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  Mary Astor – Photos and Quotes POSTED  SEPTEMBER 18, 2016   BIZARRE.LOS.ANGELES “Hollywood is too deadly serious about the wrong things, and too flippant about the really important ones. We build our lives on the silly, tinsel elements of our work and we have practically no contact with the realities. In short, we’re fools, but there are so many of us crowded into one community that any attempt at change is swamped.”  –  Mary Astor  in 1930.   Riding a spotted horse in Griffith Park on her way to a breakfast club meeting in 1923.     “At Metro, you practically had to go to the front office if you wanted something as real as having your hair mussed. . . All automobiles were shiny, a picture never hung crooked, a door never squeaked, stocking seams were always straight and no actress ever had a shiny nose.”  —  Mary Astor   “The Woman from Hell” (1929)   “It’s not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences ...

MARY ASTOR ,THE CAMEO GIRL , AMERICAN SILENT ERA BEAUTY DIED  1987 SEPTEMBER 25 Mary Astor, original name Lucille Vasconcellos Langhanke (born May 3, 1906, Quincy, Ill., U.S.—died September 25, 1987, Woodland Hills, Calif.) American motion-picture and stage actress noted for her delicate, classic beauty and a renowned profile that earned her the nickname “The Cameo Girl.” With the ability to play a variety of characters ranging from villains to heroines to matrons, Astor worked in film from the silent era to the 1960s. Astor’s early career was directed by her German-immigrant father, who entered her into a beauty contest at age 14; a year later she appeared in her first film, Sentimental Tommy (1921), although her role was cut from the release print.  After a few bit parts in two-reelers, Astor was selected by John Barrymore to costar in Beau Brummel (1924).  The two also began a lively, romantic offscreen relationship, with the legend...

MARY ASTOR ,THE CAMEO GIRL , AMERICAN SILENT ERA BEAUTY DIED  1987 SEPTEMBER 25 Mary Astor, original name Lucille Vasconcellos Langhanke (born May 3, 1906, Quincy, Ill., U.S.—died September 25, 1987, Woodland Hills, Calif.) American motion-picture and stage actress noted for her delicate, classic beauty and a renowned profile that earned her the nickname “The Cameo Girl.” With the ability to play a variety of characters ranging from villains to heroines to matrons, Astor worked in film from the silent era to the 1960s. Astor’s early career was directed by her German-immigrant father, who entered her into a beauty contest at age 14; a year later she appeared in her first film, Sentimental Tommy (1921), although her role was cut from the release print.  After a few bit parts in two-reelers, Astor was selected by John Barrymore to costar in Beau Brummel (1924).  The two also began a lively, romantic offscreen relationship, with the legend...