Mary Astor

Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress.

Later life

After taking a trip around the world in 1964, Astor was lured away from her Malibu home, where she was spending time gardening and working on her third novel, to make what she decided would be her final movie appearance.

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1964 - Malibu

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When she was offered the small role as a key figure in the murder mystery Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, with Agnes Moorehead in a supporting role, Astor decided it would serve as her swan song in the movie business. After more than 100 movies during a career spanning 44 years, she turned in her SAG card and retired.

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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Olivia de Havilland - Swan song - SAG

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She later moved to Fountain Valley, California, where she lived near her son, Tono del Campo, and his family until 1976. Suffering from a chronic heart condition, she then moved to a small cottage on the grounds of the Motion Picture & Television Country House, the industry's retirement facility in Woodland Hills, where she had her own private table when she chose to eat in the resident dining room.

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Fountain Valley, California - 1976 - Motion Picture & Television Country House - Woodland Hills

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While living there, Astor had a heart attack, two strokes and developed emphysema. She died at age eighty-one of respiratory failure due to pulmonary emphysema while a patient in the hospital that is part of the Motion Picture House complex. She is interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.

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Holy Cross Cemetery - Culver City

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Mary Astor has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6701 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame - Hollywood

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