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Mary Astor
Actor
Born May 3, 1906Died September 25, 1987 (81 years)
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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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
| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir · as Brigid O'shaughnessy |
| 1992 | Stay Tuned · as Brigid O'shaughnessy On Tv |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte · as Jewel Mayhew |
| 1964 | Youngblood Hawke · as Irene Perry |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Florence Roberts |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Golden Years · as Adriana Della Varnese |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Martha Lantzinge |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Flora Goode |
| 1961 | Return to Peyton Place · as Mrs. Roberta Carter |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Esther Brack |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Rose French |
| 1959 | The Philadelphia Story · as Margaret Lord |
| 1959 | A Stranger in My Arms · as Virgilnie Beasley |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Emma Cardwell |
| 1958 | U.S. Marshal (TV Series) · as Amy Simmons |
| 1958 | This Happy Feeling · as Mrs. Tremaine |
| 1957 | The Devil's Hairpin · as Mrs. Jargin |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Sarah Simmons |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Eileen Bavister |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize · as Mrs. George Salt |
| 1956 | A Kiss Before Dying · as Mrs. Corliss |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Grace Dolan |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Nancy Blake |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Ethel Allen |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Madge Draper |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Julia Kean |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway (TV Series) · as Margaret Lord |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Isabelle Lagarde |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Bea Hicks |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Margaret Eliot |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Norma Desmond |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Ada |
| 1949 | Little Women · as Marmee |
| 1948 | Act of Violence · as Pat |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Ruth Sparling |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane · as Queenie Havock |
| 1947 | Cynthia · as Louise Bishop |
| 1947 | Desert Fury · as Fritzi Haller |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Aunt Polly |
| 1946 | Claudia and David · as Elizabeth Van Doren |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever · as Delilah Donay |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis · as Anna Smith |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer · as Hyllary Jones |
| 1943 | Young Ideas · as Josephine Evans |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story · as The Princess Centimillia |
| 1942 | Across the Pacific · as Alberta Marlow |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon · as Brigid O'shaughnessy |
| 1941 | The Great Lie · as Sandra Kovak |
| 1940 | Brigham Young · as Mary Ann Young |
| 1940 | |
| 1939 | Midnight · as Helene Flammarion |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling · as Dottie Wingate |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman · as Cynthia Holland |
| 1938 | Paradise for Three · as Mrs. Irene Mallebre |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman · as Lola Fraser |
| 1937 | The Hurricane · as Mme. Delaage |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Antoinette De Mauban |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television · as Barbara 'bobby' Blake |
| 1936 | And So They Were Married · as Edith Farnham |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · as Lillian Cooper |
| 1935 | Man of Iron · as Vida |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory · as Gladys |
| 1935 | Dinky · as Martha Daniels |
| 1935 | Red Hot Tires · as Patricia Sanford |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief · as Odette Mauclair |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog · as Bessie Foley |
| 1934 | The Man with Two Faces · as Jessica Wells |
| 1934 | Upperworld · as Hettie Stream |
| 1934 | Easy to Love · as Charlotte |
| 1933 | Convention City · as Arlene Dale |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Virginia Claffin Nordholm |
| 1933 | The Kennel Murder Case · as Hilda Lake |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt · as Letty Pace |
| 1933 | The Little Giant · as Ruth Wayburn |
| 1932 | Red Dust · as Barbara "babs" Willis |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity · as Emmy 'sweetie' Wilton |
| 1932 | Those We Love · as May Ballard |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron · as Follette Marsh |
| 1931 | Men of Chance · as Marthe |
| 1931 | Smart Woman · as Nancy Gibson |
| 1931 | The Sin Ship · as Frisco Kitty |
| 1931 | Behind Office Doors · as Mary Linden |
| 1931 | The Royal Bed · as Princess Anne |
| 1930 | Other Men's Women · as Lily Kulper |
| 1930 | The Lash · as Dona Rosita Garcia |
| 1930 | Holiday · as Julia Seton |
| 1930 | Ladies Love Brutes · as Mimi Howell |
| 1930 | The Runaway Bride · as Mary Gray |
| 1929 | Show of Shows · as Performer In 'the Pirate' Number (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Romance of the Underworld · as Judith Andrews |
| 1928 | Dressed to Kill · as Jeanne |
| 1927 | No Place to Go · as Sally Montgomery |
| 1927 | The Rough Riders · as Dolly |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights · as Mirza |
| 1926 | Don Juan · as Adriana Della Varnese |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro · as Dolores De Muro |
| 1925 | Oh, Doctor! · as Dolores Hicks |
| 1924 | The Fighting American · as Mary Brainard |
| 1924 | Beau Brummel · as Lady Margery Alvanley |
| 1924 | The Fighting Coward · as Lucy |
| 1923 | To the Ladies · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1923 | Woman-Proof · as Violet Lynwood |
| 1923 | The Bright Shawl · as Narcissa Escobar |