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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.
Acted in 140
1970s
- 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1964
Youngblood Hawke
Irene Perry
- 1963
- 1961
Return to Peyton Place
Roberta Carter
- 1960
Journey to the Day
Helen May Whitfield
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Mrs. Leslie
1950s
- 1959
A Stranger in My Arms
Virgilnie Beasley
- 1958
This Happy Feeling
Mrs. Tremaine
- 1957
The Devil's Hairpin
Mrs. Jargin
The Ninth Day
Virginia Jackson
- 1956
The Power and the Prize
Mrs. George Salt
- 1955
The Thief
Isabelle Lagarde
- 1954
- 1953
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
General Electric Theater
Bea Hicks · 1 episode
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Any Number Can Play
Ada
- 1948
- 1947
Cass Timberlane
Queenie Havock
Cynthia
Louise Bishop
Desert Fury
Fritzi Haller
- 1946
Okay for Sound
Adriana (archive footage)
Claudia and David
Elizabeth Van Doren
- 1944
Blonde Fever
Delilah Donay
- 1943
Thousands Cheer
Hyllary Jones
Young Ideas
Josephine Evans
- 1942
Across the Pacific
Alberta Marlow
- 1941
The Great Lie
Sandra Kovak
- 1940
Brigham Young
Mary Ann Young
Turnabout
Marion Manning
1930s
- 1939
Midnight
Helene Flammarion
- 1938
Listen, Darling
Dottie Wingate
Woman Against Woman
Cynthia Holland
Paradise for Three
Mrs. Irene Mallebre
No Time to Marry
Kay McGowan
- 1937
- 1936
Lady from Nowhere
Polly Dunlap
Trapped by Television
Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
And So They Were Married
Edith Farnham
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Lillian Cooper
- 1935
Man of Iron
Vida
Page Miss Glory
Gladys
Dinky
Martha Daniels
Straight from the Heart
Marian Henshaw
Red Hot Tires
Patricia Sanford
- 1934
I Am a Thief
Odette Mauclair
The Case of the Howling Dog
Bessie Foley
The Man with Two Faces
Jessica Wells
Return of the Terror
Olga Morgan
Upperworld
Hettie Stream
Easy to Love
Charlotte
- 1933
Convention City
Arlene Dale
The World Changes
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Jennie Gerhardt
Letty Pace
The Little Giant
Ruth Wayburn
- 1932
A Successful Calamity
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Those We Love
May Ballard
The Lost Squadron
Follette Marsh
- 1931
Men of Chance
Marthe
Smart Woman
Nancy Gibson
White Shoulders
Norma Selbee
The Sin Ship
Frisco Kitty
Behind Office Doors
Mary Linden
Other Men's Women
Lily Kulper
The Royal Bed
Princess Anne
- 1930
The Lash
Dona Rosita Garcia
Ladies Love Brutes
Mimi Howell
The Runaway Bride
Mary Gray
1920s
- 1929
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
The Woman from Hell
Dee Renaud
New Year's Eve
Marjorie Ware
- 1928
Romance of the Underworld
Judith Andrews
Dry Martini
Elizabeth Quimby
Heart to Heart
Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
3-Ring Marriage
Anna
Dressed to Kill
Jeanne
Sailors' Wives
Carol Trent
- 1927
No Place to Go
Sally Montgomery
The Rough Riders
Dolly
Rose of the Golden West
Elena
Two Arabian Knights
Mirza
The Sunset Derby
Molly Gibson
The Sea Tiger
Amy Cortissos
- 1926
Forever After
Jennie Clayton
The Wise Guy
Mary
High Steppers
Audrey Nye
- 1925
Scarlet Saint
Fidele Tridon
The Pace That Thrills
Doris
Don Q Son of Zorro
Dolores de Muro
Playing with Souls
Margo
Enticement
Leonore Bewlay
Oh, Doctor!
Dolores Hicks
- 1924
Inez from Hollywood
Fay Bartholdi
The Price of a Party
Alice Barrows
To the Ladies
Undetermined Secondary Role
Unguarded Women
Helen Castle
The Fighting American
Mary Brainard
Beau Brummel
Lady Margery Alvanley
The Fighting Coward
Lucy
- 1923
Woman-Proof
Violet Lynwood
The Marriage Maker
Vivian Hope-Clarke
Puritan Passions
Rachel
Hollywood
Mary Astor
The Bright Shawl
Narcissa Escobar
Success
Rose Randolph
Second Fiddle
Polly Crawford
- 1922
The Rapids
Elsie Worden
The Man Who Played God
Young Woman
Hope
Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
John Smith
Irene Mason
The Young Painter
Helen Seymour
- 1921
Wings of the Border
Movie
The Beggar Maid
Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
Appearances6
2000s
- 2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1980
Hollywood
Self · 1 episode
1970s
- 1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self