Mary Astor

Acting · Born 1906-05-03 in Quincy, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography

• Meet Me in St. Louis as Anna Smith
• The Maltese Falcon as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Jewel Mayhew
• The Palm Beach Story as The Princess Centimillia
• Little Women as Marmee
• Dodsworth as Edith Cortright
• Midnight as Helene Flammarion
• Other Men's Women as Lily Kulper
• Desert Fury as Fritzi Haller
• Act of Violence as Pat

TV

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mrs. Fenimore
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Grace Dolan
• Burke's Law as Florence Roberts
• Studio One as Ruth Sparling
• General Electric Theater as Bea Hicks
• Rawhide as Emma Cardwell
• Thriller as Rose French
• Lux Video Theatre as Margaret Eliot
• Climax! as Mrs. Harriss
• The Philco Television Playhouse