Mary Astor slaps Clark Gable in the face
Bette Davis and Mary Astor slapfest
Movie Legends - Mary Astor
Dinner and The Card Game - Mary Astor, Bette Davis
- Date of Birth: 03 May, 1906
- Place of Birth: Quincy, Illinois , U.S.
- Biography: 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.
Filmography
- Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- Youngblood Hawke (1964)
- Return to Peyton Place (1961)
- The Philadelphia Story (1959)
- A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
- This Happy Feeling (1959)
- The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
- A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
- Some of the Greatest (1956)
- The Power and the Prize (1956)
- Robert Montgomery Presents Sunset Boulevard (1956)
- Star Stage (1955)
News
10 Great Movie Moms
beliefnet.com –
2009-05-10
Re-posting from 2008--Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and children! Here are 10 great movie mothers every family should enjoy. Many were based on real-life mothers, with stories and screenplays in some cases written by their grateful families. ... Full Article
Ready for His Close-Up
nytimes.com –
2009-02-01
When Joseph P. Kennedy bought his son Jack a private plane for presidential campaigning, he rationalized the expense with a memory of having once "risked a million dollars . . . on an adventure much less worthwhile." ... Full Article
Mary Astor's diary ends up in court
latimes.com –
2006-08-12
August 12, 2006 in print edition A-3 Aug. 12, 1936: A sensational court case came to an end when actress Mary Astor and Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, her surgeon ex-husband, agreed on joint custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Marylyn. ... Full Article
Mary Astor
mtv.com –
2006-05-03
Pressured into an acting career by her ambitious parents, Mary Astor was a silent film star before she was 17 -- a tribute more to her dazzling good looks than anything else. ... Full Article
Close-up: Mary Astor
threemoviebuffs.com –
2004-08-06
In The Maltese Falcon Mary Astor's Brigid O'Shaughnessy tells Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade, "I haven't lived a good life.I've been bad, worse than you could know." ... Full Article
Video Reviews
austinchronicle.com –
2000-01-14
D: Preston Sturges (1942); with Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee, Mary Astor, Sig Arno, Robert Dudley, William Demarest, Jack Norton, Franklin Pangborn, Jimmy Conlin. ... Full Article