Mary Astor (1906–1987)

Actress | Soundtrack

Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, on May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois to a German ...

Born: May 3, 1906
Died: September 25, 1987 (age 81)

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Filmography

Known For

The Maltese Falcon Brigid O'Shaughnessy (1941)
The Great Lie Sandra (1941)
Across the Pacific Alberta Marlow (1942)
Known For

The Palm Beach Story The Princess Centimillia (1942)
Actress

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Jewel (1964)
Youngblood Hawke Irene Perry (1964)
Ben Casey Dame Clorissa Rose Genet (1963)
Burke's Law Florence Roberts (1963)
Dr. Kildare Aunt Frances (1962-1963)
The Defenders Flora Goode (1963)
Checkmate Esther Brack (1962)
Return to Peyton Place Mrs. Roberta Carter (1961)
Rawhide Emma Cardwell (1961)
Thriller Rose French (1960)
Playhouse 90 Helen May Whitfield (1957-1960)
Buick-Electra Playhouse Mrs. Lester (1960)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1960)
The United States Steel Hour Lydia Chalmers (1955-1960)
The Philadelphia Story Margaret Lord (1959)
General Electric Theater Bea Hicks (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Grace Dolan (1958-1959)
A Stranger in My Arms Mrs. Virgilnie Beasley (1959)
This Happy Feeling Mrs. Tremaine (1958)
Studio One Harriet Brand (1954-1958)
The Devil's Hairpin Mrs. Jargin (1957)
Climax! Clarissa Bowman (1955-1957)
Lux Video Theatre Mildred Le Brun (1956-1957)
Zane Grey Theatre Sarah Simmons (1957)
Robert Montgomery Presents Norma Desmond (1956)
The Power and the Prize Mrs. George Salt (1956)
Matinee Theatre (1956)
A Kiss Before Dying Mrs. Corliss (1956)
Playwrights '56 Georgina (1956)
Star Stage Nurse (1956)
Studio 57 Julia Kean (1956)
Front Row Center Millicent Jordan (1955)
Justice (1955)
The Elgin Hour Madge Draper (1955)
Producers' Showcase Nancy Blake (1955)
Ponds Theater (1955)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1954)
The Best of Broadway Margaret Lord (1954)
Danger (1954)
Kraft Theatre Aunt Polly (1951-1954)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Any Number Can Play Ada (1949)
Little Women Marmee (1949)
Act of Violence Pat (1948)
Cass Timberlane Queenie Havock (1947)
Cynthia Louise Bishop (1947)
Desert Fury Fritzi Haller (1947)
Fiesta Señora Morales (1947)
Claudia and David Elizabeth Van Doren (1946)
Blonde Fever Delilah Donay (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis Mrs. Anna Smith (1944)
Thousands Cheer Hyllary Jones (1943)
Young Ideas Jo Evans (1943)
Across the Pacific Alberta Marlow (1942)
The Palm Beach Story The Princess Centimillia (1942)
The Maltese Falcon Brigid O'Shaughnessy (1941)
The Great Lie Sandra (1941)
Brigham Young Mary Ann Young (1940)
Turnabout Marion Manning (1940)
Midnight Helene Flammarion (1939)
Listen, Darling Dottie Wingate (1938)
Woman Against Woman Cynthia Holland (1938)
There's Always a Woman Lola Fraser (1938)
Paradise for Three Mrs. Irene Mallebre (1938)
No Time to Marry Kay McGowan (1938)
The Hurricane Mme. DeLaage (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda Antoinette de Mauban (1937)
Lady from Nowhere Polly Dunlap (1936)
Dodsworth Edith Cortright (1936)
Trapped by Television Barbara 'Bobby' Blake (1936)
And So They Were Married Edith Farnham (1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Lillian Cooper (1936)
Man of Iron Vida (1935)
Page Miss Glory Gladys Russell (1935)
Dinky Mrs. Martha Daniels (1935)
Straight from the Heart Marian Henshaw (1935)
Red Hot Tires Patricia Sanford (1935)
I Am a Thief Odette Mauclair (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog Bessie Foley (1934)
The Man with Two Faces Jessica Wells (1934)
Return of the Terror Olga Morgan (1934)
Upperworld Hettie Stream (1934)
Easy to Love Charlotte (1934)
Convention City Arlene Dale (1933)
The World Changes Virginia 'Ginny' Clafflin Nordholm (1933)
The Kennel Murder Case Hilda Lake (1933)
Jennie Gerhardt Letty Pace (1933)
The Little Giant Ruth Wayburn (1933)
Red Dust Barbara Willis (1932)
Those We Love May Ballard (1932)
A Successful Calamity Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton (1932)
The Lost Squadron Follette Marsh (1932)
Men of Chance Marthe (1931)
Smart Woman Mrs. Nancy Gibson (1931)
White Shoulders Norma Selbee (1931)
The Sin Ship Frisco Kitty (1931)
Behind Office Doors Mary Linden (1931)
Other Men's Women Lily (1931)
The Royal Bed Princess Anne (1931)
The Lash Dona Rosita Garcia (1930)
Holiday Julia Seton (1930)
Ladies Love Brutes Mimi Howell (1930)
The Runaway Bride Mary Gray - aka Sally Fairchild (1930)
Show of Shows Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (1929)
The Woman from Hell Dee Renaud (1929)
New Year's Eve Marjorie Ware (1929)
Romance of the Underworld Judith Andrews (1928)
Dry Martini Elizabeth Quimby (1928)
Heart to Heart Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie (1928)
3-Ring Marriage Anna (1928)
Dressed to Kill Jean MacDonald (1928)
Sailors' Wives Carol Trent (1928)
No Place to Go Sally Montgomery (1927)
The Rough Riders Dolly (1927)
Rose of the Golden West Elena (1927)
Two Arabian Knights Mirza (1927)
The Sunset Derby Molly Gibson (1927)
The Sea Tiger Amy Cortissos (1927)
WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 Mary Astor (1926)
Forever After Jennie Clayton (1926)
Don Juan Adriana della Varnese (1926)
The Wise Guy Mary (1926)
High Steppers Audrey Nye (1926)
Scarlet Saint Fidele Tridon (1925)
The Pace That Thrills Doris (1925)
Don Q Son of Zorro Dolores de Muro (1925)
Playing with Souls Margo (1925)
Enticement Leonore Bewlay (1925)
Oh, Doctor! Dolores Hicks (1925)
Inez from Hollywood Fay Bartholdi (1924)
The Price of a Party Alice Barrows (1924)
Unguarded Women Helen Castle (1924)
The Fighting Adventurer Mary O'Mallory (1924)
Beau Brummel Lady Margery Alvanley (1924)
The Fighting Coward Lucy (1924)
To the Ladies Undetermined Secondary Role (1923)
Woman-Proof Violet Lynwood (1923)
The Marriage Maker Vivian Hope-Clarke (1923)
Puritan Passions Rachel (1923)
Hollywood Mary Astor (1923)
The Bright Shawl Narcissa Escobar (1923)
Success Rose Randolph (1923)
Second Fiddle Polly Crawford (1923)
The Angelus Bit Part (1922)
The Rapids Elsie Worden (1922)
The Man Who Played God Young Woman (1922)
Hope Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (1922)
John Smith Irene Mason (1922)
The Young Painter Helen Seymour (1922)
Bullets or Ballots Bit Part (1921)
Wings of the Border (1921)
The Beggar Maid Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid (1921)
My Lady o' the Pines Norah Collison (1921)
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
Brother of the Bear Marcia Harthorn (1921)
Actress

U.S. Marshal Amy Simmons (1958)
Soundtrack

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Listen, Darling (1938)
Red Hot Tires (1935)
Smart Woman (1931)
Soundtrack

Other Men's Women (1931)
Archive footage

The Confession (2018)
The Rules of Film Noir (2009)
Spisok korabley (2008)
In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004)
Backstory (2001)
American Cinema (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
Northern Exposure (1994)
Stay Tuned (1992)
Home Stories (1990)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
The Twentieth Century (1959)
Frontier Justice (1959)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1956)
Some of the Greatest (1955)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951)
Archive footage

Okay for Sound (1946)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)

Videos

Awards

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Trivia

Was almost fired from Dodsworth (1936) following the revelation of her affair with George S. Kaufman, but Samuel Goldwyn insisted she remain in the picture.

[on her early Hollywood roles] I was as two-dimensional as the screen itself: cool, indifferent, looking lovely in close-ups. Period. Period. Period. When was I ever going to learn to act? You can't learn if you can't experiment and find out what ...