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Mary Astor

Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost saw her career destroyed due to public scandal in the mid-1930s. She was sued for support by her parents and was later branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband during a custody fight over her daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor went on to even greater success on the screen, eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie (1941). She was an MGM contract player through most of the 1940s and continued to act in movies, on television and on stage until her retirement from the screen in 1964. Astor was the author of five novels. Her autobiography became a bestseller, as did her later book, A Life on Film, which was specifically about her career. Director Lindsay Anderson wrote of her in 1990: "...(W)hen two or three who love the cinema are gathered together, the name of Mary Astor always comes up, and everybody agrees that she was an actress of special attraction, whose qualities of depth and reality always seemed to illuminate the parts she played." Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Astor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
May 3, 1906 In Quincy, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
155
First Appeared:
In the movie The Scarecrow 1920-11-07
Latest Project:
Movie The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird 2006-10-03
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Self (archive footage) 2006-10-03
Movie Bogart: The Untold Story Self (archive footage) 1997-01-05
Series Hollywood Self 1980-01-08
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Self (archive footage) 1973-01-01
Movie Hollywood My Home Town Self (archive footage) 1965-12-31
Movie Youngblood Hawke Irene Perry 1964-11-04
Movie Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Jewel Mayhew 1964-12-15
Movie Hollywood Without Make-Up Self (archive footage) 1963-07-01
Series Burke's Law Florence Roberts 1963-09-20
Series The Defenders Flora Goode 1961-09-16
Movie Return to Peyton Place Mrs. Roberta Carter 1961-05-05
Series Dr. Kildare Aunt Frances 1961-09-27
Series Ben Casey Unknown 1961-10-02
Movie The Snows of Kilimanjaro Mrs. Leslie 1960-03-25
Series Thriller Rose French 1960-09-13
Series Checkmate Esther Brack 1960-09-17
Series Rawhide Emma Cardwell 1959-01-09
Movie A Stranger in My Arms Virgilnie Beasley 1959-03-03
Movie This Happy Feeling Mrs. Tremaine 1958-06-18
Movie The Devil's Hairpin Mrs. Jargin 1957-10-04
Movie A Kiss Before Dying Mrs. Corliss 1956-04-20
Movie The Power and the Prize Mrs. George Salt 1956-09-26
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Sarah Simmons 1956-10-05
Movie The Thief Isabelle Lagarde 1955-01-04
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Grace Dolan 1955-10-02
Series Playwrights '56 Unknown 1955-10-04
Series Climax! Clarissa Bowman 1954-10-07
Series Producers' Showcase Nancy Blake 1954-10-18
Series General Electric Theater Bea Hicks 1953-02-01
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Movie Yesterday and Today (archive footage) 1953-12-02
Series The United States Steel Hour Isabelle Lagarde 1953-10-27
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Norma Desmond 1950-01-30
Series Lux Video Theatre Mildred Le Brun 1950-10-02
Movie Act of Violence Pat 1949-02-01
Movie Any Number Can Play Ada 1949-07-15
Movie Little Women Marmee 1949-03-10
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Self (archive footage) 1948-06-20
Series The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown 1948-10-03
Series Studio One Harriet Brand 1948-11-07
Movie Desert Fury Fritzi Haller 1947-08-15
Movie Fiesta SeƱora Morales 1947-06-12
Movie Cynthia Louise Bishop 1947-08-29
Movie Cass Timberlane Queenie Havock 1947-11-06
Movie Claudia and David Elizabeth Van Doren 1946-02-25
Movie Okay for Sound Adriana (archive footage) 1946-09-07
Movie Meet Me in St. Louis Mrs. Anna Smith 1944-11-28
Movie Blonde Fever Delilah Donay 1944-12-05
Movie Young Ideas Josephine Evans 1943-08-02
Movie Thousands Cheer Hyllary Jones 1943-09-13
Movie The Palm Beach Story The Princess Centimillia 1942-08-28
Movie Across the Pacific Alberta Marlow 1942-09-04
Movie The Maltese Falcon Brigid O'Shaughnessy 1941-10-18
Movie The Great Lie Sandra Kovak 1941-04-05
Movie Breakdowns of 1941 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1941-11-14
Movie Turnabout Marion Manning 1940-05-17
Movie Brigham Young Mary Ann Young 1940-09-27
Movie Midnight Helene Flammarion 1939-03-24
Movie No Time To Marry Kay McGowan 1938-02-05
Movie There's Always a Woman Lola Fraser 1938-04-20
Movie Listen, Darling Dottie Wingate 1938-10-21
Movie Paradise for Three Mrs. Irene Mallebre 1938-06-04
Movie Woman Against Woman Cynthia Holland 1938-06-24
Movie The Prisoner of Zenda Antoinette de Mauban 1937-09-03
Movie The Hurricane Mme. DeLaage 1937-11-09
Movie And So They Were Married Edith Farnham 1936-05-10
Movie Trapped by Television Barbara 'Bobby' Blake 1936-06-15
Movie The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Lillian Cooper 1936-01-11
Movie Dodsworth Edith Cortright 1936-09-23
Movie Lady from Nowhere Polly Dunlap 1936-12-23
Movie Straight from the Heart Marian Henshaw 1935-03-22
Movie Red Hot Tires Patricia Sanford 1935-02-02
Movie Dinky Martha Daniels 1935-05-11
Movie Page Miss Glory Gladys 1935-09-07
Movie Man of Iron Vida 1935-12-21
Movie Upperworld Hettie Stream 1934-04-19
Movie Easy to Love Charlotte 1934-01-13
Movie Return of the Terror Olga Morgan 1934-07-07
Movie The Hollywood Gad-About Self 1934-10-04
Movie The Man with Two Faces Jessica Wells 1934-08-04
Movie I Am a Thief Odette Mauclair 1934-11-24
Movie The Case of the Howling Dog Bessie Foley 1934-09-22
Movie Jennie Gerhardt Letty Pace 1933-06-08
Movie The Kennel Murder Case Hilda Lake 1933-10-28
Movie The Little Giant Ruth Wayburn 1933-05-20
Movie The World Changes Virginia Claffin Nordholm 1933-11-25
Movie Convention City Arlene Dale 1933-12-14
Movie The Lost Squadron Follette Marsh 1932-03-12
Movie Those We Love May Ballard 1932-09-11
Movie A Successful Calamity Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton 1932-09-17
Movie Red Dust Barbara "Babs" Willis 1932-10-22
Movie Other Men's Women Lily Kulper 1931-01-17
Movie The Sin Ship Frisco Kitty 1931-04-18
Movie The Royal Bed Princess Anne 1931-01-15
Movie Behind Office Doors Mary Linden 1931-03-15
Movie Men of Chance Marthe 1931-12-26
Movie Smart Woman Nancy Gibson 1931-09-12
Movie White Shoulders Norma Selbee 1931-05-17
Movie The Runaway Bride Mary Gray 1930-05-04
Movie Ladies Love Brutes Mimi Howell 1930-05-14
Movie The Lash Dona Rosita Garcia 1930-12-14
Movie Holiday Julia Seton 1930-07-03
Movie New Year's Eve Marjorie Ware 1929-02-24
Movie The Woman from Hell Dee Renaud 1929-04-20
Movie Show of Shows Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited) 1929-11-21
Movie Sailors' Wives Carol Trent 1928-01-22
Movie Dressed to Kill Jeanne 1928-03-17
Movie 3-Ring Marriage Anna 1928-06-10
Movie Romance of the Underworld Judith Andrews 1928-11-10
Movie Dry Martini Elizabeth Quimby 1928-10-06
Movie Heart to Heart Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie 1928-07-22
Movie The Sunset Derby Molly Gibson 1927-06-05
Movie Two Arabian Knights Mirza 1927-09-23
Movie The Sea Tiger Amy Cortissos 1927-02-27
Movie Rose of the Golden West Elena 1927-09-25
Movie No Place to Go Sally Montgomery 1927-10-30
Movie The Rough Riders Dolly 1927-09-30
Movie High Steppers Audrey Nye 1926-03-14
Movie The Wise Guy Mary 1926-05-23
Movie Don Juan Adriana della Varnese 1926-08-06
Movie Forever After Jennie Clayton 1926-10-24
Movie Enticement Leonore Bewlay 1925-03-01
Movie Oh, Doctor! Dolores Hicks 1925-02-23
Movie Playing with Souls Margo 1925-04-30
Movie Scarlet Saint Fidele Tridon 1925-11-08
Movie Don Q Son of Zorro Dolores de Muro 1925-06-15
Movie The Pace That Thrills Doris 1925-10-18
Movie The Fighting American Mary Brainard 1924-05-26
Movie Unguarded Women Helen Castle 1924-06-22
Movie Beau Brummel Lady Margery Alvanley 1924-03-30
Movie The Fighting Coward Lucy 1924-03-14
Movie To the Ladies Undetermined Secondary Role 1924-10-06
Movie Inez from Hollywood Fay Bartholdi 1924-12-14
Movie The Price of a Party Alice Barrows 1924-11-23
Movie Success Rose Randolph 1923-02-25
Movie Second Fiddle Polly Crawford 1923-01-14
Movie The Bright Shawl Narcissa Escobar 1923-04-22
Movie Hollywood Mary Astor 1923-08-19
Movie Woman-Proof Violet Lynwood 1923-10-28
Movie The Marriage Maker Vivian Hope-Clarke 1923-09-30
Movie Puritan Passions Rachel 1923-09-09
Movie The Young Painter Helen Seymour 1922-02-19
Movie The Angelus Bit Part 1922-01-01
Movie John Smith Irene Mason 1922-06-01
Movie The Man Who Played God Young Woman 1922-10-01
Movie Hope Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter 1922-07-16
Movie The Rapids Elsie Worden 1922-10-30
Movie Brother of the Bear Marcia Harthorn 1921-02-18
Movie Bullets or Ballots Bit Part 1921-01-01
Movie Sentimental Tommy Unknown 1921-03-26
Movie My Lady o' the Pines Norah Collison 1921-09-11
Movie The Beggar Maid Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid 1921-09-25
Movie Wings of the Border Unknown 1921-10-09
Movie The Scarecrow (uncredited & cut) 1920-11-07