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. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor went on to even greater success on the screen, eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie (1941). She was an MGM contract player through most of the 1940s and continued to act in movies, on television and on stage until her retirement from the screen in 1964. Astor was the author of five novels. Her autobiography became a bestseller, as did her later book, A Life on Film, which was specifically about her career.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon. The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
After trying various jobs, Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart turned to film. His first great success was as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), and this led to a period of typecasting as a gangster with films such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and B-movies like The Return of Doctor X (1939).
Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941, with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. The next year, his performance in Casablanca raised him to the peak of his profession and, at the same time, cemented his trademark film persona, that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side. Other successes followed, including To Have and Have Not (1944); The Big Sleep (1946); Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948), with his wife Lauren Bacall; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); In a Lonely Place (1950); The African Queen (1951), for which he won his only Academy Award; Sabrina (1954); and The Caine Mutiny (1954). His last movie was The Harder They Fall (1956). During a film career of almost thirty years, he appeared in 75 feature films.
Mary Astor on Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and her early days
Dinner and The Card Game - Mary Astor, Bette Davis
Mary Astor in TRAPPED BY TELEVISION (1936) Full Movie
The Maltese Falcon 1941 Humphrey Bogart & Mary Astor 2
Movie Legends - Mary Astor
BEHIND OFFICE DOORS (1931) Mary Astor - Robert Ames - Ricardo Cortez
Behind Office Doors - Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez 1931
Mary Astor in "Those We Love" - 1932 - Part 1/6
Mary Astor in "Those We Love" - 1932 - Part 2/6
SUNSET BOULEVARD - 1956 - Darren McGavin, Mary Astor, Gloria DeHaven
Mary Astor in Smart Woman (1931)
TCM Tribute to Mary Astor
Tribute to the great Mary Astor
Bette Davis & Mary Astor in "The Great Lie" 1941
Plot
Mick Diamond, a down and out photographer who takes "Dirty pictures of dirty people, doing dirty things" and can be bought for a buck or a bottle, is hired by a Femme Fatale, Jasmine Ozerova, to retrieve a suitcase. The contents are a mystery. The reward is high, the risk is death.
Keywords: photographer
Mary Astor on Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and her early days
Dinner and The Card Game - Mary Astor, Bette Davis
Mary Astor in TRAPPED BY TELEVISION (1936) Full Movie
The Maltese Falcon 1941 Humphrey Bogart & Mary Astor 2
Movie Legends - Mary Astor
BEHIND OFFICE DOORS (1931) Mary Astor - Robert Ames - Ricardo Cortez
Behind Office Doors - Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez 1931
Mary Astor in "Those We Love" - 1932 - Part 1/6
Mary Astor in "Those We Love" - 1932 - Part 2/6
SUNSET BOULEVARD - 1956 - Darren McGavin, Mary Astor, Gloria DeHaven
Mary Astor in Smart Woman (1931)
TCM Tribute to Mary Astor
Tribute to the great Mary Astor
Bette Davis & Mary Astor in "The Great Lie" 1941
1931 OTHER MEN'S WOMEN TRAILER MARY ASTOR PRE-CODE
Mary Astor 1906–1987
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) WILLIAM POWELL
Mary Astor in Two Arabian Knights
Mary Astor in "Dodsworth" - 1936 - Clip 3
Mary Astor in "Dodsworth" - 1936 - Clip 5
Mary Astor in "Dodsworth" - 1936 - Clip 7
Movie Legends - Young Mary Astor
TCM Star of the Month Mary Astor Week 1 1of3 Dodsworth (Intro)
Behind Office Doors - Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez 1931
Climax! "Wild Stallion" Paul Henreid, Mary Astor (classic drama series)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) William Powell, Mary Astor Mystery Film
Astucia de mujer Smart Woman G. La Cava (Mary Astor)VOSE
Hollywood Without Makeup
Hollywood Without Makeup (1963)
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
Kennel Murder Case
Beau Brummel 1924 Full movie
The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Runaway Bride 1999 Full Movie
DON Q SON OF ZORRO (1925) -- part 1 of 2 Douglas Fairbanks
DON Q SON OF ZORRO (1925) -- part 2 of 2 Douglas Fairbanks
LUX RADIO THEATER: THE GREAT LIE - LORETTA YOUNG & GEORGE BRENT
Boris Karloff's Thriller S01E05 Rose's Last Summer Full Episode
Screen Guild Theater: Alias the Deacon / Nervous Wreck / The Ghost Goes West / The Uninvited
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) Mystery Movies Full Length English
Romance of the Underworld
Boris Karloff's Thriller S02E21 Cousin Tundifer Full Episode
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 1 of 8
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 3 of 8
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 5 of 8
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 6 of 8
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 7 of 8
Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 8 of 8
episode 90 - Mary, Countess of Bessborough - part 01
episode 90 - Mary, Countess of Bessborough - part 02
Tribute to Mary Astor
Joan Fontaine, Gary Cooper, Mary Astor & Donald Crisp at the Oscars
Mary Astor-Last Present
MARY ASTOR TRIBUTE
Nancy Astor BBC interview 1959
Book Review - The Image of Kate, by Mary Astor
The Maltese Falcon - Trailer (Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George)
You and I (duet) Meet Me In St. Louis