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Acting

Mary Astor

Career: Active from 1921 to 1964, busiest in 1931 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 89
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Maltese Falcon
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mary Astor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.1, average 5.4
Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Scare
1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 10
Classic Hollywood 7
Nostalgic 6
Period Piece 6
Nostalgic Charm 5
Melodrama 5
Character-Driven 5
Wholesome Entertainment 4
Silent Film 4
Romantic Drama 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

146

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 70

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

1960s

11 titles · average score 64

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

80

as Jewel Mayhew

Youngblood Hawke

69

as Irene Perry

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Florence Roberts

Return to Peyton Place

52

as Roberta Carter

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Martha Lantzinge / Aunt Frances

Ben Casey

65

TV show

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Flora Goode

Thriller

74

TV show · as Rose French

Checkmate

40

TV show · as Esther Brack

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Mrs. Leslie

Journey to the Day

as Helen May Whitfield

1950s

20 titles · average score 64

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Emma Cardwell

A Stranger in My Arms

52

as Virgilnie Beasley

This Happy Feeling

52

as Mrs. Tremaine

The Devil's Hairpin

as Mrs. Jargin

A Kiss Before Dying

80

as Mrs. Corliss

The Power and the Prize

56

as Mrs. George Salt

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Sarah Simmons

The Thief

as Isabelle Lagarde

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Grace Dolan / Mrs. Fenimore

Climax!

51

TV show · as Martha / Clarissa Bowman

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Norma Desmond

1940s

21 titles · average score 62

Little Women

69

as Marmee

Fiesta

57

as Señora Morales

Claudia and David

69

as Elizabeth Van Doren

Meet Me in St. Louis

86

as Anna Smith

Blonde Fever

44

as Delilah Donay

Thousands Cheer

60

as Hyllary Jones

Young Ideas

54

as Josephine Evans

The Palm Beach Story

84

as The Princess Centimillia

Across the Pacific

72

as Alberta Marlow

The Maltese Falcon

89

as Brigid O'Shaughnessy

The Great Lie

65

as Sandra Kovak

Brigham Young

54

as Mary Ann Young

1930s

44 titles · average score 62

There's Always a Woman

55

as Lola Fraser

Listen, Darling

64

as Dottie Wingate

The Case of the Howling Dog

62

as Bessie Foley

The Man with Two Faces

65

as Jessica Wells

The Kennel Murder Case

64

as Hilda Lake

The World Changes

45

as Virginia Claffin Nordholm

The Little Giant

70

as Ruth Wayburn

Red Dust

73

as Barbara "Babs" Willis

A Successful Calamity

62

as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

Other Men's Women

55

as Lily Kulper

Smart Woman

59

as Nancy Gibson

Holiday

62

as Julia Seton

1920s

49 titles · average score 65

The Woman from Hell

as Dee Renaud

3-Ring Marriage

as Anna

Romance of the Underworld

as Judith Andrews

Dressed to Kill

as Jeanne

Two Arabian Knights

61

as Mirza

The Wise Guy

as Mary

Oh, Doctor!

as Dolores Hicks

Don Q Son of Zorro

68

as Dolores de Muro

The Fighting American

as Mary Brainard

Beau Brummel

68

as Lady Margery Alvanley

The Fighting Coward

as Lucy

The Rapids

as Elsie Worden