Mary Astor
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1906-05-03
- Died
- 1987-09-25
- Place of birth
- Quincy, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Μαίρη Άστορ · Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
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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Known For
TV Shows (19)
Climax!
1954
as Mrs. Harriss / Ethel Allen / Martha / Clarissa Bowman
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Norma Desmond
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Martha Lantzinge / Aunt Frances
Ben Casey
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sarah Simmons
Studio One
1948
as Ruth Sparling / Harriet Brand
Rawhide
1959
as Emma Cardwell
Burke's Law
1963
as Florence Roberts
The Defenders
1961
as Flora Goode
Thriller
1960
as Rose French
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mrs. Fenimore / Grace Dolan
Checkmate
1960
as Esther Brack
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Margaret Eliot / Mildred Le Brun
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Isabelle Lagarde
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Nancy Blake
Playwrights '56
1955
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bea Hicks
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Movies (134)
Little Women
1949
as Marmee
The Maltese Falcon
1941
as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Fiesta
1947
as Señora Morales
Desert Fury
1947
as Fritzi Haller
Cynthia
1947
as Louise Bishop
Act of Violence
1949
as Pat
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Jewel Mayhew
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Anna Smith
Red Dust
1932
as Barbara "Babs" Willis
The Hurricane
1937
as Mme. DeLaage
Dodsworth
1936
as Edith Cortright
The Lash
1930
as Dona Rosita Garcia
Turnabout
1940
as Marion Manning
The Rapids
1922
as Elsie Worden
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Antoinette de Mauban
Return to Peyton Place
1961
as Roberta Carter
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as The Princess Centimillia
White Shoulders
1931
as Norma Selbee
Holiday
1930
as Julia Seton
A Kiss Before Dying
1956
as Mrs. Corliss
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Bessie Foley
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
Don Juan
1926
as Adriana della Varnese
This Happy Feeling
1958
as Mrs. Tremaine
Across the Pacific
1942
as Alberta Marlow
Oh, Doctor!
1925
as Dolores Hicks
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Lie
1941
as Sandra Kovak
Brigham Young
1940
as Mary Ann Young
Dinky
1935
as Martha Daniels
Midnight
1939
as Helene Flammarion
Men of Chance
1931
as Marthe
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Cynthia Holland
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paradise for Three
1938
as Mrs. Irene Mallebre
Youngblood Hawke
1964
as Irene Perry
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Hilda Lake
Cass Timberlane
1947
as Queenie Havock
The Fighting American
1924
as Mary Brainard
Any Number Can Play
1949
as Ada
Dry Martini
1928
as Elizabeth Quimby
The Wise Guy
1926
as Mary
The Fighting Coward
1924
as Lucy
There's Always a Woman
1938
as Lola Fraser
Behind Office Doors
1931
as Mary Linden
Young Ideas
1943
as Josephine Evans
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Follette Marsh
The World Changes
1933
as Virginia Claffin Nordholm
The Rough Riders
1927
as Dolly
Beau Brummel
1924
as Lady Margery Alvanley
Sailors' Wives
1928
as Carol Trent
Rose of the Golden West
1927
as Elena
Hollywood
1923
as Mary Astor
Listen, Darling
1938
as Dottie Wingate
The Little Giant
1933
as Ruth Wayburn
The Man with Two Faces
1934
as Jessica Wells
Convention City
1933
as Arlene Dale
Upperworld
1934
as Hettie Stream
The Thief
1955
as Isabelle Lagarde
The Power and the Prize
1956
as Mrs. George Salt
Claudia and David
1946
as Elizabeth Van Doren
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Hyllary Jones
To the Ladies
1924
as Undetermined Secondary Role
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
as Mrs. Jargin
I Am a Thief
1934
as Odette Mauclair
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Gladys
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Marian Henshaw
Other Men's Women
1931
as Lily Kulper
Blonde Fever
1944
as Delilah Donay
Dressed to Kill
1928
as Jeanne
Those We Love
1932
as May Ballard
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
as Dolores de Muro
The Bright Shawl
1923
as Narcissa Escobar
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Letty Pace
Red Hot Tires
1935
as Patricia Sanford
Woman-Proof
1923
as Violet Lynwood
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
as Virgilnie Beasley
The Sunset Derby
1927
as Molly Gibson
Lady from Nowhere
1936
as Polly Dunlap
Return of the Terror
1934
as Olga Morgan
Forever After
1926
as Jennie Clayton
The Runaway Bride
1930
as Mary Gray
The Ninth Day
1957
Okay for Sound
1946
as Adriana (archive footage)
Playing with Souls
1925
as Margo
The Price of a Party
1924
as Alice Barrows
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Romance of the Underworld
1928
as Judith Andrews
Puritan Passions
1923
as Rachel
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Mirza
The Sea Tiger
1927
as Amy Cortissos
The Pace That Thrills
1925
as Doris
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Lillian Cooper
Ladies Love Brutes
1930
as Mimi Howell
Smart Woman
1931
as Nancy Gibson
The Royal Bed
1931
as Princess Anne
3-Ring Marriage
1928
as Anna
Trapped by Television
1936
as Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
Man of Iron
1935
as Vida
Easy to Love
1934
as Charlotte
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self
Inez from Hollywood
1924
as Fay Bartholdi
No Time to Marry
1938
as Kay McGowan
New Year's Eve
1929
as Marjorie Ware
Scarlet Saint
1925
as Fidele Tridon
The Sin Ship
1931
as Frisco Kitty
Success
1923
as Rose Randolph
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
as Mrs. Leslie
High Steppers
1926
as Audrey Nye
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
The Woman from Hell
1929
as Dee Renaud
Sentimental Tommy
1921
John Smith
1922
as Irene Mason
No Place to Go
1927
as Sally Montgomery
Second Fiddle
1923
as Polly Crawford
Unguarded Women
1924
as Helen Castle
Enticement
1925
as Leonore Bewlay
About 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. Ove… With 153 credits spanning from 1921 to 2006, Mary Astor has appeared in 134 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Little Women (1949) — as Marmee
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) — as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
- Fiesta (1947) — as Señora Morales
- Desert Fury (1947) — as Fritzi Haller
- Cynthia (1947) — as Louise Bishop
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