Mary Astor

Mary Astor

May 3, 1906 · 120 years old

Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually made a succe…

Known For

22 titles
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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

7.9
2
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · 1h 53m · Movie

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

7.5
3
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · 2h 13m · Movie

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

7.5
4
The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942 · 1h 28m · Movie

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.

7.5
5
Dodsworth

Dodsworth

1936 · 1h 41m · Movie

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

7.7
6
Little Women

Little Women

1949 · 2h 2m · Movie

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.

7.2
7
Midnight

Midnight

1939 · 1h 34m · Movie

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.

7.8
8
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

1949 · 1h 22m · Movie

An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.

7.4
9
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1942 · 1h 37m · Movie

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

6.8
10
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · 1h 41m · Movie

An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.

7.6
11
Red Dust

Red Dust

1932 · 1h 23m · Movie

The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.

7.2
12
The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941 · 1h 48m · Movie

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

7.0
13
The Kennel Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case

1933 · 1h 13m · Movie

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

6.8
14
The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1937 · 1h 44m · Movie

A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.

7.1
15
Desert Fury

Desert Fury

1947 · 1h 36m · Movie

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

6.5
16
The Little Giant

The Little Giant

1933 · 1h 16m · Movie

When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.

7.0
17
Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

1949 · 1h 52m · Movie

Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.

6.9
18
There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman

1938 · 1h 21m · Movie

An investigator for the district attorney and his amateur-sleuth wife compete to solve a murder mystery.

6.7
19
Two Arabian Knights

Two Arabian Knights

1927 · 1h 32m · Movie

Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on t...

6.7
20
Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

1961 · 2h 3m · Movie

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

5.9
21
The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces

1934 · 1h 12m · Movie

A talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.

6.4
22
Fiesta

Fiesta

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.

5.9