Image: Wikimedia CommonsMary Astor
American actress and author (1906–1987)
- Born May 3, 1906
- 5 movies
Mary Astor was an American actress whose career began in silent films of the early 1920s and spanned several decades. She is best remembered as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon, and she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as concert pianist Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player through most of the 1940s, she also wrote five novels.
Mary Astor appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 1941 to 1964. Most of that work is in drama, mystery and thriller. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Elizabeth Taylor (2), Janet Leigh (2).
Known for
- The Maltese Falcon (1941), Brigid O’Shaughnessy. The performance she may be best remembered for.
- The Great Lie (1941), Sandra Kovak. Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as a concert pianist.
- Little Women (1949). Part of the cast of the 1949 film.
- Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Part of the cast of the 1964 film, the year she retired.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Mary Astor been in?
- Mary Astor appears in Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), Little Women (1949), Act of Violence (1949), Cynthia (1947) and The Maltese Falcon (1941) on The Remote.
- When was Mary Astor born?
- Mary Astor was born on 3 May 1906.
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