Biography
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."
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Filmography
all 153
Movies 133
TV Shows 20
self 9
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
Home Stories (1990)
Hollywood (1980)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
Burke's Law (1963)
Ben Casey (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Checkmate (1960)
Thriller (1960)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1960)
A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
This Happy Feeling (1958)
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
The Power and the Prize (1956)
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
Playwrights '56 (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Thief (1955)
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Any Number Can Play (1949)
Little Women (1949)
Act of Violence (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Cass Timberlane (1947)
Cynthia (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
Fiesta (1947)
Okay for Sound (1946)
Claudia and David (1946)
Blonde Fever (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Young Ideas (1943)
Across the Pacific (1942)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Great Lie (1941)
Brigham Young (1940)
Turnabout (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Listen, Darling (1938)
Woman Against Woman (1938)
Paradise for Three (1938)
There's Always a Woman (1938)
No Time To Marry (1938)
The Hurricane (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Lady from Nowhere (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Trapped by Television (1936)
And So They Were Married (1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
Man of Iron (1935)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
Dinky (1935)
Straight from the Heart (1935)
Red Hot Tires (1935)
I Am a Thief (1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Return of the Terror (1934)
Upperworld (1934)
Easy to Love (1934)
Convention City (1933)
The World Changes (1933)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
The Little Giant (1933)
Red Dust (1932)
A Successful Calamity (1932)
Those We Love (1932)
The Lost Squadron (1932)
Men of Chance (1931)
Smart Woman (1931)
White Shoulders (1931)
The Sin Ship (1931)
Behind Office Doors (1931)
Other Men's Women (1931)
The Royal Bed (1931)
The Lash (1930)
Holiday (1930)
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
The Runaway Bride (1930)
Show of Shows (1929)
The Woman from Hell (1929)
New Year's Eve (1929)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
Dry Martini (1928)
Heart to Heart (1928)
3-Ring Marriage (1928)
Dressed to Kill (1928)
Sailors' Wives (1928)
No Place to Go (1927)
The Rough Riders (1927)
Rose of the Golden West (1927)
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
The Sunset Derby (1927)
The Sea Tiger (1927)
Forever After (1926)
Don Juan (1926)
The Wise Guy (1926)
High Steppers (1926)
Scarlet Saint (1925)
The Pace That Thrills (1925)
Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
Playing with Souls (1925)
Enticement (1925)
Oh, Doctor! (1925)
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
The Price of a Party (1924)
To the Ladies (1924)
Unguarded Women (1924)
The Fighting American (1924)
Beau Brummel (1924)
The Fighting Coward (1924)
Woman-Proof (1923)
The Marriage Maker (1923)
Puritan Passions (1923)
Hollywood (1923)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
Success (1923)
Second Fiddle (1923)
The Rapids (1922)
The Man Who Played God (1922)
Hope (1922)
John Smith (1922)
The Young Painter (1922)
The Angelus (1922)
Wings of the Border (1921)
The Beggar Maid (1921)
My Lady o' the Pines (1921)
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
Brother of the Bear (1921)
Bullets or Ballots (1921)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-05-03
Deathday1987-09-25 (81 years old)
Birth NameLucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
Birth PlaceQuincy, United States of America
ReligionCatholicism
Height
RelationshipsManuel del Campo (1936-01-01 - 1941-01-01), Kenneth Hawks (1928-01-01 - 1930-01-01)
SpouseFranklyn Thorpe
ChildrenAnthony Paul del Campo, Marylyn Thorpe
FatherOtto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke
MotherHelen Vasconcelles
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsМэри Астор, Мері Астор, Мери Астор, Μαίρη Άστορ, Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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