Mary Astor Wiki: Height, Measurements, Ethnicity, Relationship

Known for movies

Short Info

Died	September 25, 1987, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse	Thomas Gordon Wheelock, Manuel del Campo, Franklin Thorpe, Kenneth Hawks
Fact	Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a son Anthony "Tono" Paul Del Campo five weeks early in California on June 5, 1939. Child's father is her 3rd [ex] husband, Manuel Del Campo.
Payments	Earned $1,100 /week from Beau Brummel (1924)

Mary Astor was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon.

Astor was born on May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois. Her parents were Otto Ludwig Langhanke and Helen Marie Langhanke. She had two sisters, Dorothy and Helen. Astor’s father was a German immigrant and her mother was of German descent. Astor was raised in a Lutheran household.

Astor began her career as a child actress in the silent film The Awful Truth. She appeared in a number of films throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Astor’s most famous role was as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.

Astor’s career declined in the 1940s. She appeared in a number of low-budget films and television shows. Astor retired from acting in 1964.

Astor was married three times. Her first husband was Franklyn Thorpe. They were married from 1924 to 1929. Her second husband was George H. Marshall. They were married from 1932 to 1945. Astor’s third husband was Robert Walker. They were married from 1945 to his death in 1951. Astor had two children, Anthony and Patricia.

Astor died on September 25, 1987 at the age of 81.

General Info

Full Name	Mary Astor
Died	September 25, 1987, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	1.68 m
Profession	Actor, Writer
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Thomas Gordon Wheelock, Manuel del Campo, Franklin Thorpe, Kenneth Hawks
Children	Marylyn Hauoli Thorpe, Tono del Campo
Parents	Otto Ludwig Langhanke, Helen Marie de Vasconcellos

Accomplishments

Awards	Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies	The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie, Dodsworth, Meet Me in St. Louis, Across the Pacific, Red Dust, The Palm Beach Story, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Little Women, Act of Violence, The Kennel Murder Case, Don Juan, Beau Brummel, Behind Office Doors, The Hurricane, Return to Peyton Place, The Prison...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0000802

Salary

Title	Salary
Beau Brummel (1924)	$1,100 /week
Second Fiddle (1923)	$750 /week
John Smith (1922)	$60 /week

Quotes

#	Quote
1	At Metro, you practically had to go to the front office if you wanted something as real as having your hair mussed. All automobiles were shiny, a picture never hung crooked, a door never squeaked, stocking seams were always straight and no actress ever had a shiny nose.
2	There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor Type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?
3	[on George S. Kaufman] He was the kind of man I'd go over a cliff for.
4	A person without memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.
5	Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
6	[on her early Hollywood roles] I was as two-dimensional as the screen itself: cool, indifferent, looking lovely in close-ups. Period. Period. Period. When was I ever going to learn to act? You can't learn if you can't experiment and find out what works and doesn't work. But the hours are long, the schedule rigid, so I did what I was told and saved time and money for the front office. And got a lot of jobs that way.
7	It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.
8	I was never totally involved in movies. I was just making my father's dream come true.
9	A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Grandmother to Krystin (b. August 29, 1970) and Michael (b. December 11, 1974) via son Tono and his wife, Patrica Leuty.
2	Grandmother to Frances (b. March 11, 1951), Clare (b. July 16, 1955), Gabrielle (b. October 15, 1957) and John (b. November 28, 1961) via daughter Marylyn and her husband, Frank Roh.
3	Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a son Anthony "Tono" Paul Del Campo five weeks early in California on June 5, 1939. Child's father is her 3rd [ex] husband, Manuel Del Campo.
4	Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, a daughter Marylyn Hauoli Thorpe two months early in Hawaii on June 15, 1932. Child's father is her 2nd [ex] husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe.
5	Became pregnant by her 1st husband Kenneth Hawks in July 1928 but she underwent an abortion.
6	Although "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" will show as Miss Astor's final film on a chronological list of her work, "Youngblood Hawke" was actually the last film she worked on. "Hawke" was released on November 4, 1964, before "Charlotte"; which was released about 7 weeks later, on December 24.
7	In March 2014, she was honored as Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month.
8	Her nickname "Rusty" came from her dark auburn hair. One fan magazine described her hair color as "Titian, which photographs black, and her eyes are very dark".
9	Following her death, she was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
10	She died only seven days before her The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) co-star Madeleine Carroll.
11	Was the 17th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Great Lie (1941) at The 14th Academy Awards on February 26, 1942.
12	Had appeared with Henry O'Neill in five films: The Kennel Murder Case (1933), The World Changes (1933), The Man with Two Faces (1934), Upperworld (1934) and Dinky (1935).
13	She was a staunch liberal Democrat who was active in the women's chapter of the Hollywood Democratic Committee as well as the campaigns of such liberal presidents as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter.
14	According to "Reel Facts: The Movie Book of Records", Astor earned $500 per week in the early 1920s at Famous Players and rose to $3750 per week at 20th Century Fox during the 40 week 1928-1929 season.
15	Thanked both Bette Davis and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in her acceptance speech for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1941 for The Great Lie (1941).
16	Bette Davis was originally cast as Sandra Kovak, the hot-tempered but talented pianist, in The Great Lie (1941) but instead opted for the smaller role of Maggie Van Allen in a bid to let her good friend Astor save her film career. As a result, Astor won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance.
17	Was almost fired from Dodsworth (1936) following the revelation of her affair with George S. Kaufman, but Samuel Goldwyn insisted she remain in the picture.
18	Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1951 following a suicide attempt.
19	Having suffered from alcoholism for 20 years, Astor finally checked into a sanitarium for alcoholics in 1949.
20	Lived with her son Tono in Fountain Valley, California after filming Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) until 1971 when she moved to a small cottage on the grounds of the Motion Picture and Television Country House in Woodland Hills due to her chronic heart condition.
21	After shooting Little Women (1949), Astor decided against renewing her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as she had grown tired of playing humdrum mothers.
22	Her father Otto died in February 1943 of a heart attack and her mother Helen died in January 1947 of a heart ailment.
23	Lived with her close friend Florence Eldridge and her husband Fredric March following the sudden death of her husband Kenneth Hawks.
24	Gave birth to her daughter Marylyn two months premature on her yacht in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both mother and daughter almost lost their lives.
25	She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6701 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
26	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 38-40. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
27	Acording to an August 1924 Topeka Capital article, Mary Astor (Lucille Langhanke) grew up and attended school in Topeka. Her father was a window dresser at the Crosby Brothers store.
28	Sister-in-law of Howard Hawks and William B. Hawks, cousin-in-law of Carole Lombard.
29	In 1959, she penned her frank autobiography, "My Story", which was a bestseller, a tell-all in which she openly discussed her battle with alcohol and her failed marriages, but, interestingly, avoided the subject of her film career. In 1971, she also wrote five novels and came out with a memoir, "A Life on Film", in which she DID discuss her film career. This was also a bestseller.
30	Attended and graduated from Kenwood-Loring School in Chicago, Illinois.
31	WAMPAS Baby Star on 1926.

Pictures

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Movies

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lady from Nowhere	1936		Polly Dunlap
Dodsworth	1936		Edith Cortright
Trapped by Television	1936		Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
And So They Were Married	1936		Edith Farnham
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan	1936		Lillian Cooper
Man of Iron	1935		Vida
Page Miss Glory	1935		Gladys
Dinky	1935		Mrs. Martha Daniels
Straight from the Heart	1935		Marian Henshaw
Red Hot Tires	1935		Patricia Sanford
I Am a Thief	1934		Odette
The Case of the Howling Dog	1934		Bessie Foley
The Man with Two Faces	1934		Jessica Wells
Return of the Terror	1934		Olga Morgan
Upper World	1934		Hettie Stream
Easy to Love	1934		Charlotte
Convention City	1933		Arlene Dale
The World Changes	1933		Virginia 'Ginny' Clafflin Nordholm
The Kennel Murder Case	1933		Hilda Lake
Jennie Gerhardt	1933		Letty Pace
The Little Giant	1933		Ruth Wayburn
Red Dust	1932		Barbara Willis
A Successful Calamity	1932		Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Those We Love	1932		May Ballard
The Lost Squadron	1932		Follette
Men of Chance	1931		Marthe
Smart Woman	1931		Mrs. Nancy Gibson
White Shoulders	1931		Norma Selbee
The Sin Ship	1931		Frisco Kitty
Behind Office Doors	1931		Mary Linden
Other Men's Women	1931		Lily
The Royal Bed	1931		Princess Anne
The Lash	1930		Dona Rosita Garcia
Holiday	1930		Julia Seton
Ladies Love Brutes	1930		Mimi Howell
The Runaway Bride	1930		Mary Gray - aka Sally Fairchild
The Show of Shows	1929		Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
The Woman from Hell	1929		Dee Renaud
New Year's Eve	1929		Marjorie Ware
Romance of the Underworld	1928		Judith Andrews
Dry Martini	1928		Elizabeth Quimby
Heart to Heart	1928		Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
Three-Ring Marriage	1928		Anna
Dressed to Kill	1928		Jean MacDonald
Sailors' Wives	1928		Carol Trent
No Place to Go	1927		Sally Montgomery
The Rough Riders	1927		Dolly
Rose of the Golden West	1927		Elena
Two Arabian Knights	1927		Mirza
The Sunset Derby	1927		Molly Gibson
The Sea Tiger	1927		Amy Cortissos
Forever After	1926		Jennie Clayton
Don Juan	1926		Adriana della Varnese
The Wise Guy	1926		Mary
High Steppers	1926		Audrey Nye
Scarlet Saint	1925		Fidele Tridon
The Pace That Thrills	1925		Doris
Don Q Son of Zorro	1925		Dolores de Muro
Playing with Souls	1925		Margo
Enticement	1925		Leonore Bewlay
Oh, Doctor!	1925		Dolores Hicks
Inez from Hollywood	1924		Fay Bartholdi
The Price of a Party	1924		Alice Barrows
Unguarded Women	1924		Helen Castle
The Fighting Adventurer	1924		Mary O'Mallory
Beau Brummel	1924		Lady Margery Alvanley
The Fighting Coward	1924		Lucy
To the Ladies	1923		Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Woman-Proof	1923		Violet Lynwood
The Marriage Maker	1923		Vivian Hope-Clarke
Puritan Passions	1923		Rachel
The Bright Shawl	1923		Narcissa Escobar
Success	1923		Rose Randolph
Second Fiddle	1923		Polly Crawford
The Angelus	1922		Bit Part (uncredited)
The Rapids	1922		Elsie Worden
The Man Who Played God	1922		Young Woman
Hope	1922	Short	Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
John Smith	1922		Irene Mason
The Young Painter	1922	Short	Helen Seymour
Bullets or Ballots	1921		Bit Part (uncredited)
Wings of the Border	1921	Short
The Beggar Maid	1921	Short	Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
My Lady o' the Pines	1921	Short	Norah Collison
Sentimental Tommy	1921	scenes deleted
Brother of the Bear	1921	Short	Marcia Hawthorne
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte	1964		Jewel Mayhew
Youngblood Hawke	1964		Irene Perry
Ben Casey	1963	TV Series	Dame Clorissa Rose Genet
Burke's Law	1963	TV Series	Florence Roberts
Dr. Kildare	1962-1963	TV Series	Aunt Frances / Martha Lantzinge
The Defenders	1963	TV Series	Flora Goode
Checkmate	1962	TV Series	Esther Brack
Return to Peyton Place	1961		Mrs. Roberta Carter
Rawhide	1961	TV Series	Emma Cardwell
Thriller	1960	TV Series	Rose French
Playhouse 90	1957-1960	TV Series	Helen May Whitfield Eileen Bavister Sylvia ...
Buick-Electra Playhouse	1960	TV Series
The Snows of Kilimanjaro	1960	TV Movie
The United States Steel Hour	1955-1960	TV Series	Lydia Chalmers / Mrs. Wickens / Isabelle Lagarde
The Philadelphia Story	1959	TV Movie	Margaret Lord
General Electric Theater	1959	TV Series	Bea Hicks
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1958-1959	TV Series	Grace Dolan / Mrs. Fenimore
A Stranger in My Arms	1959		Mrs. Virgilnie Beasley
U.S. Marshal	1958	TV Series	Amy Simmons
This Happy Feeling	1958		Mrs. Tremaine
Studio One in Hollywood	1954-1958	TV Series	Harriet Brand / Ruth Sparling
The Devil's Hairpin	1957		Mrs. Jargin
Climax!	1955-1957	TV Series	Clarissa Bowman / Martha / Ethel Allen / ...
Lux Video Theatre	1956-1957	TV Series	Mildred Le Brun / Margaret Eliot
Zane Grey Theater	1957	TV Series	Sarah Simmons
Robert Montgomery Presents	1956	TV Series	Norma Desmond
The Power and the Prize	1956		Mrs. George Salt
Matinee Theatre	1956	TV Series
A Kiss Before Dying	1956		Mrs. Corliss
Playwrights '56	1956	TV Series	Georgina
Star Stage	1956	TV Series	Nurse
Studio 57	1956	TV Series	Julia Kean
Front Row Center	1955	TV Series	Millicent Jordan
Justice	1955	TV Series
The Elgin Hour	1955	TV Series	Madge Draper
Producers' Showcase	1955	TV Series	Nancy Blake
Ponds Theater	1955	TV Series
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse	1954	TV Series
The Best of Broadway	1954	TV Series	Margaret Lord
Danger	1954	TV Series
Kraft Theatre	1954	TV Series
Yesterday and Today	1953
Any Number Can Play	1949		Ada
Little Women	1949		Marmee
Act of Violence	1949		Pat
Cass Timberlane	1947		Queenie Havock
Cynthia	1947		Louise Bishop
Desert Fury	1947		Fritzi Haller
Fiesta	1947		Señora Morales
Claudia and David	1946		Elizabeth Van Doren
Blonde Fever	1944		Delilah Donay
Meet Me in St. Louis	1944		Mrs. Anna Smith
Thousands Cheer	1943		Hyllary Jones
Young Ideas	1943		Jo Evans
The Palm Beach Story	1942		The Princess Centimillia
Across the Pacific	1942		Alberta Marlow
The Maltese Falcon	1941		Brigid O'Shaughnessy
The Great Lie	1941		Sandra Kovak
Brigham Young	1940		Mary Ann Young
Turnabout	1940		Marion Manning
Midnight	1939		Helene Flammarion
Listen, Darling	1938		Dottie Wingate
Woman Against Woman	1938		Cynthia Holland
There's Always a Woman	1938		Lola Fraser
Paradise for Three	1938		Mrs. Irene Mallebre
No Time to Marry	1938		Kay McGowan
The Hurricane	1937		Mme. DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda	1937		Antoinette de Mauban

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	performer: "You and I" 1944 - uncredited
Listen, Darling	1938	"On the Bumpy Road to Love" 1938, "Ten Pins in the Sky" 1938 / performer: "On the Bumpy Road to Love" 1938
Red Hot Tires	1935	performer: "The Bulldog on the Bank" - uncredited
Smart Woman	1931	"Three Little Words", uncredited
Other Men's Women	1931	performer: "Wherever You Stray, Wherever You Go" - uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
James Dean's Lost Slideshow	2013	Documentary
Hollywood	1980	TV Mini-Series documentary	Herself
Person to Person	1960	TV Series documentary	Herself
The Hollywood Gad-About	1934	Documentary short	Herself (Queen of the Frolic)
A Trip Through the Paramount Studio	1927	Documentary short	Herself
WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926	1926	Short	Herself
Hollywood	1923		Herself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Spisok korabley	2008	Documentary	Mirza
In the Good Old Summertime Intro	2004	Video documentary short	Mrs. Anna Smith
Backstory	2001	TV Series documentary	Jewel Mayhew
Bogart: The Untold Story	1996	TV Movie documentary	Actress in 'The Maltese Falcon' (uncredited)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary	Anna Smith, 'Meet Me in St. Louis' (uncredited)
Northern Exposure	1994	TV Series	Brigid O'Shaughnessy
That's Entertainment, Part II	1976	Documentary	Clip from 'Listen Darling' (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show	1971	TV Series	Herself
Hollywood My Home Town	1965	Documentary	Herself
Hollywood Without Make-Up	1963	Documentary	Herself
Hollywood: The Golden Years	1961	TV Movie documentary	Acress 'Don Juan' (uncredited)
Frontier Justice	1959	TV Series	Sarah Simmons
The Ed Sullivan Show	1956	TV Series	Herself
Some of the Greatest	1955	Short	Adriana
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories	1951	Documentary short	Herself
Breakdowns of 1941	1941	Short	Herself (uncredited)

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At. 6701 Hollywood Blvd.
1942	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Great Lie (1941)