Today is the 262nd birthday of John Jacob Astor, who was born on July 17, 1763, in Walldorf, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He came to New York in 1783 and worked in a butcher ...

Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long ...

Curiosity was at the heart of who Will Astor was — about an ant pushing a crumb, a word in the Spelling Bee or the inner workings of a news story.

When Mary Astor considers marriage to insure security of her two children (Garland and Scotty Beckett), Bartholomew steps in to assist Garland to prevent such a move.

Regarded as one of the greatest musicals made, “Meet Me in St. Louis,” starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer and Tom Drake and directed by Vincente Minnelli ...

Born in Blessing Hospital in Quincy on May 3, 1906, Lucile Langhanke was the only child of Otto Langhanke and Helen Vasconcells Langhanke. Emigrating from Germany in 1890, Otto eventually ...

St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish is observing its 150 years of serving the Astoria and Warrenton-Hammond areas, from 1874 to 2024, starting with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Alexander K. Sample ...

Thereafter, as Mary Astor, she enjoyed a profitable, if not sensational, cinema career. In 1930 Miss Astor’s first husband, Director Kenneth Hawks, was killed in a plane smash.

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