Mary Astor and Manuel del Campo - Actress and Film Editor
Mary Astor, Manuel del Campo (her third husband), their infant son Anthony, and Astor's daughter Marylyn (from her 2nd marriage to Franklin Thorpe) were living at 1441 San Remo Drive in Los Angeles when the census taker visited.
Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke and is listed as Lucile in the census.
Also listed in the home are 3 servants: a butler, cook, and child's nurse.
Mary Astor's career as an actress spanned four decades, beginning with silent movies. Astor starred in many films including The Great Lie (1941), Maltese Falcon (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). She won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in The Great Lie.
Astor's husband, Manuel del Campo, was an editor, working on films and television shows like The Black Rose (1950), His Majesty O'Keefe (1954), The Adventures of Long John Silver (1957), and The Avengers (1968/69). The 1940 Census lists del Campo's occupation as Assistant Film Editor in Motion Pictures, although newspaper accounts during their marriage report del Campo was an insurance salesman, a former film actor, and pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Astor and del Campo married in 1937 when they eloped to Yuma, Arizona (an "aerial elopement"). In May 1941, del Campo left to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot. In November 1942, Astor filed for divorce. This divorce was scandal-free compared to her prior divorce from Franklin Thorpe which involved the revelation of lurid details from Astor's personal diary.
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