A 4½ x 3 piece from a vintage autograph album signed in person by Mary Astor (1906 - 1987), the Oscar-winning American actress best remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s, and was voted one of the Baby Stars of 1926, along with Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor, and Fay Wray. She made the transition to talkies, but nearly saw her career destroyed due to public scandal in the mid-1930s. She was sued for support by her parents and was later branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband in a custody fight over her daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor went on to greater success on screen, eventually winning an the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Great Lie (1941).