Durable, gifted leading lady and character player of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, best remembered as the homicidal, but wide-eyed and seemingly sympathetic, Brigid O'Shaughnessy in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). With her small face, brunette hair, and slightly uneven but lovely, cameo-like features, Astor began in silent films as a delicate romantic lead in such films as "Don Juan" (1926). With the…
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