Mary Astor
American actress and author (1906-1987) · United States · Actors · Died at 81
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Something wrong?Mary Astor 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).
A life in dates
1987Died25 September 19871980
HollywoodSeries1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1963
Burke's LawSeries, Florence Roberts1961
Ben CaseySeries
Return to Peyton PlaceFilm, 1961Roberta Carter1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward
CheckmateSeries, 1960Esther Brack1959
RawhideSeries, Emma Cardwell1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Mrs. Fenimore1954
Climax!Series, Mrs. Harriss1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Bea Hicks1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Margaret Eliot1949
Act of ViolenceFilm, Pat1948
Studio OneSeries, Ruth Sparling1947
Cass TimberlaneFilm, Queenie Havock1943
Thousands CheerFilm, Hyllary Jones1942Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1941
The Great LieFilm, Sandra Kovak1939
MidnightFilm, Helene Flammarion1938
Listen, DarlingFilm, Dottie Wingate1936
DodsworthFilm, Edith Cortright1933
The Kennel Murder CaseFilm, Hilda Lake1931
Behind Office DoorsFilm, Mary Linden1930
HolidayFilm, Julia Seton1926
Don JuanFilm, Adriana della Varnese1924
Beau BrummelFilm, Lady Margery Alvanley1906Born3 May 1906
HollywoodSeries1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1963Burke's LawSeries, Florence Roberts1961Ben CaseySeriesReturn to Peyton PlaceFilm, 1961Roberta Carter1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAwardCheckmateSeries, 1960Esther Brack1959RawhideSeries, Emma Cardwell1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Mrs. Fenimore1954Climax!Series, Mrs. Harriss1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Bea Hicks1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Margaret Eliot1949Act of ViolenceFilm, Pat1948Studio OneSeries, Ruth Sparling1947Cass TimberlaneFilm, Queenie Havock1943Thousands CheerFilm, Hyllary Jones1942Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1941The Great LieFilm, Sandra Kovak1939MidnightFilm, Helene Flammarion1938Listen, DarlingFilm, Dottie Wingate1936DodsworthFilm, Edith Cortright1933The Kennel Murder CaseFilm, Hilda Lake1931Behind Office DoorsFilm, Mary Linden1930HolidayFilm, Julia Seton1926Don JuanFilm, Adriana della Varnese1924Beau BrummelFilm, Lady Margery Alvanley1906Born3 May 1906Also in Deutsch
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Newspaper clipping, May 19, 1921
A 1924 publicity photo of Astor from Stars of the Photoplay
A 1931 publicity photo of Astor for Argentinean Magazine
With Clark Gable in Red Dust (1932)
Astor with her daughter, Marylyn Thorpe, and her son, Anthony del Campo (1944)
The trailer for The Hurricane (1937)
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Barton MacLane, Peter Lorre and Ward Bond in The Maltese Falcon (1941)Filmography 40
TIThat's Entertainment, Part II
HCHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
YHYoungblood HawkeRPReturn to Peyton Place
ADA Kiss Before Dying
LWLittle WomenAVAct of Violence
APAny Number Can Play
DFDesert FuryCTCass Timberlane
MLMeet Me in St. LouisTCThousands Cheer
TSThe Palm Beach Story
APAcross the Pacific
TFThe Maltese FalconTLThe Great Lie
BYBrigham Young
TUTurnaboutMIMidnight
TWThere's Always a WomanLDListen, Darling
TZThe Prisoner of Zenda
THThe HurricaneDODodsworth
TDThe Case of the Howling Dog
TFThe Man with Two Faces
ELEasy to LoveTCThe Kennel Murder Case
TGThe Little Giant
TCThe World Changes
RDRed Dust
TSThe Lost Squadron
OWOther Men's WomenBDBehind Office Doors
TBThe Royal BedHOHoliday
TKTwo Arabian KnightsDJDon Juan
DZDon Q Son of ZorroBBBeau Brummel161 credits on file
Television 19
HOHollywoodBLBurke's Law
DKDr. KildareBCBen Casey
TDThe Defenders
THThrillerCHCheckmateRARawhide
DTDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreAPAlfred Hitchcock PresentsPLPlaywrights '56
CLClimax!PSProducers' Showcase
THThe United States Steel HourGTGeneral Electric Theater
RPRobert Montgomery PresentsLTLux Video TheatreSOStudio One
TPThe Philco Television PlayhouseAwards
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Actor
Status
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Dates
Lived 1906 to 1987 · aged 81
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