- May McAvoy, Ben-Hur, 1924. Esther changed following production delays in Italy. Olmstead made 62 films and retired at 25, after marrying the director (of 162 films) Robert Z Leonard. McAvoy was in Hollywood’s first talkie, The Jazz Singer, 1927 – although she didn’t say a word. She managed that, however, in the first British talkie, The Terror, in 1928. Her 95th film was a well publicised bit – Woman in Crowd – in the 1958 Ben-Hur re-tread. . (Sophia Loren and her Mama were also among the extras).
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