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Mary Astor (1906-1987) was an Oscar® winning American actress. She made many movies but her performance as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in 1941’s The Maltese Falcon is easily her most famous role. Astor’s IMDb page shows 156 acting credits from 1921 to 1964. This page will rank Mary Astor movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Mary Astor Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1936
Dodsworth (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
1949
Little Women (1949)
1941
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
AA Best Picture Nom
1942
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
1949
Any Number Can Play (1949)
1947
Desert Fury (1947)
1926
Don Juan (1926)
1943
Thousands Cheer (1943)
1937
The Hurricane (1937)
1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
1947
Fiesta (1947)
1941
The Great Lie (1941)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
1961
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
1947
Cass Timberlane (1947)
1938
There's Always A Woman (1938)
1932
Red Dust (1932)
1939
Midnight (1939)
1946
Claudia and David (1946)
1940
Brigham Young (1940)
1942
Across the Pacific (1942)
1927
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
1933
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
1935
Page Miss Glory (1935)
1938
Paradise For Three (1938)
1932
The Lost Squadron (1932)
1929
Show of Shows (1929)
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
1949
Act of Violence (1949)
1930
The Lash (1930)
1933
The Little Giant (1933)
1930
Holiday (1930)
1933
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
1938
Listen, Darling (1938)
1924
Beau Brummell (1924)
1932
A Successful Calamity (1932)
1956
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
1933
The World Changes (1933)
1947
Cynthia (1947)
1936
And So They Were Married (1936)
1930
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
1958
This Happy Feeling (1958)
1933
Convention City (1933)
1959
A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
1923
The Bright Shawl (1923)
1957
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
1931
Other Men's Women (1931)
1931
White Shoulders (1931)
1934
Upperworld (1934)
1956
The Power And The Prize (1956)
1934
Easy To Love (1934)
1934
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
1964
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
1940
Turnabout (1940)
1931
The Royal Bed (1931)
1944
Blonde Fever (1944)
1938
Woman Against Woman (1938)
1943
Young Ideas (1943)
1930
Runaway Bride (1930)
1935
Dinky (1935)
1924
Inez From Hollywood (1924)
1926
The Wise Guy (1926)
Mary Astor Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Mary Astor movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Mary Astor movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Mary Astor movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Mary Astor movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Mary Astor movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Mary Astor movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston & David Niven |
5.30 | 230.0 | 230.00 | 14 | 84 | 07 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 3 | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Judy Garland & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
13.60 | 458.2 | 626.60 | 4 | 83 | 04 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 4 | The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) | David Niven & Ronald Colman |
5.60 | 232.2 | 232.20 | 14 | 82 | 02 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 5 | Little Women (1949) | Elizabeth Taylor & Janet Leigh |
9.50 | 238.5 | 412.30 | 10 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 97.3 | |
| 6 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Humphrey Bogart | 3.40 | 132.5 | 232.50 | 68 | 91 | 03 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 7 | The Palm Beach Story (1942) | Claudette Colbert & Joel McCrea |
4.90 | 180.6 | 180.60 | 50 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 9 | Any Number Can Play (1949) | Clark Gable | 6.80 | 171.7 | 223.20 | 28 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 6 | Desert Fury (1947) | Burt Lancaster & Lizabeth Scott |
8.10 | 236.2 | 236.20 | 28 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 10 | Don Juan (1926) | John Barrymore | 5.30 | 189.5 | 246.30 | 4 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 8 | Thousands Cheer (1943) | Gene Kelly & Lucille Ball |
10.70 | 385.1 | 604.30 | 7 | 63 | 03 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 11 | The Hurricane (1937) | Dorothy Lamour & Directed by John Ford |
4.40 | 182.4 | 182.40 | 30 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 12 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) | Bette Davis & Olivia de Havilland |
10.70 | 122.9 | 122.90 | 24 | 80 | 07 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 15 | Fiesta (1947) | Esther Williams & Ricardo Montablan |
6.90 | 200.5 | 443.70 | 38 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 14 | The Great Lie (1941) AA Best Supp Actress Win |
Bette Davis | 3.90 | 150.4 | 248.60 | 54 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 90.7 | |
| 16 | Return to Peyton Place (1961) | Jeff Chandler & Eleanor Parker |
12.90 | 187.3 | 187.30 | 13 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 16 | Cass Timberlane (1947) | Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner |
10.80 | 313.7 | 408.40 | 10 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 17 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas |
3.80 | 151.0 | 151.00 | 44 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 19 | Red Dust (1932) | Clark Gable & Jean Harlow |
2.20 | 109.3 | 171.20 | 29 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 18 | Midnight (1939) | Claudette Colbert & Don Ameche |
2.30 | 87.0 | 87.00 | 103 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 20 | Claudia and David (1946) | Robert Young & Dorothy McGuire |
4.50 | 137.4 | 137.40 | 72 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young (1940) | Tyrone Power & Vincent Price |
4.30 | 165.0 | 165.00 | 27 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 21 | Across the Pacific (1942) | Humphrey Bogart & Sydney Greenstreet |
3.90 | 146.7 | 252.20 | 68 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 21 | Two Arabian Knights (1927) | Directed by Lewis Milestone | 2.90 | 96.5 | 96.50 | 15 | 72 | 01 / 01 | 85.7 | |
| 25 | Jennie Gerhardt (1933) | Sylvia Sidney | 2.30 | 108.8 | 108.80 | 28 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 24 | Page Miss Glory (1935) | Lyle Talbot & Marion Davies |
2.20 | 98.3 | 127.60 | 60 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 26 | Paradise For Three (1938) | Robert Young | 3.00 | 120.7 | 120.70 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 27 | The Lost Squadron (1932) | Joel McCrea | 2.00 | 96.7 | 125.20 | 39 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 30 | Show of Shows (1929) | John Barrymore & Myrna Loy |
4.00 | 123.9 | 157.00 | 16 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 29 | Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) | Douglas Fairbanks | 2.10 | 84.2 | 84.20 | 15 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 28 | Act of Violence (1949) | Van Heflin & Robert Ryan |
2.00 | 49.0 | 78.60 | 146 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 31 | The Lash (1930) | Richard Barthelmess | 1.70 | 93.7 | 118.70 | 73 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 31 | The Little Giant (1933) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.10 | 50.6 | 86.20 | 91 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 32 | Holiday (1930) | Ann Harding | 1.00 | 55.5 | 55.50 | 117 | 68 | 02 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 33 | The Kennel Murder Case (1933) | William Powell | 1.30 | 59.1 | 91.30 | 69 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 35 | Listen, Darling (1938) | Judy Garland & Walter Pidgeon |
1.50 | 60.8 | 93.10 | 145 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 37 | Beau Brummell (1924) | John Barrymore | 1.80 | 78.1 | 85.40 | 14 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 36 | A Successful Calamity (1932) | George Arliss | 1.10 | 52.9 | 89.90 | 110 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 38 | A Kiss Before Dying (1956) | Robert Wagner & Joanne Woodward |
1.90 | 36.4 | 36.40 | 141 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 39 | The World Changes (1933) | Paul Muni | 1.10 | 50.4 | 91.20 | 93 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 40 | Cynthia (1947) | Elizabeth Taylor | 3.30 | 95.0 | 129.80 | 106 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 40 | And So They Were Married (1936) | Melvyn Douglas | 1.70 | 71.7 | 71.70 | 113 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 42 | Ladies Love Brutes (1930) | Fredric March | 1.20 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 103 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 65.1 | |
| 41 | This Happy Feeling (1958) | Debbie Reynolds & Blake Edwards |
2.30 | 41.0 | 41.00 | 100 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 45 | Convention City (1933) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
0.90 | 42.2 | 42.20 | 114 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 46 | A Stranger in My Arms (1959) | Jeff Chandler & June Allyson |
1.90 | 34.6 | 34.60 | 114 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 44 | The Bright Shawl (1923) | Richard Barthelmess & William Powell |
0.50 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 32 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 45 | The Devil's Hairpin (1957) | Cornel Wilde | 2.90 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 84 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 48 | Other Men's Women (1931) | James Cagney | 1.00 | 52.9 | 52.90 | 144 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 49 | White Shoulders (1931) | Jack Holt | 0.70 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 178 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 48.0 | |
| 50 | Upperworld (1934) | Ginger Rogers & Warren William |
0.60 | 30.0 | 48.70 | 159 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 51 | The Power And The Prize (1956) | Robert Taylor & Burl Ives |
1.60 | 31.9 | 59.90 | 152 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 52 | Easy To Love (1934) | Adolphe Menjou | 0.30 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 190 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 42.9 | |
| 54 | The Man with Two Faces (1934) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.10 | 50.5 | 72.60 | 106 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 38.9 | |
| 52 | Youngblood Hawke (1964) | James Franciscus | 1.70 | 20.1 | 20.10 | 118 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 56 | Turnabout (1940) | Adolphe Menjou | 0.40 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 213 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | |
| 56 | The Royal Bed (1931) | J. Carrol Naish | 0.10 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 210 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.6 | |
| 58 | Blonde Fever (1944) | Gloria Grahame | 1.10 | 38.7 | 38.70 | 140 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 31.4 | |
| 58 | Woman Against Woman (1938) | Herbert Marshall | 0.30 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 197 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 57 | Young Ideas (1943) | Herbert Marshall | 0.50 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 162 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 29.5 | |
| 59 | Runaway Bride (1930) | Lloyd Hughes | 0.50 | 26.5 | 33.80 | 169 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 22.1 | |
| 60 | Dinky (1935) | Jackie Cooper | 0.70 | 29.6 | 48.10 | 172 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 61 | Inez From Hollywood (1924) | Lewis Stone | 0.30 | 11.2 | 11.20 | 60 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.8 | |
| 62 | The Wise Guy (1926) | Directed by Frank Lloyd | 0.30 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 93 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Mary Astor
1. Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke was born Quincy, Illnois in 1906. Apparently Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke did not look good on marques so she changed her name to Mary Astor.
2. Mary Astor’s first screen test was directed by Lillian Gish.
3. When talkies arrived, Mary Astor’s voice was initially considered too masculine and she was off the screen for a year.
4. Mary Astor was the sister-in-law of Howard Hawks and cousin-in-law of Carole Lombard.
5. Bette Davis was originally cast as Sandra Kovak, the hot-tempered but talented pianist, in The Great Lie (1941) but instead opted for the smaller role of Maggie Van Allen in a bid to let her good friend Astor save her film career. As a result, Astor won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her performance. Astor thanked Bette Davis in her acceptance speech.
Check out Mary Astor’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Hey Dan. Thanks for the information on Mary Astor and her most frequent co-stars.
Harold Miller appeared in 11 movies with Mary and Edmund Mortimer appeared in 10.
That’s supposed to be on the Eve Arden page.
Who is “Eve” and what is her connection to Mary Astor? Sorry but I’m confused by your post.
Hey Greg…..Dan fixed his Eve comment to Mary…..that comment has been removed.