Acting
Mary Astor
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
Film · 2006
Bogart: The Untold Story
Film · 1997
Hollywood
Series · 1980
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Film · 1973
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Film · 1964
Youngblood Hawke
Film · 1964
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Return to Peyton Place
Film · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Film · 1960
Journey to the Day
Film · 1960
Thriller
Series · 1960
Checkmate
Series · 1960
A Stranger in My Arms
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
This Happy Feeling
Film · 1958
The Littlest Enemy
Film · 1958
The Devil's Hairpin
Film · 1957
The Ninth Day
Film · 1957
The Troublemakers
Film · 1957
A Kiss Before Dying
Film · 1956
The Power and the Prize
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
The Thief
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Playwrights '56
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
Producers' Showcase
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Yesterday and Today
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The United States Steel Hour
Series · 1953
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Act of Violence
Film · 1949
Little Women
Film · 1949
Any Number Can Play
Film · 1949
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Desert Fury
Film · 1947
Fiesta
Film · 1947
Cass Timberlane
Film · 1947
Cynthia
Film · 1947
Claudia and David
Film · 1946
Okay for Sound
Film · 1946
Meet Me in St. Louis
Film · 1944
Blonde Fever
Film · 1944
Thousands Cheer
Film · 1943
Young Ideas
Film · 1943
The Palm Beach Story
Film · 1942
Across the Pacific
Film · 1942
The Maltese Falcon
Film · 1941
The Great Lie
Film · 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Film · 1941
Brigham Young
Film · 1940
Turnabout
Film · 1940
Midnight
Film · 1939
Listen, Darling
Film · 1938
There's Always a Woman
Film · 1938
Paradise for Three
Film · 1938
Woman Against Woman
Film · 1938
No Time to Marry
Film · 1938
The Prisoner of Zenda
Film · 1937
The Hurricane
Film · 1937
Dodsworth
Film · 1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Film · 1936
Trapped by Television
Film · 1936
And So They Were Married
Film · 1936
Lady from Nowhere
Film · 1936
Straight from the Heart
Film · 1935
Page Miss Glory
Film · 1935
Dinky
Film · 1935
Red Hot Tires
Film · 1935
Man of Iron
Film · 1935
Return of the Terror
Film · 1934
The Man with Two Faces
Film · 1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Film · 1934
I Am a Thief
Film · 1934
Easy to Love
Film · 1934
Upperworld
Film · 1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Film · 1934
The Little Giant
Film · 1933
The Kennel Murder Case
Film · 1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Film · 1933
The World Changes
Film · 1933
Convention City
Film · 1933
Red Dust
Film · 1932
The Lost Squadron
Film · 1932
Those We Love
Film · 1932
A Successful Calamity
Film · 1932
Other Men's Women
Film · 1931
White Shoulders
Film · 1931
Behind Office Doors
Film · 1931
The Royal Bed
Film · 1931
Smart Woman
Film · 1931
Men of Chance
Film · 1931
The Sin Ship
Film · 1931
Holiday
Film · 1930
Ladies Love Brutes
Film · 1930
The Lash
Film · 1930
The Runaway Bride
Film · 1930
New Year's Eve
Film · 1929
The Show of Shows
Film · 1929
The Woman from Hell
Film · 1929
Sailors' Wives
Film · 1928
Romance of the Underworld
Film · 1928
Dressed to Kill
Film · 1928
Heart to Heart
Film · 1928
Dry Martini
Film · 1928
3-Ring Marriage
Film · 1928
No Place to Go
Film · 1927
The Sunset Derby
Film · 1927
Two Arabian Knights
Film · 1927
The Sea Tiger
Film · 1927
The Rough Riders
Film · 1927
Rose of the Golden West
Film · 1927
The Wise Guy
Film · 1926
Don Juan
Film · 1926
Forever After
Film · 1926
High Steppers
Film · 1926
Playing with Souls
Film · 1925
The Pace That Thrills
Film · 1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
Film · 1925
Oh, Doctor!
Film · 1925
Scarlet Saint
Film · 1925
Enticement
Film · 1925
To the Ladies
Film · 1924
The Price of a Party
Film · 1924
Beau Brummel
Film · 1924
The Fighting Coward
Film · 1924
The Fighting American
Film · 1924
Inez from Hollywood
Film · 1924
Unguarded Women
Film · 1924
Hollywood
Film · 1923
Puritan Passions
Film · 1923
The Bright Shawl
Film · 1923
Second Fiddle
Film · 1923
The Marriage Maker
Film · 1923
Success
Film · 1923
Woman-Proof
Film · 1923
The Young Painter
Film · 1922
Hope
Film · 1922
John Smith
Film · 1922
The Man Who Played God
Film · 1922
The Angelus
Film · 1922
The Rapids
Film · 1922
Brother of the Bear
Film · 1921
Bullets or Ballots
Film · 1921
My Lady o' the Pines
Film · 1921
Wings of the Border
Film · 1921
The Beggar Maid
Film · 1921
Sentimental Tommy
Film · 1921