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Mary Astor

Acting · Born May 3, 1906 · Quincy, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies with Mary Astor

• The Maltese Falcon (1941) — Brigid O'Shaughnessy
• Little Women (1949) — Marmee
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — Anna Smith
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) — Jewel Mayhew
• A Kiss Before Dying (1956) — Mrs. Corliss
• The Palm Beach Story (1942) — The Princess Centimillia
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) — (archive footage)
• Act of Violence (1949) — Pat
• Bogart: The Untold Story (1997) — Self (archive footage)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) — Antoinette de Mauban
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) — Self (archive footage)
• Brigham Young (1940) — Mary Ann Young