Mary Astor
Known for: Acting
Born: May 3, 1906
Died: September 25, 1987
Place of birth: Quincy, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
135 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
7.8
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
NR
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
8.4
Hollywood
1980
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
7.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
6.3
Youngblood Hawke
1964
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
6.6
Return to Peyton Place
1961
4.8
Checkmate
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
NR
Journey to the Day
1960
NR
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
4.2
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
4.8
This Happy Feeling
1958NR
The Littlest Enemy
1958NR
The Troublemakers
1957
6.0
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
NR
The Ninth Day
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.3
The Power and the Prize
1956
6.3
A Kiss Before Dying
19566.3
Playwrights '56
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
4.0
The Thief
19556.8
Producers' Showcase
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.0
Yesterday and Today
1953
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
19536.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.9
Any Number Can Play
1949
7.4
Little Women
1949
6.9
Act of Violence
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.0
Cass Timberlane
1947
6.2
Cynthia
1947
5.9
Desert Fury
1947
6.2
Fiesta
1947
6.7
Okay for Sound
1946
7.5
Claudia and David
1946
4.4
Blonde Fever
1944
7.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
6.4
Thousands Cheer
1943
5.3
Young Ideas
1943
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942
7.0
The Palm Beach Story
1942
7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
7.0
The Great Lie
1941
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
6.0
Turnabout
1940
7.4
Midnight
1939
6.7
Listen, Darling
1938
7.0
Woman Against Woman
1938
7.4
Paradise for Three
1938
6.0
There's Always a Woman
1938
7.0
No Time to Marry
1938
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
9.0
Lady from Nowhere
1936
7.1
Dodsworth
1936
6.9
Trapped by Television
1936
6.4
And So They Were Married
1936
5.8
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
7.0
Man of Iron
1935
6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935
7.3
Dinky
1935
9.0
Straight from the Heart
1935
6.0
Red Hot Tires
1935
6.2
I Am a Thief
1934
6.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
6.3
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
6.8
The Man with Two Faces
1934
6.5
Return of the Terror
1934
6.1
Upperworld
1934
5.1
Easy to Love
1934
4.2
Convention City
1933
4.8
The World Changes
1933
6.1
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
5.7
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
7.0
The Little Giant
1933
6.9
Red Dust
1932
5.6
A Successful Calamity
1932
6.5
Those We Love
1932
6.5
The Lost Squadron
1932
6.0
Men of Chance
1931
5.4
Smart Woman
1931
10.0
White Shoulders
1931
5.8
The Sin Ship
1931
4.9
Behind Office Doors
1931
5.7
Other Men's Women
1931
4.3
The Royal Bed
1931
6.5
The Lash
1930
6.2
Holiday
1930
6.4
Ladies Love Brutes
1930
6.2
The Runaway Bride
1930
6.6
The Show of Shows
1929
8.0
The Woman from Hell
1929
7.0
New Year's Eve
1929
5.8
Romance of the Underworld
1928
7.0
Dry Martini
1928
7.0
Heart to Heart
1928
NR
3-Ring Marriage
1928
8.0
Dressed to Kill
1928
8.0
Sailors' Wives
1928
8.0
No Place to Go
1927
7.0
The Rough Riders
1927
9.0
Rose of the Golden West
1927
5.8
Two Arabian Knights
1927
8.0
The Sunset Derby
1927
10.0
The Sea Tiger
1927
8.0
Forever After
1926
6.6
Don Juan
1926
7.0
The Wise Guy
1926
9.0
High Steppers
1926
9.0
Scarlet Saint
1925
9.0
The Pace That Thrills
1925
6.7
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
9.0
Playing with Souls
1925
7.0
Enticement
1925
6.3
Oh, Doctor!
1925
8.0
Inez from Hollywood
1924
9.0
The Price of a Party
1924
8.0
To the Ladies
1924
7.0
Unguarded Women
1924
6.8
The Fighting American
1924
7.0
Beau Brummel
1924
5.5
The Fighting Coward
1924
8.0
Woman-Proof
1923
7.0
The Marriage Maker
1923
8.0
Puritan Passions
1923
9.0
Hollywood
1923
7.0
The Bright Shawl
1923
10.0
Success
1923
8.0
Second Fiddle
1923
7.0
The Rapids
1922
7.0
The Man Who Played God
1922
8.0
Hope
1922
7.0
John Smith
1922
10.0
The Young Painter
19229.0
The Angelus
1922
9.0
Wings of the Border
1921
7.3
The Beggar Maid
19216.0
My Lady o' the Pines
1921
7.0
Sentimental Tommy
19219.0
Brother of the Bear
19217.0
Bullets or Ballots
1921