery stable situated where the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel now stands.
May McAvoy. Actress: The Jazz Singer. Silent-screen star May McAvoy was born in an upscale area of New York City. Her well-to-do family owned and operated a large livery stable situated where the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel now stands.
May 3, 1984 · Miss McAvoy was said to be one of the Hollywood stars who failed to make the transition from silent films to talkies. She often denied, however, that her contract with Warner Brothers was dropped...
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.
American star of the silent-film era . Name variations: Mae McAvoy. Born on September 18, 1901, in New York City; died after a heart attack on April 26, 1984, in Sherman Oaks, California; daughter of a livery-stable owner; married Maurice G. Cleary (a United Artists and Lockheed Aircraft executive), in 1929 (divorced); children: Patrick Cleary.
May McAvoy: star of ‘The Jazz Singer’ and ‘Ben Hur’. Frank McNally. Fri Oct 6 2017 - 00:01. Most people could still identify Al Jolson as the main star of The Jazz Singer, the film that ...
May 1, 1984 · LOS ANGELES -- Silent screen star May McAvoy, Al Jolson's leading lady in the landmark movie 'The Jazz Singer' and a star in some of Hollywood's first monumental films, has died at age 84, it...
May McAvoy was one of the few actresses in Hollywood to have had a most interesting and varied career. Bucking the system, she had a successful career freelancing, working with nearly every studio and some of the best directors in Hollywood. May was born September 18, 1901 in New York at the family brownstone on 41st Street and Park Avenue.
I tell you, these silent stars were stunning and they had to be! No words. Until the first talkie came. And May McAvoy was in it! And it was THE JAZZ SINGER ...
