Mary Astor

Person

Mary Astor

Born 3 May 1906 Died 25 September 1987, aged 81 Quincy, Illinois, USA TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
14age in their first credit on record (1921)
43years on screen and counting
7credits in 1931, their busiest year
152dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte poster Age: 58

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964
as Jewel Mayhew
Youngblood Hawke poster Age: 58

Youngblood Hawke

1964
as Irene Perry
Return to Peyton Place poster Age: 55

Return to Peyton Place

1961
as Roberta Carter
Journey to the Day poster Age: 53

Journey to the Day

1960
as Helen May Whitfield
The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster Age: 53

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1960
as Mrs. Leslie
A Stranger in My Arms poster Age: 52

A Stranger in My Arms

1959
as Virgilnie Beasley
No poster
Age: 52

The Littlest Enemy

1958
as Mrs. Wickens
This Happy Feeling poster Age: 52

This Happy Feeling

1958
as Mrs. Tremaine
The Devil's Hairpin poster Age: 51

The Devil's Hairpin

1957
as Mrs. Jargin
The Ninth Day poster Age: 50

The Ninth Day

1957
The Power and the Prize poster Age: 50

The Power and the Prize

1956
as Mrs. George Salt
A Kiss Before Dying poster Age: 49

A Kiss Before Dying

1956
as Mrs. Corliss
The Thief poster Age: 48

The Thief

1955
as Isabelle Lagarde
Any Number Can Play poster Age: 43

Any Number Can Play

1949
as Ada
Little Women poster Age: 42

Little Women

1949
as Marmee
Act of Violence poster Age: 42

Act of Violence

1949
as Pat
Cass Timberlane poster Age: 41

Cass Timberlane

1947
as Queenie Havock
Cynthia poster Age: 41

Cynthia

1947
as Louise Bishop
Desert Fury poster Age: 41

Desert Fury

1947
as Fritzi Haller
Fiesta poster Age: 41

Fiesta

1947
as Señora Morales
Okay for Sound poster Age: 40

Okay for Sound

1946
as Adriana (archive footage)
Claudia and David poster Age: 39

Claudia and David

1946
as Elizabeth Van Doren
Blonde Fever poster Age: 38

Blonde Fever

1944
as Delilah Donay
Meet Me in St. Louis poster Age: 38

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944
as Anna Smith
Thousands Cheer poster Age: 37

Thousands Cheer

1943
as Hyllary Jones
Young Ideas poster Age: 37

Young Ideas

1943
as Josephine Evans
Across the Pacific poster Age: 36

Across the Pacific

1942
as Alberta Marlow
The Palm Beach Story poster Age: 36

The Palm Beach Story

1942
as The Princess Centimillia
The Maltese Falcon poster Age: 35

The Maltese Falcon

1941
as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
The Great Lie poster Age: 34

The Great Lie

1941
as Sandra Kovak
Brigham Young poster Age: 34

Brigham Young

1940
as Mary Ann Young
Turnabout poster Age: 34

Turnabout

1940
as Marion Manning
Midnight poster Age: 32

Midnight

1939
as Helene Flammarion
Listen, Darling poster Age: 32

Listen, Darling

1938
as Dottie Wingate
Woman Against Woman poster Age: 32

Woman Against Woman

1938
as Cynthia Holland
Paradise for Three poster Age: 32

Paradise for Three

1938
as Mrs. Irene Mallebre
There's Always a Woman poster Age: 31

There's Always a Woman

1938
as Lola Fraser
No Time to Marry poster Age: 31

No Time to Marry

1938
as Kay McGowan
The Hurricane poster Age: 31

The Hurricane

1937
as Mme. DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda poster Age: 31

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937
as Antoinette de Mauban
Lady from Nowhere poster Age: 30

Lady from Nowhere

1936
as Polly Dunlap
Dodsworth poster Age: 30

Dodsworth

1936
as Edith Cortright
Trapped by Television poster Age: 30

Trapped by Television

1936
as Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
And So They Were Married poster Age: 30

And So They Were Married

1936
as Edith Farnham
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan poster Age: 29

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

1936
as Lillian Cooper
Man of Iron poster Age: 29

Man of Iron

1935
as Vida
Page Miss Glory poster Age: 29

Page Miss Glory

1935
as Gladys
Dinky poster Age: 29

Dinky

1935
as Martha Daniels
Straight from the Heart poster Age: 28

Straight from the Heart

1935
as Marian Henshaw
Red Hot Tires poster Age: 28

Red Hot Tires

1935
as Patricia Sanford
I Am a Thief poster Age: 28

I Am a Thief

1934
as Odette Mauclair
The Case of the Howling Dog poster Age: 28

The Case of the Howling Dog

1934
as Bessie Foley
The Man with Two Faces poster Age: 28

The Man with Two Faces

1934
as Jessica Wells
Return of the Terror poster Age: 28

Return of the Terror

1934
as Olga Morgan
Upperworld poster Age: 27

Upperworld

1934
as Hettie Stream
Easy to Love poster Age: 27

Easy to Love

1934
as Charlotte
Convention City poster Age: 27

Convention City

1933
as Arlene Dale
The World Changes poster Age: 27

The World Changes

1933
as Virginia Claffin Nordholm
The Kennel Murder Case poster Age: 27

The Kennel Murder Case

1933
as Hilda Lake
Jennie Gerhardt poster Age: 27

Jennie Gerhardt

1933
as Letty Pace
The Little Giant poster Age: 27

The Little Giant

1933
as Ruth Wayburn
Red Dust poster Age: 26

Red Dust

1932
as Barbara "Babs" Willis
A Successful Calamity poster Age: 26

A Successful Calamity

1932
as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Those We Love poster Age: 26

Those We Love

1932
as May Ballard
The Lost Squadron poster Age: 25

The Lost Squadron

1932
as Follette Marsh
Men of Chance poster Age: 25

Men of Chance

1931
as Marthe
Smart Woman poster Age: 25

Smart Woman

1931
as Nancy Gibson
White Shoulders poster Age: 25

White Shoulders

1931
as Norma Selbee
The Sin Ship poster Age: 24

The Sin Ship

1931
as Frisco Kitty
Behind Office Doors poster Age: 24

Behind Office Doors

1931
as Mary Linden
Other Men's Women poster Age: 24

Other Men's Women

1931
as Lily Kulper
The Royal Bed poster Age: 24

The Royal Bed

1931
as Princess Anne
The Lash poster Age: 24

The Lash

1930
as Dona Rosita Garcia
Holiday poster Age: 24

Holiday

1930
as Julia Seton
Ladies Love Brutes poster Age: 24

Ladies Love Brutes

1930
as Mimi Howell
The Runaway Bride poster Age: 24

The Runaway Bride

1930
as Mary Gray
The Show of Shows poster Age: 23

The Show of Shows

1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
The Woman from Hell poster Age: 22

The Woman from Hell

1929
as Dee Renaud
New Year's Eve poster Age: 22

New Year's Eve

1929
as Marjorie Ware
Romance of the Underworld poster Age: 22

Romance of the Underworld

1928
as Judith Andrews
Dry Martini poster Age: 22

Dry Martini

1928
as Elizabeth Quimby
Heart to Heart poster Age: 22

Heart to Heart

1928
as Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
3-Ring Marriage poster Age: 22

3-Ring Marriage

1928
as Anna
Dressed to Kill poster Age: 21

Dressed to Kill

1928
as Jeanne
Sailors' Wives poster Age: 21

Sailors' Wives

1928
as Carol Trent
No Place to Go poster Age: 21

No Place to Go

1927
as Sally Montgomery
The Rough Riders poster Age: 21

The Rough Riders

1927
as Dolly
Rose of the Golden West poster Age: 21

Rose of the Golden West

1927
as Elena
Two Arabian Knights poster Age: 21

Two Arabian Knights

1927
as Mirza
The Sunset Derby poster Age: 21

The Sunset Derby

1927
as Molly Gibson
The Sea Tiger poster Age: 20

The Sea Tiger

1927
as Amy Cortissos
Forever After poster Age: 20

Forever After

1926
as Jennie Clayton
Don Juan poster Age: 20

Don Juan

1926
as Adriana della Varnese
The Wise Guy poster Age: 20

The Wise Guy

1926
as Mary
High Steppers poster Age: 19

High Steppers

1926
as Audrey Nye
Scarlet Saint poster Age: 19

Scarlet Saint

1925
as Fidele Tridon
The Pace That Thrills poster Age: 19

The Pace That Thrills

1925
as Doris
Don Q Son of Zorro poster Age: 19

Don Q Son of Zorro

1925
as Dolores de Muro
Playing with Souls poster Age: 18

Playing with Souls

1925
as Margo
Enticement poster Age: 18

Enticement

1925
as Leonore Bewlay
Oh, Doctor! poster Age: 18

Oh, Doctor!

1925
as Dolores Hicks
Inez from Hollywood poster Age: 18

Inez from Hollywood

1924
as Fay Bartholdi
The Price of a Party poster Age: 18

The Price of a Party

1924
as Alice Barrows
To the Ladies poster Age: 18

To the Ladies

1924
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Unguarded Women poster Age: 18

Unguarded Women

1924
as Helen Castle
The Fighting American poster Age: 18

The Fighting American

1924
as Mary Brainard
Beau Brummel poster Age: 17

Beau Brummel

1924
as Lady Margery Alvanley
The Fighting Coward poster Age: 17

The Fighting Coward

1924
as Lucy
Woman-Proof poster Age: 17

Woman-Proof

1923
as Violet Lynwood
The Marriage Maker poster Age: 17

The Marriage Maker

1923
as Vivian Hope-Clarke
Puritan Passions poster Age: 17

Puritan Passions

1923
as Rachel
Hollywood poster Age: 17

Hollywood

1923
as Mary Astor
The Bright Shawl poster Age: 16

The Bright Shawl

1923
as Narcissa Escobar
Success poster Age: 16

Success

1923
as Rose Randolph
Second Fiddle poster Age: 16

Second Fiddle

1923
as Polly Crawford
The Rapids poster Age: 16

The Rapids

1922
as Elsie Worden
The Man Who Played God poster Age: 16

The Man Who Played God

1922
as Young Woman
Hope poster Age: 16

Hope

1922
as Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
John Smith poster Age: 16

John Smith

1922
as Irene Mason
The Young Painter poster Age: 15

The Young Painter

1922
as Helen Seymour
No poster
Age: 15

The Angelus

1922
as Bit Part
Wings of the Border poster Age: 15

Wings of the Border

1921
The Beggar Maid poster Age: 15

The Beggar Maid

1921
as Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
No poster
Age: 15

My Lady o' the Pines

1921
as Norah Collison
Sentimental Tommy poster Age: 14

Sentimental Tommy

1921
No poster
Age: 14

Brother of the Bear

1921
as Marcia Harthorn
No poster
Age: 14

Bullets or Ballots

1921
as Bit Part
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TV credits

Newest first
Burke's Law poster Age: 57

Burke's Law

1963
as Florence Roberts
Ben Casey poster Age: 55

Ben Casey

1961
Dr. Kildare poster Age: 55

Dr. Kildare

1961
as Martha Lantzinge
Dr. Kildare poster Age: 55

Dr. Kildare

1961
as Aunt Frances
The Defenders poster Age: 55

The Defenders

1961
as Flora Goode
Checkmate poster Age: 54

Checkmate

1960
as Esther Brack
Thriller poster Age: 54

Thriller

1960
as Rose French
Rawhide poster Age: 52

Rawhide

1959
as Emma Cardwell
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster Age: 50

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
as Sarah Simmons
No poster
Age: 49

Playwrights '56

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster Age: 49

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
as Mrs. Fenimore
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster Age: 49

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
as Grace Dolan
No poster
Age: 48

Producers' Showcase

1954
as Nancy Blake
Climax! poster Age: 48

Climax!

1954
as Mrs. Harriss
Climax! poster Age: 48

Climax!

1954
as Ethel Allen
Climax! poster Age: 48

Climax!

1954
as Martha
Climax! poster Age: 48

Climax!

1954
as Clarissa Bowman
The United States Steel Hour poster Age: 47

The United States Steel Hour

1953
as Isabelle Lagarde
General Electric Theater poster Age: 46

General Electric Theater

1953
as Bea Hicks
No poster
Age: 44

Lux Video Theatre

1950
as Margaret Eliot
No poster
Age: 44

Lux Video Theatre

1950
as Mildred Le Brun
Robert Montgomery Presents poster Age: 43

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950
as Norma Desmond
Studio One poster Age: 42

Studio One

1948
as Ruth Sparling
Studio One poster Age: 42

Studio One

1948
as Harriet Brand
The Philco Television Playhouse poster Age: 42

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948
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