- Acting films
- 24
- Acting avg
- 6.94
- Peak run
- 1950’59
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
May by the numbers
Average
6.94
9 rated films
Vote weighted
7.01
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
36y
1924 to 1959
Total votes
4.42K
across every film
Best
7.9
Ben-Hur
Worst
6.1
The Jazz Singer
Newest first
Filmography
| 1959 |  Ben-Hur | Woman in crowd (uncredited) | 7.9 | 3,296 |
| 1957 |  The Wings of Eagles | Nurse (uncredited) | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1954 |  Executive Suite | Grimm's Secretary (uncredited) | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1952 |  The Bad and the Beautiful | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | 7.3 | 314 |
| 1950 |  Mystery Street | Nurse (uncredited) | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1950 |  The Yellow Cab Man | (uncredited) | · | 7 |
| 1948 |  Luxury Liner | Woman (uncredited) | · | 6 |
| 1947 |  The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Wife (uncredited) | · | 6 |
| 1944 | Movie Pests | Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited) | · | 10 |
| 1944 |  Two Girls and a Sailor | Dowager (uncredited) | · | 12 |
| 1942 | Mr. Blabbermouth! | · | · | 11 |
| 1942 |  Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | · | 19 |
| 1941 | Main Street on the March! | Window Shopper (uncredited) | · | 13 |
| 1941 |  Ringside Maisie | 1st Nurse (uncredited) | · | 5 |
| 1941 |  Love Crazy | Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited) | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1940 |  Third Finger, Left Hand | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | · | 13 |
| 1940 |  Dulcy | Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited) | · | 5 |
| 1940 |  Phantom Raiders | Middle Telephone Operator | · | 16 |
| 1940 |  Two Girls on Broadway | Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited) | · | 6 |
| 1927 |  The Jazz Singer | Mary Dale | 6.1 | 259 |
Better together?
May McAvoy's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Ernst Lubitsch and May McAvoy movies
Takes