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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_AstorMary Astor - Wikipedia

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   Mary Astor was an American actress who starred in silent and sound films, such as The Maltese Falcon and The Great Lie. She also wrote novels and an autobiography that revealed her scandalous affair and custody battle.

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4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000802Mary Astor - IMDb

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   Mary Astor was a Hollywood actress who starred in silent and sound films, and won an Oscar for The Great Lie (1941). She had a turbulent personal life, with three divorces, a suicide attempt, and a heart condition.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Quincy, Illinois, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

5. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2016Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal | Vanity Fair

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   Sep 14, 2016 · Inside the Trial of Actress Mary Astor, Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal. In 1936, the star’s dirty laundry—including a steamy affair with Broadway legend George S. Kaufman—was the ...

6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000802Mary Astor - Biography - IMDb

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   Mary Astor was a Hollywood actress who starred in silent and sound films, and won an Oscar for The Great Lie (1941). She had a turbulent personal life with three divorces, a suicide attempt, and a scandal over her diary.

   • Birth Date: May 3, 1906

   • Death Date: September 25, 1987

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   • Franklyn Thorpe read about Mary Astor's affair with a famous playwright. By 1936, Astor and Thorpe, a physician, had been married five years and shared a daughter, Marylyn.
   • For revenge, Franklyn Thorpe blackmailed Mary Astor. Thorpe demanded Astor give him sole custody of Marylyn, half of Astor's house, and control of her finances.
   • Mary Astor put everything on the line for her child. But Thorpe didn't stop there. For the next 15 months, whenever he and Astor clashed, he threatened to take Marylyn away.
   • The press reported that Mary Astor’s diary was written in purple ink. The diaries were the focus of the custody trial. Thorpe's lawyer announced that they would "split the movie industry wide open" because Astor "experimented with love as a scientist experiments with test tubes."

8. www.britannica.com › biography › Mary-AstorMary Astor | Biography, Film Career & The Maltese Falcon

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   Jul 18, 2024 · Learn about the life and career of Mary Astor, an American actress who starred in silent and talkie films and won an Oscar for her role in The Great Lie. Discover her famous affair with George S. Kaufman, her memoirs, and her film noir masterpiece The Maltese Falcon.

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   What happened to Mary Astor?

   • In 1936, Mary Astor, star of The Maltese Falcon (1941), was the center of a Hollywood scandal so big, it knocked news of Hitler off the front page. Her estranged husband stole her private diaries, called the Purple or Lavender Diary, to use in a bitter custody battle.

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   Who is Mary Astor?

   • Mary Astor. Actress: The Maltese Falcon. Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke on May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois to Helen Marie Vasconcellos, an American of Portuguese and Irish ancestry from Illinois, and Otto Ludwig Langhanke, a German immigrant.

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   When did Mary Astor die?

   • On September 25, 1987, in the autumn of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, Mary died. The obituary heading in The New York Time s read, MARY ASTOR, 81, IS DEAD; STAR OF “MALTESE FALCON.” The obit opened by describing her as having had “a delicate beauty, extraordinary grace and a compelling acting style.”

   Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal | Vanity Fair

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   Who was Mary Astor ecstasy?

   • And by August 8 it was ASTOR DIARY “ECSTASY,” with the subhead G. S. KAUFMAN TRYST BARED. I began putting the pages in order. In 1936, Mary Astor was only a featured player in movies, but enough of a star to make headlines when it came out that George S. Kaufman, then the most successful playwright on Broadway and married, had been her lover.

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_Astor_filmographyMary Astor filmography - Wikipedia

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    A comprehensive list of films featuring the actress Mary Astor, from silent to sound era. Includes her roles, awards, and external links.