Pressured into an acting career by her ambitious parents, Mary Astor was a silent film star before she was 17 -- a tribute more to her dazzling good looks than anything else. Read Full Biography
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The Lost Squadron
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Upperworld
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Desert Fury
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The Great Lie
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In This Our Life
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There's Always A Woman
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Don Q, Son of Zorro
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Listen, Darling
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Smart Women
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Act of Violence
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The Hurricane
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Across the Pacific
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Don Juan
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Those We Love
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The Kennel Murder Case
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The Palm Beach Story
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Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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Youngblood Hawke
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Return to Peyton Place
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A Stranger in My Arms
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Best of Broadway: "The Philadelphia Story"
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This Happy Feeling
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The Devil's Hairpin
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A Kiss Before Dying
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Supporting Actress | The Great Lie | Won |
| 1941 | National Board of Review | Best Acting | The Great Lie | Won |
| 1941 | National Board of Review | Best Acting | The Maltese Falcon | Won |
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'The Artist' and Silent Stars Who Transitioned to Talkies
by Gary SusmanIt's a longstanding Hollywood myth that the coming of sound pictures in 1927 ruined the careers of most silent stars and forced the studios to find a new generation of Broadway-trained stars with full-throated speaking and...
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