Mary Astor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 3, 1906
- Died
- September 25, 1987
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973
as Self (archive footage)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964
as Jewel Mayhew
Youngblood Hawke 1964
as Irene Perry
Return to Peyton Place 1961
as Roberta Carter
Journey to the Day 1960
as Helen May Whitfield
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1960
as Mrs. Leslie
A Stranger in My Arms 1959
as Virgilnie Beasley
- The Littlest Enemy
The Littlest Enemy 1958
as Mrs. Wickens
This Happy Feeling 1958
as Mrs. Tremaine
- The Troublemakers
The Troublemakers 1957
as Mattie Gerrity
The Devil's Hairpin 1957
as Mrs. Jargin
The Ninth Day 1957
as Virginia Jackson
The Power and the Prize 1956
as Mrs. George Salt
A Kiss Before Dying 1956
as Mrs. Corliss
The Thief 1955
as Isabelle Lagarde
Yesterday and Today 1953
as (archive footage)
Any Number Can Play 1949
as Ada
Little Women 1949
as Marmee
Act of Violence 1949
as Pat
Cass Timberlane 1947
as Queenie Havock
Cynthia 1947
as Louise Bishop
Desert Fury 1947
as Fritzi Haller
Fiesta 1947
as Señora Morales
Okay for Sound 1946
as Adriana (archive footage)
Claudia and David 1946
as Elizabeth Van Doren
Blonde Fever 1944
as Delilah Donay
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
as Anna Smith
Thousands Cheer 1943
as Hyllary Jones
Young Ideas 1943
as Josephine Evans
Across the Pacific 1942
as Alberta Marlow
The Palm Beach Story 1942
as The Princess Centimillia
Breakdowns of 1941 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon 1941
as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
The Great Lie 1941
as Sandra Kovak
Brigham Young 1940
as Mary Ann Young
Turnabout 1940
as Marion Manning
Midnight 1939
as Helene Flammarion
Listen, Darling 1938
as Dottie Wingate
Woman Against Woman 1938
as Cynthia Holland
Paradise for Three 1938
as Mrs. Irene Mallebre
There's Always a Woman 1938
as Lola Fraser
No Time to Marry 1938
as Kay McGowan
The Hurricane 1937
as Mme. DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
as Antoinette de Mauban
Lady from Nowhere 1936
as Polly Dunlap
Dodsworth 1936
as Edith Cortright
Trapped by Television 1936
as Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
And So They Were Married 1936
as Edith Farnham
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan 1936
as Lillian Cooper
Man of Iron 1935
as Vida
Page Miss Glory 1935
as Gladys
Dinky 1935
as Martha Daniels
Straight from the Heart 1935
as Marian Henshaw
Red Hot Tires 1935
as Patricia Sanford
I Am a Thief 1934
as Odette Mauclair
The Hollywood Gad-About 1934
as Self
The Case of the Howling Dog 1934
as Bessie Foley
The Man with Two Faces 1934
as Jessica Wells
Return of the Terror 1934
as Olga Morgan
Upperworld 1934
as Hettie Stream
Easy to Love 1934
as Charlotte
Convention City 1933
as Arlene Dale
The World Changes 1933
as Virginia Claffin Nordholm
The Kennel Murder Case 1933
as Hilda Lake
Jennie Gerhardt 1933
as Letty Pace
The Little Giant 1933
as Ruth Wayburn
Red Dust 1932
as Barbara "Babs" Willis
A Successful Calamity 1932
as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Those We Love 1932
as May Ballard
The Lost Squadron 1932
as Follette Marsh
Men of Chance 1931
as Marthe
Smart Woman 1931
as Nancy Gibson
White Shoulders 1931
as Norma Selbee
The Sin Ship 1931
as Frisco Kitty
Behind Office Doors 1931
as Mary Linden
Other Men's Women 1931
as Lily Kulper
The Royal Bed 1931
as Princess Anne
The Lash 1930
as Dona Rosita Garcia
Holiday 1930
as Julia Seton
Ladies Love Brutes 1930
as Mimi Howell
The Runaway Bride 1930
as Mary Gray
The Show of Shows 1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
The Woman from Hell 1929
as Dee Renaud
New Year's Eve 1929
as Marjorie Ware
Romance of the Underworld 1928
as Judith Andrews
Dry Martini 1928
as Elizabeth Quimby
Heart to Heart 1928
as Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
3-Ring Marriage 1928
as Anna
Dressed to Kill 1928
as Jeanne
Sailors' Wives 1928
as Carol Trent
No Place to Go 1927
as Sally Montgomery
The Rough Riders 1927
as Dolly
Rose of the Golden West 1927
as Elena
Two Arabian Knights 1927
as Mirza
The Sunset Derby 1927
as Molly Gibson
The Sea Tiger 1927
as Amy Cortissos
Forever After 1926
as Jennie Clayton
Don Juan 1926
as Adriana della Varnese
The Wise Guy 1926
as Mary
High Steppers 1926
as Audrey Nye
Scarlet Saint 1925
as Fidele Tridon
The Pace That Thrills 1925
as Doris
Don Q Son of Zorro 1925
as Dolores de Muro
Playing with Souls 1925
as Margo
Enticement 1925
as Leonore Bewlay
Oh, Doctor! 1925
as Dolores Hicks
Inez from Hollywood 1924
as Fay Bartholdi
The Price of a Party 1924
as Alice Barrows
To the Ladies 1924
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Unguarded Women 1924
as Helen Castle
The Fighting American 1924
as Mary Brainard
Beau Brummel 1924
as Lady Margery Alvanley
The Fighting Coward 1924
as Lucy
Woman-Proof 1923
as Violet Lynwood
The Marriage Maker 1923
as Vivian Hope-Clarke
Puritan Passions 1923
as Rachel
Hollywood 1923
as Mary Astor
The Bright Shawl 1923
as Narcissa Escobar
Success 1923
as Rose Randolph
Second Fiddle 1923
as Polly Crawford
The Rapids 1922
as Elsie Worden
The Man Who Played God 1922
as Young Woman
Hope 1922
as Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
John Smith 1922
as Irene Mason
The Young Painter 1922
as Helen Seymour
- The Angelus
The Angelus 1922
as Bit Part
Wings of the Border 1921
Actor
The Beggar Maid 1921
as Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
- My Lady o' the Pines
My Lady o' the Pines 1921
as Norah Collison
Sentimental Tommy 1921
Actor
- Brother of the Bear
Brother of the Bear 1921
as Marcia Harthorn
- Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots 1921
as Bit Part
Credits from TMDB.