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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/10/2006
Bogart: The Untold Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/1997
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Character:Jewel Mayhew
Release Date:16/12/1964
Youngblood Hawke
Character:Irene Perry
Release Date:04/11/1964
Return to Peyton Place
Character:Mrs. Roberta Carter
Release Date:05/05/1961
Journey to the Day
Character:Helen May Whitfield
Release Date:22/04/1960
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Character:Mrs. Leslie
Release Date:25/03/1960
A Stranger in My Arms
Character:Virgilnie Beasley
Release Date:03/03/1959
This Happy Feeling
Character:Mrs. Tremaine
Release Date:18/06/1958
The Devil's Hairpin
Character:Mrs. Jargin
Release Date:04/10/1957
The Ninth Day
Character:
Release Date:10/01/1957
The Power and the Prize
Character:Mrs. George Salt
Release Date:26/09/1956
A Kiss Before Dying
Character:Mrs. Corliss
Release Date:20/04/1956
The Thief
Character:Isabelle Lagarde
Release Date:04/01/1955
Yesterday and Today
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1953
Any Number Can Play
Character:Ada
Release Date:15/07/1949
Little Women
Character:Marmee
Release Date:10/03/1949
Act of Violence
Character:Pat
Release Date:22/01/1949
Cass Timberlane
Character:Queenie Havock
Release Date:06/11/1947
Cynthia
Character:Louise Bishop
Release Date:29/08/1947
Desert Fury
Character:Fritzi Haller
Release Date:15/08/1947
Fiesta
Character:SeƱora Morales
Release Date:12/06/1947
Okay for Sound
Character:Adriana (archive footage)
Release Date:07/09/1946
Claudia and David
Character:Elizabeth Van Doren
Release Date:25/02/1946
Blonde Fever
Character:Delilah Donay
Release Date:05/12/1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
Character:Anna Smith
Release Date:28/11/1944
Thousands Cheer
Character:Hyllary Jones
Release Date:13/09/1943
Young Ideas
Character:Josephine Evans
Release Date:02/08/1943
Across the Pacific
Character:Alberta Marlow
Release Date:04/09/1942
The Palm Beach Story
Character:The Princess Centimillia
Release Date:28/08/1942
Breakdowns of 1941
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/11/1941
The Maltese Falcon
Character:Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Release Date:18/10/1941
The Great Lie
Character:Sandra Kovak
Release Date:05/04/1941
Brigham Young
Character:Mary Ann Young
Release Date:27/09/1940
Turnabout
Character:Marion Manning
Release Date:17/05/1940
Midnight
Character:Helene Flammarion
Release Date:24/03/1939
Listen, Darling
Character:Dottie Wingate
Release Date:21/10/1938
Woman Against Woman
Character:Cynthia Holland
Release Date:24/06/1938
Paradise for Three
Character:Mrs. Irene Mallebre
Release Date:04/06/1938
There's Always a Woman
Character:Lola Fraser
Release Date:20/04/1938
No Time to Marry
Character:Kay McGowan
Release Date:05/02/1938
The Hurricane
Character:Mme. DeLaage
Release Date:09/11/1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
Character:Antoinette de Mauban
Release Date:03/09/1937
Lady from Nowhere
Character:Polly Dunlap
Release Date:23/12/1936
Dodsworth
Character:Edith Cortright
Release Date:23/09/1936
Trapped by Television
Character:Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
Release Date:15/06/1936
And So They Were Married
Character:Edith Farnham
Release Date:10/05/1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Character:Lillian Cooper
Release Date:11/01/1936
Man of Iron
Character:Vida
Release Date:21/12/1935
Page Miss Glory
Character:Gladys
Release Date:07/09/1935
Dinky
Character:Martha Daniels
Release Date:11/05/1935
Straight from the Heart
Character:Marian Henshaw
Release Date:22/03/1935
Red Hot Tires
Character:Patricia Sanford
Release Date:02/02/1935
I Am a Thief
Character:Odette Mauclair
Release Date:24/11/1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Character:Bessie Foley
Release Date:22/09/1934
The Man with Two Faces
Character:Jessica Wells
Release Date:04/08/1934
Return of the Terror
Character:Olga Morgan
Release Date:07/07/1934
Upperworld
Character:Hettie Stream
Release Date:28/04/1934
Easy to Love
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:13/01/1934
Convention City
Character:Arlene Dale
Release Date:14/12/1933
The World Changes
Character:Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Release Date:25/11/1933
The Kennel Murder Case
Character:Hilda Lake
Release Date:28/10/1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Character:Letty Pace
Release Date:08/06/1933
The Little Giant
Character:Ruth Wayburn
Release Date:20/05/1933
Red Dust
Character:Barbara "Babs" Willis
Release Date:22/10/1932
A Successful Calamity
Character:Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Release Date:17/09/1932
Those We Love
Character:May Ballard
Release Date:11/09/1932
The Lost Squadron
Character:Follette Marsh
Release Date:12/03/1932
Men of Chance
Character:Marthe
Release Date:26/12/1931
Smart Woman
Character:Nancy Gibson
Release Date:12/09/1931
White Shoulders
Character:Norma Selbee
Release Date:17/05/1931
The Sin Ship
Character:Frisco Kitty
Release Date:18/04/1931
Behind Office Doors
Character:Mary Linden
Release Date:15/03/1931
Other Men's Women
Character:Lily Kulper
Release Date:17/01/1931
The Royal Bed
Character:Princess Anne
Release Date:15/01/1931
The Lash
Character:Dona Rosita Garcia
Release Date:14/12/1930
Holiday
Character:Julia Seton
Release Date:03/07/1930
Ladies Love Brutes
Character:Mimi Howell
Release Date:14/05/1930
The Runaway Bride
Character:Mary Gray
Release Date:04/05/1930
The Show of Shows
Character:Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/1929
The Woman from Hell
Character:Dee Renaud
Release Date:20/04/1929
New Year's Eve
Character:Marjorie Ware
Release Date:24/02/1929
Romance of the Underworld
Character:Judith Andrews
Release Date:10/11/1928
Dry Martini
Character:Elizabeth Quimby
Release Date:06/10/1928
Heart to Heart
Character:Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
Release Date:22/07/1928
3-Ring Marriage
Character:Anna
Release Date:10/06/1928
Dressed to Kill
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:17/03/1928
Sailors' Wives
Character:Carol Trent
Release Date:22/01/1928
No Place to Go
Character:Sally Montgomery
Release Date:30/10/1927
The Rough Riders
Character:Dolly
Release Date:30/09/1927
Rose of the Golden West
Character:Elena
Release Date:25/09/1927
Two Arabian Knights
Character:Mirza
Release Date:23/09/1927
The Sunset Derby
Character:Molly Gibson
Release Date:05/06/1927
The Sea Tiger
Character:Amy Cortissos
Release Date:27/02/1927
Forever After
Character:Jennie Clayton
Release Date:24/10/1926
Don Juan
Character:Adriana della Varnese
Release Date:06/08/1926
The Wise Guy
Character:Mary
Release Date:23/05/1926
High Steppers
Character:Audrey Nye
Release Date:14/03/1926
Scarlet Saint
Character:Fidele Tridon
Release Date:08/11/1925
The Pace That Thrills
Character:Doris
Release Date:18/10/1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
Character:Dolores de Muro
Release Date:15/06/1925
Playing with Souls
Character:Margo
Release Date:30/04/1925
Enticement
Character:Leonore Bewlay
Release Date:01/03/1925
Oh, Doctor!
Character:Dolores Hicks
Release Date:23/02/1925
Inez from Hollywood
Character:Fay Bartholdi
Release Date:14/12/1924
The Price of a Party
Character:Alice Barrows
Release Date:23/11/1924
To the Ladies
Character:Undetermined Secondary Role
Release Date:06/10/1924
Unguarded Women
Character:Helen Castle
Release Date:22/06/1924
The Fighting American
Character:Mary Brainard
Release Date:26/05/1924
Beau Brummel
Character:Lady Margery Alvanley
Release Date:30/03/1924
The Fighting Coward
Character:Lucy
Release Date:14/03/1924
Woman-Proof
Character:Violet Lynwood
Release Date:28/10/1923
The Marriage Maker
Character:Vivian Hope-Clarke
Release Date:30/09/1923
Puritan Passions
Character:Rachel
Release Date:09/09/1923
Hollywood
Character:Mary Astor
Release Date:19/08/1923
The Bright Shawl
Character:Narcissa Escobar
Release Date:22/04/1923
Success
Character:Rose Randolph
Release Date:25/02/1923
Second Fiddle
Character:Polly Crawford
Release Date:14/01/1923
The Rapids
Character:Elsie Worden
Release Date:30/10/1922
The Man Who Played God
Character:Young Woman
Release Date:01/10/1922
Hope
Character:Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Release Date:16/07/1922
John Smith
Character:Irene Mason
Release Date:01/06/1922
The Young Painter
Character:Helen Seymour
Release Date:19/02/1922
The Angelus
Character:Bit Part
Release Date:01/01/1922
Wings of the Border
Character:
Release Date:09/10/1921
The Beggar Maid
Character:Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
Release Date:25/09/1921
My Lady o' the Pines
Character:Norah Collison
Release Date:11/09/1921
Sentimental Tommy
Character:
Release Date:26/03/1921
Brother of the Bear
Character:Marcia Harthorn
Release Date:18/02/1921
Bullets or Ballots
Character:Bit Part
Release Date:01/01/1921
Television Appearances
Hollywood
Character:Self
Burke's Law
Character:Florence Roberts
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Martha Lantzinge
Dr. Kildare
Character:Aunt Frances
The Defenders
Character:Flora Goode
Checkmate
Character:Esther Brack
Thriller
Character:Rose French
Rawhide
Character:Emma Cardwell
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sarah Simmons
Playwrights '56
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Mrs. Fenimore
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Grace Dolan
Producers' Showcase
Character:Nancy Blake
Climax!
Character:Mrs. Harriss
Climax!
Character:Ethel Allen
Climax!
Character:Martha
Climax!
Character:Clarissa Bowman
The United States Steel Hour
Character:Isabelle Lagarde
General Electric Theater
Character:Bea Hicks
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Margaret Eliot
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Mildred Le Brun
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Norma Desmond
Studio One
Character:Ruth Sparling
Studio One
Character:Harriet Brand
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
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