Mary Astor
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThe Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997
Self (archive footage)
tvHollywood
1980
Self
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
Jewel Mayhew
movieYoungblood Hawke
1964
Irene Perry
tvBurke's Law
1963
Florence Roberts
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Martha Lantzinge / Aunt Frances
tvThe Defenders
1961
Flora Goode
movieReturn to Peyton Place
1961
Roberta Carter
tvCheckmate
1960
Esther Brack
tvThriller
1960
Rose French
movieJourney to the Day
1960
Helen May Whitfield
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
Mrs. Leslie
movieA Stranger in My Arms
1959
Virgilnie Beasley
tvRawhide
1959
Emma Cardwell
movieThis Happy Feeling
1958
Mrs. Tremaine
The Littlest Enemy
1958
Mrs. Wickens
movieThe Devil's Hairpin
1957
Mrs. Jargin
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Sarah Simmons
movieThe Power and the Prize
1956
Mrs. George Salt
movieA Kiss Before Dying
1956
Mrs. Corliss
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Mrs. Fenimore / Grace Dolan
movieThe Thief
1955
Isabelle Lagarde
Producers' Showcase
1954
Nancy Blake
tvClimax!
1954
Mrs. Harriss / Ethel Allen / Martha / Clarissa Bowman
movieYesterday and Today
1953
(archive footage)
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953
Isabelle Lagarde
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Bea Hicks
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Margaret Eliot / Mildred Le Brun
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Norma Desmond
movieLittle Women
1949
Marmee
tvStudio One
1948
Ruth Sparling / Harriet Brand
movieCass Timberlane
1947
Queenie Havock
movieCynthia
1947
Louise Bishop
movieDesert Fury
1947
Fritzi Haller
movieFiesta
1947
Señora Morales
movieOkay for Sound
1946
Adriana (archive footage)
movieClaudia and David
1946
Elizabeth Van Doren
movieBlonde Fever
1944
Delilah Donay
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1944
Anna Smith
movieThousands Cheer
1943
Hyllary Jones
movieYoung Ideas
1943
Josephine Evans
movieAcross the Pacific
1942
Alberta Marlow
movieThe Palm Beach Story
1942
The Princess Centimillia
movieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Maltese Falcon
1941
Brigid O'Shaughnessy
movieThe Great Lie
1941
Sandra Kovak
movieBrigham Young
1940
Mary Ann Young
movieTurnabout
1940
Marion Manning
movieMidnight
1939
Helene Flammarion
movieListen, Darling
1938
Dottie Wingate
movieWoman Against Woman
1938
Cynthia Holland
movieParadise for Three
1938
Mrs. Irene Mallebre
movieThere's Always a Woman
1938
Lola Fraser
movieNo Time to Marry
1938
Kay McGowan
movieThe Hurricane
1937
Mme. DeLaage
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1937
Antoinette de Mauban
movieLady from Nowhere
1936
Polly Dunlap
movieDodsworth
1936
Edith Cortright
movieTrapped by Television
1936
Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
movieAnd So They Were Married
1936
Edith Farnham
movieThe Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
Lillian Cooper
moviePage Miss Glory
1935
Gladys
movieDinky
1935
Martha Daniels
movieStraight from the Heart
1935
Marian Henshaw
movieRed Hot Tires
1935
Patricia Sanford
movieI Am a Thief
1934
Odette Mauclair
movieThe Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Bessie Foley
movieThe Man with Two Faces
1934
Jessica Wells
movieReturn of the Terror
1934
Olga Morgan
movieUpperworld
1934
Hettie Stream
movieEasy to Love
1934
Charlotte
movieConvention City
1933
Arlene Dale
movieThe World Changes
1933
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
movieThe Kennel Murder Case
1933
Hilda Lake
movieJennie Gerhardt
1933
Letty Pace
movieThe Little Giant
1933
Ruth Wayburn
movieRed Dust
1932
Barbara "Babs" Willis
movieA Successful Calamity
1932
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
movieThose We Love
1932
May Ballard
movieThe Lost Squadron
1932
Follette Marsh
movieMen of Chance
1931
Marthe
movieSmart Woman
1931
Nancy Gibson
movieWhite Shoulders
1931
Norma Selbee
movieThe Sin Ship
1931
Frisco Kitty
movieBehind Office Doors
1931
Mary Linden
movieOther Men's Women
1931
Lily Kulper
movieThe Royal Bed
1931
Princess Anne
movieThe Lash
1930
Dona Rosita Garcia
movieHoliday
1930
Julia Seton
movieLadies Love Brutes
1930
Mimi Howell
movieThe Runaway Bride
1930
Mary Gray
movieThe Show of Shows
1929
Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
movieThe Woman from Hell
1929
Dee Renaud
movieNew Year's Eve
1929
Marjorie Ware
movieRomance of the Underworld
1928
Judith Andrews
movieDry Martini
1928
Elizabeth Quimby
movieHeart to Heart
1928
Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
movieDressed to Kill
1928
Jeanne
movieSailors' Wives
1928
Carol Trent
movieNo Place to Go
1927
Sally Montgomery
movieThe Sunset Derby
1927
Molly Gibson
movieThe Sea Tiger
1927
Amy Cortissos
movieForever After
1926
Jennie Clayton
movieDon Juan
1926
Adriana della Varnese
movieHigh Steppers
1926
Audrey Nye
movieScarlet Saint
1925
Fidele Tridon
movieDon Q Son of Zorro
1925
Dolores de Muro
movieEnticement
1925
Leonore Bewlay
movieOh, Doctor!
1925
Dolores Hicks
movieInez from Hollywood
1924
Fay Bartholdi
movieThe Price of a Party
1924
Alice Barrows
movieTo the Ladies
1924
Undetermined Secondary Role
movieUnguarded Women
1924
Helen Castle
movieThe Fighting American
1924
Mary Brainard
movieBeau Brummel
1924
Lady Margery Alvanley
movieWoman-Proof
1923
Violet Lynwood
movieThe Marriage Maker
1923
Vivian Hope-Clarke
movieHollywood
1923
Mary Astor
movieThe Bright Shawl
1923
Narcissa Escobar
movieSuccess
1923
Rose Randolph
movieSecond Fiddle
1923
Polly Crawford
movieThe Rapids
1922
Elsie Worden
movieThe Man Who Played God
1922
Young Woman
movieHope
1922
Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
movieJohn Smith
1922
Irene Mason
movieThe Young Painter
1922
Helen Seymour
The Angelus
1922
Bit Part
movieThe Beggar Maid
1921
Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
My Lady o' the Pines
1921
Norah Collison
Brother of the Bear
1921
Marcia Harthorn