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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_AstorMary Astor - Wikipedia

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   Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, better known professionally as Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987), was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).

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3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000802Mary Astor - IMDb

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   Mary Astor was a Hollywood actress who starred in silent and sound films, and won an Oscar for The Great Lie (1941). She had a turbulent personal life, with three divorces, a suicide attempt, and a heart condition.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Quincy, Illinois, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

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   • Franklyn Thorpe read about Mary Astor's affair with a famous playwright. By 1936, Astor and Thorpe, a physician, had been married five years and shared a daughter, Marylyn.
   • For revenge, Franklyn Thorpe blackmailed Mary Astor. Thorpe demanded Astor give him sole custody of Marylyn, half of Astor's house, and control of her finances.
   • Mary Astor put everything on the line for her child. But Thorpe didn't stop there. For the next 15 months, whenever he and Astor clashed, he threatened to take Marylyn away.
   • The press reported that Mary Astor’s diary was written in purple ink. The diaries were the focus of the custody trial. Thorpe's lawyer announced that they would "split the movie industry wide open" because Astor "experimented with love as a scientist experiments with test tubes."

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6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000802Mary Astor - Biography - IMDb

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   Mary Astor was a Hollywood actress who starred in silent and sound films, and won an Oscar for The Great Lie (1941). She had a turbulent personal life with three divorces, a suicide attempt, and a scandal over her diary.

   • Birth Date: May 3, 1906

   • Death Date: September 25, 1987

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_Astor_filmographyMary Astor filmography - Wikipedia

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   Filmography for the actress Mary Astor : Silent films: 1920–1929. Sound films: 1929–1964. Selected Television Appearances. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 12: "Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore") as Mrs. Fenimore. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 28: "The Impossible Dream") as Grace Dolan. External links.

   Year	Film	Role	Notes
   1921	Sentimental Tommy	Bit part	Lost film Scenes deleted
   1921	My Lady o' the Pines	Norah Collison	Short subject
   1921	Brother of the Bear	Marcia Harthorn	Short subject Uncredited role
   1921	The Beggar Maid	Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid	Short subject Uncredited role

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8. www.britannica.com › biography › Mary-AstorMary Astor | Biography, Film Career & The Maltese Falcon

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   Jun 5, 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.”

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   What happened to Mary Astor?

   • In 1936, Mary Astor, star of The Maltese Falcon (1941), was the center of a Hollywood scandal so big, it knocked news of Hitler off the front page. Her estranged husband stole her private diaries, called the Purple or Lavender Diary, to use in a bitter custody battle.

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   Who is Mary Astor?

   • Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).

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   Who was Miss Astor married to?

   • After the diary scandal, Miss Astor was married to Manuel del Campo, a Mexican sportsman, by whom she had a son, Anthony, and later to Thomas G. Wheelock, a businessman. Both marriages ended in divorce. A Drinking Problem

   Mary Astor, 81, Is Dead; Star of 'Maltese Falcon'

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   How did Mary Astor get through the trial?

   • Mary Astor got through the trial by acting. In court, Astor appeared poised and refined. Dressed in black, she was described as a "slender and frail dark-eyed wisp of a girl weighing barely a hundred pounds." She spoke in a deep, clear voice and was unshaken by the aggressive cross-examination.

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   Why did Astor get custody of Marylyn?

   • Soon, Astor's intimate musings were exposed nationwide. Impatient with the media circus, the judge ordered Astor and Thorpe to work out an agreement—or else. In the end, Astor triumphed, gaining custody of Marylyn for nine months a year. Surprisingly, the scandal didn't hurt Astor's career.

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   How old was Miss Astor in the Maltese Falcon?

   • She was 81 years old. Miss Astor entered silent films in 1920 as a willowy 14-year-old and portrayed scores of vulnerable ingenues. Two decades later she gave her most indelible performance opposite Humphrey Bogart in ''The Maltese Falcon,'' John Huston's crime classic.

   Mary Astor, 81, Is Dead; Star of 'Maltese Falcon'

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10. www.nytimes.com › 1987/09/26 › obituariesMary Astor, 81, Is Dead; Star of 'Maltese Falcon' - The New ...

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    Sep 26, 1987 · Mary Astor, who had a delicate beauty, extraordinary grace and a compelling acting style in more than 100 movies over 45 years, died early yesterday of complications from emphysema at the Motion...