Mary Astor bio brings life of ‘Maltese Falcon’ actress into focus
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The life of Academy Award winning actress Mary Astor ( The Maltese Falcon ) is chronicled in the biography The Great Lie: The Creation of Mary Astor by Kathleen Spaltro. Some of Astor s personal papers can be found at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.
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But the late actress’ own life was far more fascinating than most Hollywood scripts.
Astor’s film career began as a teenager in the silent era of the 1920s, but a scandal nearly derailed it in 1936. She was able to regain footing and take on a number of memorable parts, winning an Academy Award five years later for “The Great Lie.”