Mary Astor
Acting
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…
Filmography
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
Youngblood Hawke
1964
Burke's Law
1963
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
Return to Peyton Place
1961
Checkmate
1960
Thriller
1960
Journey to the Day
1960
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
Rawhide
1959
This Happy Feeling
1958
The Littlest Enemy
The Littlest Enemy
1958
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
The Ninth Day
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Power and the Prize
1956
A Kiss Before Dying
1956
Playwrights '56
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Thief
1955
Producers' Showcase
Producers' Showcase
1954
Climax!
1954
Yesterday and Today
1953
The United States Steel Hour
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Any Number Can Play
1949
Little Women
1949
Act of Violence
1949
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Cass Timberlane
1947
Cynthia
1947
Desert Fury
1947
Fiesta
1947
Okay for Sound
1946
Claudia and David
1946
Blonde Fever
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Thousands Cheer
1943
Young Ideas
1943
Across the Pacific
1942
The Palm Beach Story
1942
The Maltese Falcon
1941
The Great Lie
1941
Brigham Young
1940
Turnabout
1940
Midnight
1939
Listen, Darling
1938
Woman Against Woman
1938
Paradise for Three
1938
There's Always a Woman
1938
No Time to Marry
1938
The Hurricane
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
Lady from Nowhere
1936
Dodsworth
1936
Trapped by Television
1936
And So They Were Married
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
Man of Iron
1935
Page Miss Glory
1935
Dinky
1935
Straight from the Heart
1935
Red Hot Tires
1935
I Am a Thief
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
The Man with Two Faces
1934
Return of the Terror
1934
Upperworld
1934
Easy to Love
1934
Convention City
1933
The World Changes
1933
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
1933