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Sep 21, 2024 · Mary Astor (born May 3, 1906, Quincy, Ill., U.S.—died September 25, 1987, Woodland Hills, Calif.) was an American motion-picture and stage actress noted for her delicate, classic beauty and a renowned profile that earned her the nickname “The Cameo Girl.”
4 days ago · Mary Astor, an all-American self-assured beauty with a hint of pathos, known for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and The Great Lie (1941), left an indelible imprint on the ...
2 days ago · I won’t give away the ending, but I will say that Mary Astor was brilliant as Brigid in the 1941 movie, starring Humphrey Bogart as Spade. Seven years later Astor played a character that could have been a Brigid type, only older and paying the consequences for her nefarious career. The woman is now a barfly, living in a squalid apartment.
3 days ago · Mrs. Astor, the queen bee, ruled New York society. In fact, she was so well known that her calling cards only had three words: The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt was a force in her own...
6 days ago · — Excerpts published in Kenneth Anger’s HollywoodBabylon, from the diary of actress Mary Astor, whose affair with the playwright and critic George S. Kaufman was exposed during her 1936 custody...
4 days ago · Image via Paramount Pictures. The 1940s are credited as the height of classic film noir, initially gaining notoriety with iconic movies such as The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, and D.O.A ...
4 days ago · Tak naprawdę nazywała się Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke – pseudonim "Mary Astor" przybrała po podpisaniu półrocznego kontraktu z Paramount Pictures, na życzenie włodarzy studia. Wtedy też otrzymała pierwszy cios; z filmu "Sentimental Tommy" (1921) scenę z jej udziałem wycięto, a wytwórnia nie wydawała się dłużej zainteresowana swoim nowym nabytkiem.
