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Mary Astor

Novelist / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Penwoman / Actress | * 05/03/1906 († 81, 09/25/1987) | Quincy, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. When talkies arrived, her voice was initially considered too masculine and she was off the screen for a year. After she appeared in a play with friend Florence Eldridge, film offers returned, and she resumed her career in sound pictures. In 1936, Astor's career was nearly destroyed by scandal. She had an affair with playwright George S. Kaufman and was branded an adulterous wife by her former husband during a custody fight over their daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, she went on to greater film Success, eventually winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of concert pianist Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie (1941). Astor was a Metro-Goldwyn-... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child. ...

The Great Lie

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Drama
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A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. ...

The Maltese Falcon

FSK: 12+ years

1941 | 3.9/5 | 1h 40min
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really ...

Across the Pacific

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1942 | 3.3/5 | 1h 37min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, War
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In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. ...

Meet Me in St. Louis

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1944 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Mary Astor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Mary Astor as Actress(133)

as Self (archive footage)2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self (archive footage)1997 Bogart: The Untold Story
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self (archive footage)1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as Irene Perry1964 Youngblood Hawke
as Jewel Mayhew1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as herself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Mrs. Roberta Carter1961 Return to Peyton Place
as Mrs. Leslie1960 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Virgilnie Beasley1959 A Stranger in My Arms
as Mrs. Tremaine1958 This Happy Feeling
as Mrs. Jargin1957 The Devil's Hairpin
as Mrs. George Salt1956 The Power and the Prize
as Mrs. Corliss1956 A Kiss Before Dying
as Isabelle Lagarde1955 The Thief
as (archive footage)1953 Yesterday and Today
as Ada1949 Any Number Can Play
as Pat1949 Act of Violence
as Marmee1949 Little Women
as Fritzi Haller1947 Desert Fury
as Louise Bishop1947 Cynthia
as Señora Morales1947 Fiesta
as Queenie Havock1947 Cass Timberlane
as Adriana (archive footage)1946 Okay for Sound
as Elizabeth Van Doren1946 Claudia and David
as Delilah Donay1944 Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Anna Smith1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Hyllary Jones1943 Thousands Cheer
as Josephine Evans1943 Young Ideas
as The Princess Centimillia1942 The Palm Beach Story
as Alberta Marlow1942 Across the Pacific
as Brigid O'Shaughnessy1941 The Maltese Falcon
as Sandra Kovak1941 The Great Lie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1941 Breakdowns of 1941
as Marion Manning1940 Turnabout
as Mary Ann Young1940 Brigham Young
as Helene Flammarion1939 Midnight
as Dottie Wingate1938 Listen, Darling
as Lola Fraser1938 There's Always a Woman
as Kay McGowan1938 No Time To Marry
as Cynthia Holland1938 Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Irene Mallebre1938 Paradise for Three
as Mme. DeLaage1937 The Hurricane
as Antoinette de Mauban1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Lillian Cooper1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Edith Farnham1936 And So They Were Married
as Polly Dunlap1936 Lady from Nowhere
as Edith Cortright1936 Dodsworth
as Barbara 'Bobby' Blake1936 Trapped by Television
as Vida1935 Man of Iron
as Martha Daniels1935 Dinky
as Marian Henshaw1935 Straight from the Heart
as Patricia Sanford1935 Red Hot Tires
as Betty1935 Page Miss Glory
as herself1934 The Hollywood Gad-About
as Odette Mauclair1934 I Am a Thief
as Olga Morgan1934 Return of the Terror
as Charlotte1934 Easy to Love
as Jessica Wells1934 The Man with Two Faces
as Hettie Stream1934 Upperworld
as Bessie Foley1934 The Case of the Howling Dog
as Virginia Claffin Nordholm1933 The World Changes
as Arlene Dale1933 Convention City
as Ruth Wayburn1933 The Little Giant
as Letty Pace1933 Jennie Gerhardt
as Hilda Lake1933 The Kennel Murder Case
as Barbara Willis1932 Red Dust
as Follette Marsh1932 The Lost Squadron
as May Ballard1932 Those We Love
as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton1932 A Successful Calamity
as Norma Selbee1931 White Shoulders
as Princess Anne1931 The Royal Bed
as Nancy Gibson1931 Smart Woman
as Marthe1931 Men of Chance
as Frisco Kitty1931 The Sin Ship
as Mary Linden1931 Behind Office Doors
as Lily Kulper1931 Other Men's Women
as Mary Gray1930 The Runaway Bride
as Julia Seton1930 Holiday
as Mimi Howell1930 Ladies Love Brutes
as Dona Rosita Garcia1930 The Lash
as Marjorie Ware1929 New Year's Eve
as Dee Renaud1929 The Woman from Hell
as Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)1929 Show of Shows
as Carol Trent1928 Sailors' Wives
as Anna1928 3-Ring Marriage
as Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie1928 Heart to Heart
as Judith Andrews1928 Romance of the Underworld
as Jeanne1928 Dressed to Kill
as Elizabeth Quimby1928 Dry Martini
as Dolly1927 The Rough Riders
as Mirza1927 Two Arabian Knights
as Elena1927 Rose of the Golden West
as Sally Montgomery1927 No Place to Go
as Molly Gibson1927 The Sunset Derby
as Amy Cortissos1927 The Sea Tiger
as Adriana della Varnese1926 Don Juan
as Audrey Nye1926 High Steppers
as Jennie Clayton1926 Forever After
as Mary1926 The Wise Guy
as Doris1925 The Pace That Thrills
as Dolores de Muro1925 Don Q Son of Zorro
as Dolores Hicks1925 Oh, Doctor!
as Margo1925 Playing with Souls
as Fidele Tridon1925 Scarlet Saint
as Leonore Bewlay1925 Enticement
as Helen Castle1924 Unguarded Women
as Lucy1924 The Fighting Coward
as Alice Barrows1924 The Price of a Party
as Fay Bartholdi1924 Inez from Hollywood
as Mary Brainard1924 The Fighting American
as Undetermined Secondary Role1924 To the Ladies
as Lady Margery Alvanley1924 Beau Brummel
as Rose Randolph1923 Success
as herself1923 Hollywood
as Vivian Hope-Clarke1923 The Marriage Maker
as Rachel1923 Puritan Passions
as Narcissa Escobar1923 The Bright Shawl
as Polly Crawford1923 Second Fiddle
as Violet Lynwood1923 Woman-Proof
as Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter1922 Hope
as Helen Seymour1922 The Young Painter
as Irene Mason1922 John Smith
as Elsie Worden1922 The Rapids
as Bit Part1922 The Angelus
1921 Wings of the Border
as Norah Collison1921 My Lady o' the Pines
as Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid1921 The Beggar Maid
as Marcia Harthorn1921 Brother of the Bear
1921 Sentimental Tommy
as Bit Part1921 Bullets or Ballots
as (uncredited & cut)1920 The Scarecrow

TV Shows/Series with Mary Astor as Actress(26)

1980 Hollywood
as Florence Roberts1963 Burke's Law
as Flora Goode1961 The Defenders
as Martha Lantzinge1961 Dr. Kildare
as Aunt Frances1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
as Rose French1960 Thriller
as Esther Brack1960 Checkmate
as Emma Cardwell1959 Rawhide
as Sarah Simmons1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Mrs. Fenimore1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Grace Dolan1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 Playwrights '56
as Mrs. Harriss1954 Climax!
as Ethel Allen1954 Climax!
as Martha1954 Climax!
as Clarissa Bowman1954 Climax!
as Isabelle Lagarde1953 The United States Steel Hour
as Bea Hicks1953 GE Theater
as Margaret Eliot1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Mildred Le Brun1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Norma Desmond1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Ruth Sparling1948 Studio One
as Harriet Brand1948 Studio One
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Additional Information

Official websites:
themaryastorcollection.com
Full Name: Mary Lucile Astor
Born: Thursday, 05/03 1906 (May) in Quincy, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/25 1987 (September) in Woodland Hills (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: Warner Bros.
Spouses (current/former): Kenneth Hawks, Manuel del Campo, Franklyn Thorpe, Thomas G. Wheelock
Children: Marylyn Thorpe, Anthony Paul del Campo
Father: Otto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke
Mother: Helen Vasconcelles
Other names for Mary Astor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Мэри Астор"
"Мері Астор"
"Мери Астор"
"Μαίρη Άστορ"
"Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke"
Mary Astor frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (34x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (29x, Actor)
Harry Townes (29x, Actor)
John Newland (29x, Crew)
James Gregory (26x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (25x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (25x, Actor)
Phyllis Thaxter (25x, Actress)
Edward Andrews (23x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (22x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (22x, Actress)
Cedric Gibbons (11x, Crew)
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