# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/may-mcavoy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:14.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/may-mcavoy"
name: "May McAvoy"
slug: "may-mcavoy"
description: "May Irene McAvoy 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."
tagline: "American actress (1899–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/May-mcavoy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1899-09-08"
deathDate: "1984-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump