Scandal

I love my old movies and biographies, hence you are getting a blip of one of my Christmas books, a biography of the Oscar winning actress, Mary Astor,  who starred in ‘The Maltese Falcon’ amongst other films.

In 1936, her career was nearly destroyed by scandal. Astor had an affair with playwright George S. Kaufman and was branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband, in a custody fight over her daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor had greater success on screen, eventually winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Great Lie (1941).

A very interesting life indeed.

Hope you have had a good day.