Mary Astor
Groomed from childhood to be a star, Mary Astor fulfilled that dream and proved to be an exceptional performer. Beauty contest exposure and an exceptionally camera-friendly face earned her an invitation to Hollywood and Astor gradually moved from supporting assignments to leads in such major silent films as "Beau Brummel" (1924), "Don Q Son of Zorro" (1925), and "Don Juan" (1926). She easily made the jump to sound pictures and displayed her versatility in everything from the sizzling "Red Dust" (1932) to the elegant "Dodsworth" (1936) to the screwball classic "Midnight" (1939). However, she was truly indelible as the deceitful heroine of "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and gave an Oscar-winning barnstormer of a performance in "The Great Lie" (1941) that managed to overshadow the rarely dwarfed Bette Davis. Thanks to the enduring love for "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), it would almost certainly be Astor's best remembered credit, but her considerable dramatic and comedic abilities were on full view during virtually all phases of a commendable career that spanned four decades.
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Mary Astor
Filmography
Movies
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83% |
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Jewel Mayhew (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Youngblood Hawke | Irene Perry (Character) | - | 1964 |
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Return to Peyton Place | Mrs. Roberta Carter (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranger in My Arms | Mrs. Virgilnie Beasley (Character) | - | 1959 |
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This Happy Feeling | Mrs. Tremaine (Character) | - | 1958 |
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The Power and the Prize | Mrs. George Salt (Character) | - | 1956 |
100% |
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A Kiss Before Dying | Mrs. Corliss (Character) | - | 1956 |
14% |
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Any Number Can Play | Ada (Character) | - | 1949 |
75% |
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Little Women | Marmee (Character) | - | 1949 |
94% |
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Act of Violence | Pat (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Cass Timberlane | Queenie Havock (Character) | - | 1947 |
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Fiesta | Señora Morales (Character) | - | 1947 |
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Cynthia | Louise Bishop (Character) | - | 1947 |
67% |
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Desert Fury | Fritzi Haller (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Claudia and David | Elizabeth Van Doren (Character) | - | 1946 |
100% |
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Meet Me in St. Louis | Mrs. Anna Smith (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Blonde Fever | Delilah Donay (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Ideas | Jo Evans (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Thousands Cheer | Hyllary Jones (Character) | - | 1943 |
97% |
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The Palm Beach Story | The Princess Centimillia (Character) | - | 1942 |
80% |
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Across the Pacific | Alberta Marlow (Character) | - | 1942 |
99% |
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The Maltese Falcon | Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Character) | - | 1941 |
60% |
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The Great Lie | Sandra Kovak (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Brigham Young | Mary Ann Young (Character) | - | 1940 |
20% |
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Turnabout | Marion Manning (Character) | - | 1940 |
93% |
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Midnight | Helene Flammarion (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Listen, Darling | Dottie Wingate (Character) | - | 1938 |
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There's Always a Woman | Lola Fraser (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paradise for Three | Mrs. Irene Mallebre (Character) | - | 1938 |
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There's That Woman Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Time to Marry | Kay (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Woman Against Woman | Cynthia Holland (Character) | - | 1938 |
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The Hurricane | Mme. DeLaage (Character) | - | 1937 |
100% |
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The Prisoner of Zenda | Antoinette de Mauban (Character) | - | 1937 |
91% |
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Dodsworth | Mrs. Edith Cortright (Character) | - | 1936 |
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And So They Were Married | Edith Farnham (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Trapped by Television | Barbara "Bobby" Blake (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Lillian Cooper (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of Iron | Vida (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Am a Thief | Odette (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dinky | Mrs. Martha Daniels (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Hot Tires | Patricia Sanford (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Page Miss Glory | Gladys Russell (Character) | - | 1935 |
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The Man With Two Faces | Jessica Wells (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Upperworld | Mrs. Hettie Stream (Character) | - | 1934 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | Bessie Foley (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Easy to Love | Charlotte (Character) | - | 1934 |
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The Little Giant | Ruth Wayburn (Character) | - | 1933 |
100% |
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The Kennel Murder Case | Hilda Lake (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jennie Gerhardt | Letty Pace (Character) | - | 1933 |
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The World Changes | Virginia "Ginny" Clafflin Nordholm (Character) | - | 1933 |
86% | No Score Yet | Convention City | Unknown (Character) | - | 1933 |
90% |
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Red Dust | Barbara Willis (Character) | - | 1932 |
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Those We Love | May Ballard (Character) | - | 1932 |
100% |
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The Lost Squadron | Follette Marsh (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men of Chance | Marthe Preston Silk (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Successful Calamity | Emmy "Sweetie" Wilton (Character) | - | 1932 |
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Other Men's Women | Lily Kulper (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Royal Bed | Princess Anne (Character) | - | 1931 |
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Behind Office Doors | Mary Linden (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smart Woman | Nancy Gibson (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sin Ship | Frisco Kitty (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladies Love Brutes | Mimi Howell (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lash | Dona Rosita Garcia (Character) | - | 1930 |
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Holiday | Julia Seton (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway Bride | Mary Gray, AKA Sally Fairchild (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance of the Underworld | Unknown (Character) | - | 1928 |
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Two Arabian Knights | Mirza (Character) | - | 1927 |
100% |
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Don Juan | Adriana della Varnese (Character) | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forever After | Jennie Clayton (Character) | - | 1926 |
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Don Q, Son of Zorro | Dolores de Muro (Character) | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oh, Doctor! | Dolores Hicks (Character) | - | 1925 |
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Beau Brummel | Lady Margery Alvanley (Character) | - | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighting Coward | Unknown (Character) | - | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bright Shawl | Unknown (Character) | - | 1923 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Woman-Proof | Violet Lynwood (Character) | - | 1923 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Fiddle | Polly Crawford (Character) | - | 1923 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dame Clorissa Rose Genet (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Grace Dolan (Character) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Isabelle Lagarde (Character) | 1955 |