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Astor, Mary (1906–1987)Urbane American actress, best known for her courtroom battle for child custody and her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon. Born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke in Quincy, Illinois, on May 3, 1906; died of complications from emphysema on September 25, 1987, in Los Angeles, California;daughter of Otto Ludwig ...
Mary Astor (née Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke 1, 2 ou Lucille Langhange 3 ), née le 3 mai 1906 à Quincy (Illinois) et morte le 25 septembre 1987 à Woodland Hills ( Los Angeles ), est une actrice et une romancière américaine .
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor with narration by actress Lee Grant, was a two-year labor of love, encompassing several interviews, including film critics Molly Haskell and Leonard Maltin; David Wyler, son of Dodsworth director William Wyler; and Astor's 84-year-old daughter Marylyn Thorpe Roh, who was four years old at the time of the trial.
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor) was the youngest of four sons born to Johann Jacob Astor (1724–1816) and Maria Magdalena vom Berg (1730–1764). The Astor family can trace their ancestry back to Giovan Asdour (1595–1668) and Gretta Ursula Asdour (1589–?). Giovan was born in Chiavenna, Italy, and died in Zürich, Switzerland.
Mary Astor (nacida Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; Quincy, Illinois, 3 de mayo de 1906- Los Ángeles, 25 de septiembre de 1987) fue una actriz de cine estadounidense, recordada principalmente por su papel como Brigid O'Shaughnessy en El halcón maltés (1941). Comenzó su carrera en el cine mudo siendo todavía adolescente a principios de la ...
MY STORY. This is the Full text of Mary Astor’s 1959 autobiography which deals with her youth, film work, breakdown and her return to acting. The copyright is held by the Roh family (1959 and reviewed in 1987) and I was given permission by the estate to include it here. Permission to use any part of this book must be obtained from the Roh ...
Mary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon 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 successful transition to talkies, but almost saw her career destroyed due to public scandal ...
