Mary Astor

Born: 3-May-1906
Birthplace: Quincy, IL
Died: 25-Sep-1987
Location of death: Woodland Hills, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA


Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actress

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Maltese Falcon

Father: Otto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke (d. 1943)
Mother: Helen Vasconcellos
Husband: Kenneth Hawks (m. 1928, d. 2-Jan-1930, mid-air plane crash)
Husband: Franklyn Thorpe (m. 1931, div. 1936)
Husband: Manuel del Campo (m. 1936, div 1941)
Husband: Thomas Wheelock (m. 25-Dec-1945, div. 1955)
Daughter: Marylyn Hauoli Thorpe (b. 16-Jun-1932, with Franklyn)
Son: Anthony ("Tono", b. 1939)
Boyfriend: John Barrymore (extramarital affair)
Boyfriend: George S. Kaufman (extramarital affair, 1933)


Alcoholics Anonymous 1951

Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1942 for The Great Lie
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6701 Hollywood Blvd.
Nervous Breakdown
Drug Overdose (1950)
Converted to Catholicism 1951
Suicide Attempt Encino, CA (8-May-1951)
Drug Overdose sleeping pills (8-May-1951)
Stomach Pumped
Heart Attack
Stroke twice
unknown detox facility (alcoholism) 1949
German Ancestry Paternal
Irish Ancestry Maternal
Portuguese Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Smoking, Emphysema, Insomnia


FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTRESS

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (15-Dec-1964) · Jewel Mayhew
Youngblood Hawke (4-Nov-1964)
Return to Peyton Place (5-May-1961) · Mrs. Roberta Carter
A Stranger in My Arms (3-Mar-1959)
This Happy Feeling (18-Jun-1958)
The Devil's Hairpin (4-Oct-1957)
The Power and the Prize (26-Sep-1956) · Mrs. George Salt
A Kiss Before Dying (12-Jun-1956) · Mrs. Corliss
Any Number Can Play (2-Jul-1949) · Ada
Little Women (10-Mar-1949) · Marmee
Act of Violence (21-Dec-1948) · Pat
Cass Timberlane (6-Nov-1947) · Queenie Havock
Cynthia (29-Aug-1947) · Louise Bishop
Desert Fury (15-Aug-1947) · Fritzi Haller
Fiesta (12-Jun-1947) · Señora Morales
Claudia and David (25-Feb-1946)
Blonde Fever (5-Dec-1944) · Delilah Donay
Meet Me in St. Louis (28-Nov-1944) · Mrs. Anna Smith
Thousands Cheer (13-Sep-1943)
Young Ideas (2-Aug-1943)
The Palm Beach Story (2-Nov-1942) · The Princess Centimillia
Across the Pacific (4-Sep-1942)
The Maltese Falcon (3-Oct-1941) · Brigid O'Shaughnessy
The Great Lie (5-Apr-1941) · Sandra
Brigham Young: Frontiersman (20-Sep-1940)
Turnabout (17-May-1940)
Midnight (15-Mar-1939) · Helene Flammarion
Listen, Darling (18-Oct-1938) · Dottie Wingate
Woman Against Woman (18-Jun-1938) · Cynthia Holland
There's Always a Woman (20-Apr-1938) · Lola Fraser
Paradise for Three (15-Feb-1938) · Mrs. Irene Mallebre
The Hurricane (9-Nov-1937) · Madame DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda (2-Sep-1937) · Antoinette de Mauban
Dodsworth (23-Sep-1936) · Edith Cortright
And So They Were Married (10-May-1936) · Edith Farnham
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (11-Jan-1936)
Man of Iron (21-Dec-1935) · Vida
Red Hot Tires (25-Oct-1935)
Page Miss Glory (7-Sep-1935) · Gladys
Dinky (11-May-1935)
I Am a Thief (24-Nov-1934) · Odette
The Case of the Howling Dog (22-Sep-1934) · Bessie Foley
The Man with Two Faces (4-Aug-1934) · Jessica
Upperworld (28-Apr-1934) · Mrs. Stream
Easy to Love (13-Jan-1934) · Charlotte
The World Changes (25-Nov-1933)
The Kennel Murder Case (28-Oct-1933) · Hilda Lake
Jennie Gerhardt (9-Jun-1933)
The Little Giant (14-Apr-1933) · Ruth Wayburn
Red Dust (22-Oct-1932) · Barbara Willis
A Successful Calamity (17-Sep-1932) · Emmy Wilton
The Lost Squadron (10-Mar-1932) · Follette
Men of Chance (26-Dec-1931) · Marthe
Smart Woman (12-Sep-1931)
The Sin Ship (18-Apr-1931)
Behind Office Doors (15-Mar-1931)
Other Men's Women (17-Jan-1931)
The Royal Bed (15-Jan-1931) · Princess Anne
The Lash (12-Dec-1930)
Holiday (3-Jul-1930)
The Runaway Bride (4-May-1930)
Two Arabian Knights (23-Sep-1927) · Mirza
Don Juan (6-Aug-1926)
Don Q, Son of Zorro (15-Jun-1925)
Beau Brummel (30-Mar-1924) · The Bride, Maid Margery