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Article: DEATHS IN THE NEWS
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 27, 1987
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Mary Astor, 81, the dark-eyed temptress of "The Maltese Falcon"
and star of dozens of other films in a 42-year career, died Friday at
the Motion Picture Country Hospital of natural causes. She had been
a longtime resident of the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland
Hills. Miss Astor made her screen debut in the silent era, at age
14, and almost was a casualty of the transition to talkies. She also
nearly fell victim to drink and drugs, but both times made a new
start. Her films included "Dodsworth" with Walter Huston, "Prisoner
of Zenda" with Ronald Coleman and "The Great Lie" with Bette Davis,
which won her a supporting-actress Oscar. But she was best known as
the adventuress who ...