Mary Astor: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke • Lucille Vasconcellos Langhanke
Born May 3, 1906 • QuincyIllinois
Died September 25, 1987 (aged 81) • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1942) • Academy Award (1942): Actress in a Supporting Role
Married To Kenneth Hawks (1928–1930 [his death]) • Thomas Gordon Wheelock (1945–1955) • Manuel del Campo (1937–1944) • Franklyn Thorpe (1931–1935)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Those We Love" (1932) • "I Am a Thief" (1934) • "Fiesta" (1947) • "Little Women" (1949) • "Lady from Nowhere" (1936) • "Beau Brummel" (1924) • "The Murder of Dr. Harrigan" (1936) • "Midnight" (1939) • "The Hurricane" (1937) • "Red Dust" (1932) • "Hollywood" (1923) • "The Sunset Derby" (1927) • "Enticement" (1925) • "The Rough Riders" (1927) • "The Bright Shawl" (1923) • "A Successful Calamity" (1932) • "Buick-Electra Playhouse" (1960) • "Trapped by Television" (1936) • "Straight from the Heart" (1935) • "The Royal Bed" (1931) • "The Man Who Played God" (1922) • "The Man with Two Faces" (1934) • "Playing with Souls" (1925) • "Dressed to Kill" (1928) • "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) • "Checkmate" (1962) • "Dinky" (1935) • "No Time to Marry" (1938) • "Inez from Hollywood" (1924) • "The Case of the Howling Dog" (1934) • "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) • "Woman-Proof" (1923) • "The Lash" (1930) • "Dr. Kildare" (1962–1963) • "The World Changes" (1933) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1955–1960) • "The Wise Guy" (1926) • "Rawhide" (1961) • "This Happy Feeling" (1958) • "Young Ideas" (1943) • "Heart to Heart" (1928) • "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) • "Red Hot Tires" (1935) • "Return to Peyton Place" (1961) • "Don Juan" (1926) • "Men of Chance" (1931) • "Playhouse 90" (1957–1960) • "Zane Grey Theater" (1957) • "The Little Giant" (1933) • "U.S. Marshal" (1958) • "Two Arabian Knights" (1927) • "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) • "Listen, Darling" (1938) • "Second Fiddle" (1923) • "There's Always a Woman" (1938) • "Dry Martini" (1928) • "Runaway Bride" (1930) • "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937) • "Kraft Television Theatre" (1951–1954) • "Matinee Theatre" (1956) • "Success" (1923) • "Forever After" (1926) • "The Fighting Adventurer" (1924) • "Front Row Center" (1955) • "Unguarded Women" (1924) • "The Fighting Coward" (1924) • "Kraft Television Theatre" (1955) • "The Elgin Hour" (1955) • "Yesterday and Today" (1953) • "Woman Against Woman" (1938) • "Climax!" (1955–1957) • "Scarlet Saint" (1925) • "Don Q Son of Zorro" (1925) • "Turnabout" (1940) • "Lux Video Theatre" (1956–1957) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1954) • "General Electric Theater" (1959) • "The Defenders" (1963) • "Other Men's Women" (1931) • "Paradise for Three" (1938) • "White Shoulders" (1931) • "Ladies Love Brutes" (1930) • "No Place to Go" (1927) • "Thousands Cheer" (1943) • "Cynthia" (1947) • "New Year's Eve" (1929) • "Dodsworth" (1936) • "Convention City" (1933) • "Playwrights '56" (1956) • "Across the Pacific" (1942) • "The Price of a Party" (1924) • "The Great Lie" (1941) • "The Rapids" (1922) • "The Best of Broadway" (1954) • "Sentimental Tommy" (1921) • "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1958–1959) • "Blonde Fever" (1944) • "Youngblood Hawke" (1964) • "The Pace That Thrills" (1925) • "High Steppers" (1926) • "Claudia and David" (1946) • "Romance of the Underworld" (1928) • "Desert Fury" (1947) • "Upper World" (1934) • "Danger" (1954) • "The Power and the Prize" (1956) • "Puritan Passions" (1923) • "The Sin Ship" (1931) • "Studio 57" (1956) • "Show of Shows" (1929) • "Sailors' Wives" (1928) • "Oh, Doctor!" (1925) • "A Stranger in My Arms" (1959) • "And So They Were Married" (1936) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "Easy to Love" (1934) • "Brigham Young" (1940) • "Burke's Law" (1963) • "Cass Timberlane" (1947) • "Return of the Terror" (1934) • "Jennie Gerhardt" (1933) • "Any Number Can Play" (1949) • "3-Ring Marriage" (1928) • "The Lost Squadron" (1932) • "Star Stage" (1956) • "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1956) • "Man of Iron" (1935) • "Behind Office Doors" (1931) • "Justice" (1955) • "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) • "Thriller" (1960) • "The Devil's Hairpin" (1957) • "Holiday" (1930) • "Rose of the Golden West" (1927) • "The Marriage Maker" (1923) • "The Woman from Hell" (1929) • "The Sea Tiger" (1927) • "John Smith" (1922) • "Smart Woman" (1931) • "Act of Violence" (1949) • "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956) • "Ben Casey" (1963) • "Studio One" (1954–1958) • "Page Miss Glory" (1935)

Top Questions

When was Mary Astor born?
Mary Astor was born on May 3, 1906.
Is Mary Astor married?
Franklyn Thorpe (1931–1935), Thomas Gordon Wheelock (1945–1955), Manuel del Campo (1937–1944), Kenneth Hawks (1928–1930 [his death])
Where was Mary Astor born?
Mary Astor was born in Quincy, Illinois, United States.

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