Mary Astor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-05-03

Day of death

1987-09-25 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Quincy, Illinois, USA

Mary Astor

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • The Show of Shows

    The Show of Shows

  • Across the Pacific

    Across the Pacific

  • No Place to Go

    No Place to Go

  • Success

    Success

  • A Kiss Before Dying

    A Kiss Before Dying

  • Producers' Showcase

    Producers' Showcase

  • High Steppers

    High Steppers

  • The Lost Squadron

    The Lost Squadron

  • The Kennel Murder Case

    The Kennel Murder Case

  • Trapped by Television

    Trapped by Television

  • Holiday

    Holiday

  • Forever After

    Forever After

  • Okay for Sound

    Okay for Sound

  • The Case of the Howling Dog

    The Case of the Howling Dog

  • The Great Lie

    The Great Lie

  • Lady from Nowhere

    Lady from Nowhere

  • Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

  • Behind Office Doors

    Behind Office Doors

  • Return to Peyton Place

    Return to Peyton Place

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • The Sunset Derby

    The Sunset Derby

  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

  • Cynthia

    Cynthia

  • The Royal Bed

    The Royal Bed

  • Second Fiddle

    Second Fiddle

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • Beau Brummel

    Beau Brummel

  • Jennie Gerhardt

    Jennie Gerhardt

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • The Price of a Party

    The Price of a Party

  • Scarlet Saint

    Scarlet Saint

  • The Power and the Prize

    The Power and the Prize

  • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

  • Midnight

    Midnight

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Man of Iron

    Man of Iron

  • The Man Who Played God

    The Man Who Played God

  • The Runaway Bride

    The Runaway Bride

  • Playing with Souls

    Playing with Souls

  • John Smith

    John Smith

  • Woman-Proof

    Woman-Proof

  • A Successful Calamity

    A Successful Calamity

  • Act of Violence

    Act of Violence

  • The Marriage Maker

    The Marriage Maker

  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    Meet Me in St. Louis

  • The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon

  • A Stranger in My Arms

    A Stranger in My Arms

  • Dry Martini

    Dry Martini

  • Men of Chance

    Men of Chance

  • The Fighting American

    The Fighting American

  • Listen, Darling

    Listen, Darling

  • Youngblood Hawke

    Youngblood Hawke

  • Dodsworth

    Dodsworth

  • Young Ideas

    Young Ideas

  • Turnabout

    Turnabout

  • The Sin Ship

    The Sin Ship

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • The Bright Shawl

    The Bright Shawl

  • Puritan Passions

    Puritan Passions

  • Brother of the Bear

    Brother of the Bear

  • Smart Woman

    Smart Woman

  • The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

  • Straight from the Heart

    Straight from the Heart

  • Dinky

    Dinky

  • The Lash

    The Lash

  • Thousands Cheer

    Thousands Cheer

  • The Devil's Hairpin

    The Devil's Hairpin

  • Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

  • Romance of the Underworld

    Romance of the Underworld

  • Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

  • Paradise for Three

    Paradise for Three

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Don Q Son of Zorro

    Don Q Son of Zorro

  • Enticement

    Enticement

  • The Little Giant

    The Little Giant

  • The Young Painter

    The Young Painter

  • The Fighting Coward

    The Fighting Coward

  • The Rough Riders

    The Rough Riders

  • Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

  • The Pace That Thrills

    The Pace That Thrills

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Return of the Terror

    Return of the Terror

  • Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Glory

  • Two Arabian Knights

    Two Arabian Knights

  • Upperworld

    Upperworld

  • Ladies Love Brutes

    Ladies Love Brutes

  • I Am a Thief

    I Am a Thief

  • The Hollywood Gad-About

    The Hollywood Gad-About

  • 3-Ring Marriage

    3-Ring Marriage

  • Sentimental Tommy

    Sentimental Tommy

  • Cass Timberlane

    Cass Timberlane

  • This Happy Feeling

    This Happy Feeling

  • The World Changes

    The World Changes

  • To the Ladies

    To the Ladies

  • Convention City

    Convention City

  • Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

  • The Thief

    The Thief

  • Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

  • And So They Were Married

    And So They Were Married

  • Claudia and David

    Claudia and David

  • Those We Love

    Those We Love

  • Fiesta

    Fiesta

  • Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill

  • Oh, Doctor!

    Oh, Doctor!

  • Sailors' Wives

    Sailors' Wives

  • My Lady o' the Pines

    My Lady o' the Pines

  • There's Always a Woman

    There's Always a Woman

  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

  • The Wise Guy

    The Wise Guy

  • Red Hot Tires

    Red Hot Tires

  • The Man with Two Faces

    The Man with Two Faces

  • Easy to Love

    Easy to Love

  • Red Dust

    Red Dust

  • The Ninth Day

    The Ninth Day

  • Other Men's Women

    Other Men's Women

  • No Time to Marry

    No Time to Marry

  • New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

  • The Sea Tiger

    The Sea Tiger

  • The Rapids

    The Rapids

  • Desert Fury

    Desert Fury

  • The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

    The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

  • White Shoulders

    White Shoulders

  • Unguarded Women

    Unguarded Women

  • Inez from Hollywood

    Inez from Hollywood

  • Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today

  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro

    The Snows of Kilimanjaro

  • The Woman from Hell

    The Woman from Hell

  • The Beggar Maid

    The Beggar Maid

  • Journey to the Day

    Journey to the Day

  • Bullets or Ballots

    Bullets or Ballots

  • The Angelus

    The Angelus

  • Wings of the Border

    Wings of the Border

  • Hope

    Hope