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Known credits:
134
Birthday:
1906-05-03
Place of birth:
Quincy, Illinois, USA
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Mary Astor

Overview

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

Acting
2008 Spisok korabley Actor Mirza (archive footage) 60
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2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1997 Bogart: The Untold Story Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1980 Hollywood Actor Self 72
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1976 That's Entertainment, Part II Actor (archive footage) 59
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1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Actor Jewel Mayhew 63
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1964 Youngblood Hawke Actor Irene Perry 59
Average
1961 Return to Peyton Place Actor Mrs. Roberta Carter 59
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1960 The Snows of Kilimanjaro Actor Mrs. Leslie N/A
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1959 A Stranger in My Arms Actor Virgilnie Beasley 58
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1958 This Happy Feeling Actor Mrs. Tremaine 58
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1957 The Devil's Hairpin Actor Mrs. Jargin 58
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1957 The Ninth Day Actor N/A
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1956 The Power and the Prize Actor Mrs. George Salt 59
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1956 A Kiss Before Dying Actor Mrs. Corliss 59
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1955 The Thief Actor Isabelle Lagarde 58
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1953 Yesterday and Today Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1949 Any Number Can Play Actor Ada 59
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1949 Little Women Actor Marmee 63
Fair
1949 Act of Violence Actor Pat 60
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1947 Cass Timberlane Actor Queenie Havock 58
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1947 Cynthia Actor Louise Bishop 59
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1947 Desert Fury Actor Fritzi Haller 58
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1947 Fiesta Actor Señora Morales 58
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1946 Okay for Sound Actor Adriana (archive footage) 59
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1946 Claudia and David Actor Elizabeth Van Doren 59
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1944 Blonde Fever Actor Delilah Donay 58
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1944 Meet Me in St. Louis Actor Anna Smith 63
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1943 Thousands Cheer Actor Hyllary Jones 59
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1943 Young Ideas Actor Josephine Evans 58
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1942 Across the Pacific Actor Alberta Marlow 59
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1942 The Palm Beach Story Actor The Princess Centimillia 61
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1941 Breakdowns of 1941 Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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1941 The Maltese Falcon Actor Brigid O'Shaughnessy 72
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1941 The Great Lie Actor Sandra Kovak 59
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1940 Brigham Young Actor Mary Ann Young 58
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1940 Turnabout Actor Marion Manning 59
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1939 Midnight Actor Helene Flammarion 61
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1938 Listen, Darling Actor Dottie Wingate 59
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1938 Woman Against Woman Actor Cynthia Holland 59
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1938 Paradise for Three Actor Mrs. Irene Mallebre 59
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1938 There's Always a Woman Actor Lola Fraser 59
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1938 No Time to Marry Actor Kay McGowan 59
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1937 The Hurricane Actor Mme. DeLaage 59
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1937 The Prisoner of Zenda Actor Antoinette de Mauban 60
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1936 Lady from Nowhere Actor Polly Dunlap N/A
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1936 Dodsworth Actor Edith Cortright 61
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1936 Trapped by Television Actor Barbara 'Bobby' Blake 59
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1936 And So They Were Married Actor Edith Farnham 59
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1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Actor Lillian Cooper 59
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1935 Man of Iron Actor Vida 59
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1935 Page Miss Glory Actor Gladys 59
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1935 Dinky Actor Martha Daniels 59
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1935 Straight from the Heart Actor Marian Henshaw N/A
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1935 Red Hot Tires Actor Patricia Sanford 58
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1934 I Am a Thief Actor Odette Mauclair 59
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1934 The Hollywood Gad-About Actor Self 59
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1934 The Case of the Howling Dog Actor Bessie Foley 59
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1934 The Man with Two Faces Actor Jessica Wells 59
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1934 Return of the Terror Actor Olga Morgan 59
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1934 Upperworld Actor Hettie Stream 59
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1934 Easy to Love Actor Charlotte 58
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1933 Convention City Actor Arlene Dale 58
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1933 The World Changes Actor Virginia Claffin Nordholm 58
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1933 The Kennel Murder Case Actor Hilda Lake 59
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1933 Jennie Gerhardt Actor Letty Pace 59
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1933 The Little Giant Actor Ruth Wayburn 59
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1932 Red Dust Actor Barbara "Babs" Willis 60
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1932 A Successful Calamity Actor Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton 58
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1932 Those We Love Actor May Ballard 59
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1932 The Lost Squadron Actor Follette Marsh 59
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1931 Men of Chance Actor Marthe 59
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1931 Smart Woman Actor Nancy Gibson 59
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1931 White Shoulders Actor Norma Selbee N/A
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1931 The Sin Ship Actor Frisco Kitty 59
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1931 Behind Office Doors Actor Mary Linden 58
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1931 Other Men's Women Actor Lily Kulper 59
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1931 The Royal Bed Actor Princess Anne 58
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1930 The Lash Actor Dona Rosita Garcia 59
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1930 Holiday Actor Julia Seton 59
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1930 Ladies Love Brutes Actor Mimi Howell 59
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1930 The Runaway Bride Actor Mary Gray 58
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1929 Show of Shows Actor Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited) 58
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1929 The Woman from Hell Actor Dee Renaud N/A
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1929 New Year's Eve Actor Marjorie Ware N/A
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1928 Romance of the Underworld Actor Judith Andrews 59
Average
1928 Dry Martini Actor Elizabeth Quimby N/A
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1928 Heart to Heart Actor Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie N/A
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1928 3-Ring Marriage Actor Anna N/A
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1928 Dressed to Kill Actor Jeanne N/A
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1928 Sailors' Wives Actor Carol Trent N/A
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1927 No Place to Go Actor Sally Montgomery N/A
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1927 The Rough Riders Actor Dolly 58
Average
1927 Rose of the Golden West Actor Elena N/A
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1927 Two Arabian Knights Actor Mirza 58
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1927 The Sunset Derby Actor Molly Gibson N/A
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1927 The Sea Tiger Actor Amy Cortissos N/A
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1926 Forever After Actor Jennie Clayton N/A
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1926 Don Juan Actor Adriana della Varnese 59
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1926 The Wise Guy Actor Mary N/A
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1926 High Steppers Actor Audrey Nye N/A
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1925 Scarlet Saint Actor Fidele Tridon N/A
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1925 The Pace That Thrills Actor Doris N/A
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1925 Don Q Son of Zorro Actor Dolores de Muro 59
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1925 Playing with Souls Actor Margo N/A
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1925 Enticement Actor Leonore Bewlay N/A
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1925 Oh, Doctor! Actor Dolores Hicks 59
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1924 Inez from Hollywood Actor Fay Bartholdi N/A
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1924 The Price of a Party Actor Alice Barrows N/A
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1924 To the Ladies Actor Undetermined Secondary Role N/A
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1924 Unguarded Women Actor Helen Castle N/A
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1924 The Fighting American Actor Mary Brainard 58
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1924 Beau Brummel Actor Lady Margery Alvanley 59
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1924 The Fighting Coward Actor Lucy 58
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1923 Woman-Proof Actor Violet Lynwood N/A
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1923 The Marriage Maker Actor Vivian Hope-Clarke N/A
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1923 Puritan Passions Actor Rachel N/A
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1923 Hollywood Actor Mary Astor 59
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1923 The Bright Shawl Actor Narcissa Escobar N/A
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1923 Success Actor Rose Randolph N/A
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1923 Second Fiddle Actor Polly Crawford N/A
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1922 The Rapids Actor Elsie Worden N/A
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1922 The Man Who Played God Actor Young Woman N/A
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1922 Hope Actor Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter N/A
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1922 John Smith Actor Irene Mason N/A
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1922 The Young Painter Actor Helen Seymour N/A
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1922 The Angelus Actor Bit Part N/A
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1921 Wings of the Border Actor N/A
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1921 The Beggar Maid Actor Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid 58
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1921 My Lady o' the Pines Actor Norah Collison 59
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1921 Sentimental Tommy Actor 58
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1921 Brother of the Bear Actor Marcia Harthorn N/A
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1921 Bullets or Ballots Actor Bit Part N/A
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