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Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
No Time to Marry: Kay McGowan Paradise for Three: Mrs. Irene Mallebre There's Always a Woman: Lola Fraser Woman Against Woman: Cynthia Holland Listen, Darling: Mrs. Dorothy 'Dottie' Wingate 1939 Midnight: Helene Flammarion 1940 Turnabout: Marion Manning Brigham Young: Mary Ann Young 1941 The Great Lie: Sandra Kovak Academy Award for Best ...
The Man with Two Faces is an American drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor. The supporting cast features Ricardo Cortez, Louis Calhern, Mae Clarke, and David Landau. The story was adapted by Tom Reed and Niven Busch from the play The Dark Tower by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott.
In film critic Bosley Crowther's review of A Stranger in My Arms for The New York Times, he noted: "A selfish, possessive mother is the squeaky hub around which turns a small wheel of conventional drama in Stranger in My Arms, a Universal-International picture that came to the Odeon yesterday. And a peevish and snarling Mary Astor turns up in ...
He next pivoted to writing and producing movies, ... Lear's net worth at the time of his death was $200 million, ... One Day at a Time (1975) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) Good Times ...
It’s hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family’s legacy is everywhere.
Wilkinson was 75 years old at the time of his death. Wilkinson was a legendary performer who brought gravitas, emotion and complexity to all his roles. He will be missed by his family, friends, co ...
Film historian William K. Everson, who pronounced the film a "masterpiece" in the August 1984 issue of Films in Review, considers The Kennel Murder Case to be one of the greatest screen adaptations of a Golden Age mystery novel; Everson ranks it with the 1946 film Green for Danger. The film made a profit of almost $400,000. [3]