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Gertrude Astor
Born · November 9, 1887
Died · November 9, 1977 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Bio
Gertrude Astor (Born Gertrude Eyster November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Astor at the age of 12 ran off and joined a woman's band as a trombone player and toured the states. In New York she left the band to obtain film work and got a job as an extra before her career took off. Astor was a prolific performer, between 1915 and 1962 she appeared in over 250 movies. Her first known credit is in a Biograph short in 1915. She then became a contract player at Universal. A tall, angular and beautiful woman, Astor frequently towered over the leading men of the era; thus, she was most frequently utilized in comedy roles as aristocrats, golddiggers and "heroine's best pal". Her best-known silent appearances were as the visiting stage star in Stage Struck (1925) with Gloria Swanson, as the vamp who plants stolen money on Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926), and as Laura LaPlante's wisecracking travelling companion in The Cat and the Canary (1927). Astor worked prolifically at Hal Roach studios with such headliners as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and especially Charley Chase. She was also kept busy at Columbia Pictures' short subjects unit. She continued to play bits in feature films throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. She was briefly glimpsed as the first murder victim in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Scarlet Claw and was among the ranks of dress extras in 1956's Around the World in Eighty Days. Her last appearance was in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In her later years, Astor was a welcome guest at several Sons of the Desert gatherings, and became an honorary member of the Way Out West tent. She died in Woodland Hills, California from a stroke. She is interred in the Abbey of Psalms in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Townswoman
4.1
1966
My Mother the Car
(1 episode)
3.6
1965
The Sound of Music
Party Guest (uncredited)
7.7
1965
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
5.6
1964
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Townswoman (uncredited)
7.8
1962
The Devil's Hand
The Elderly Cultist
4.4
1961
Two Rode Together
Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
6.4
1961
All in a Night's Work
Customer (uncredited)
5.9
1961
Sergeant Rutledge
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
7.1
1960
The Best of Everything
Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
6.4
1959
The Tingler
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
6.4
1959
The Horse Soldiers
Townswoman (uncredited)
7.0
1959
The Female Animal
Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
5.6
1958
My Man Godfrey
Party Guest (uncredited)
6.3
1957
Around the World in Eighty Days
Extra (uncredited)
6.6
1956
The Virgin Queen
Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
7.1
1955
Wichita
Saloon Madam (uncredited)
6.3
1955
Daddy Long Legs
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
6.3
1955
Deep in My Heart
Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
6.8
1954
A Star Is Born
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
7.1
1954
Scared Stiff
Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
6.4
1953
Angel Face
Matron (uncredited)
7.1
1953
The Old West
Townswoman (uncredited)
5.0
1952
The Merry Widow
Reception Guest (uncredited)
5.8
1952
Paula
Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
6.5
1952
Fort Osage
Townswoman (uncredited)
6.0
1952
Scandal Sheet
Neighbor (uncredited)
7.0
1952
Thunder on the Hill
Village Woman (uncredited)
6.5
1951
I Love Lucy
Showgirl #4 · (1 episode)
7.9
1951
When Worlds Collide
Traveler (uncredited)
6.3
1951
A Place in the Sun
Bit Part (uncredited)
7.3
1951
All About Eve
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
8.1
1950
Again Pioneers
Mrs. Jans
3.5
1950
Bunco Squad
Club Patron (uncredited)
5.9
1950
Sunset Boulevard
Courtier (uncredited)
8.3
1950
Caged
Inmate (uncredited)
7.1
1950
Woman in Hiding
Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
6.2
1950
The File on Thelma Jordon
Juror (Uncredited)
6.6
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
6.8
1949
3 Godfathers
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
6.7
1948
My Dear Secretary
Miss Gee (uncredited)
5.9
1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Mrs. Howard
6.0
1948
Music Man
6.0
1948
Here Comes Trouble
Woman with Dog (uncredited)
4.6
1948
Sitting Pretty
Townswoman (uncredited)
7.2
1948
Monsieur Verdoux
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
7.7
1947
Fun on a Weekend
Party Guest (Uncredited)
7.0
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
7.8
1946
Calcutta
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
6.2
1946
Sister Kenny
Doctor (uncredited)
6.5
1946
Crack-Up
Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
5.6
1946
Dragonwyck
Nurse (uncredited)
6.6
1946
Leave Her to Heaven
Prison Matron (uncredited)
7.4
1945
Dick Tracy
Woman (uncredited)
5.1
1945
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
0.0
1945
Girls of the Big House
Railroad Matron
6.0
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Bit Part (uncredited)
0.0
1945
The Climax
Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
5.4
1944
The Scarlet Claw
6.9
1944
Weird Woman
Party Guest (uncredited)
6.0
1944
The Kansan
Blonde Townswoman
5.2
1943
The Avenging Rider
Martha
0.0
1943
Idaho
Party Guest
5.7
1943
Lost Canyon
Mrs. Anson
5.0
1942
Moontide
Woman (uncredited)
6.4
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Ball Guest (uncredited)
6.4
1942
Frisco Lil
8.0
1942
The Wolf Man
Townswoman (uncredited)
7.0
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
6.6
1941
Misbehaving Husbands
Gossiping Friend
5.2
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Extra (uncredited)
6.5
1940
The Llano Kid
Saloon Hostess
0.0
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
McGlen Wife (uncredited)
2.0
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Dame (uncredited)
6.2
1939
The Women
Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
7.1
1939
Tassels in the Air
Louella Pindell (uncredited)
6.5
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Woman (uncredited)
6.0
1938
Wells Fargo
Pioneer Woman
5.1
1937
All Over Town
Mamie
7.2
1937
Easy Living
Saleswoman (uncredited)
7.0
1937
Rich Relations
0.0
1937
Empty Saddles
Eloise Hayes
0.0
1936
Great Guy
Party Guest (Uncredited)
6.2
1936
Wives Never Know
Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
0.0
1936
Postal Inspector
Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
6.2
1936
San Francisco
Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
6.6
1936
I Don't Remember
Sophie Glick
2.0
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
Gwendolyn
0.0
1935
Bad Boy
5.0
1935
It's in the Air
(uncredited)
5.0
1935
Cappy Ricks Returns
Speaker (uncredited)
4.5
1935
Here Comes the Band
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
5.0
1935
Honeymoon Limited
Lady Devonshire
6.0
1935
No More Ladies
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
5.1
1935
Border Brigands
Big Six -Saloon Girl
0.0
1935
The Drunkard
Peggy
0.0
1935
Northern Frontier
Mae
0.0
1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
6.0
1934
Washee Ironee
Woman at Party
6.8
1934
Wedding Belles
0.0
1934
I'll Take Vanilla
Mom
0.0
1934
Guilty Parents
Marie
4.8
1934
Carnival Lady
Zandra, Fortune Teller
5.0
1933
Crook's Tour
Mrs Dorigan
0.0
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
Vera
2.0
1933
I Have Lived
Harriet Naisson
0.0
1933
The Plumber and the Lady
Mrs. Otto Mauser
0.0
1933
Wine, Women and Song
Jennie Tilson
0.0
1933
Flaming Gold
Escort Service Madam
5.5
1932
Western Limited
Mrs. Winters
0.0
1932
High Hats and Low Brows
Mrs. Billingsgate
0.0
1932
They Never Come Back
Kate
5.5
1932
While Paris Sleeps
5.8
1932
In Walked Charley
Gertrude Henderson
0.0
1932
Running Hollywood
Gertrude Astor
0.0
1932
Poker Widows
Mrs. Thomas Regan
0.0
1931
Come Clean
Mrs. Hardy
7.2
1931
Hell Bound
Rosie
0.0
1931
Live and Learn
Mrs. Brown
1.0
1930
Dames Ahoy
The Blonde
0.0
1930
Be Yourself!
Lillian
5.0
1930
Untamed
Mrs. Mason
5.8
1929
Frozen Justice
Moosehide Kate
1.0
1929
Twin Beds
Mrs. Solari
0.0
1929
The Fall of Eve
Mrs. Ford
0.0
1929
Two Weeks Off
Agnes
0.0
1929
The Fatal Warning
3.0
1929
Synthetic Sin
Sheila Kelly
0.0
1929
Chasing Husbands
0.0
1928
A Woman of Affairs
Party Guest (uncredited)
6.7
1928
The Butter and Egg Man
Fanny Lehman
0.0
1928
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Blonde
0.0
1928
The Family Group
0.0
1928
Rose-Marie
Wanda
5.0
1928
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
Paulette
0.0
1928
Oh, What a Man!
The Bandit
0.0
1927
Ginsberg the Great
Sappho
0.0
1927
The Small Bachelor
Fanny
0.0
1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
6.9
1927
The Cat and the Canary
Cecily
6.8
1927
The Taxi Dancer
Kitty Lane
6.5
1927
Lightning Lariats
Girl
0.0
1927
The Cheerful Fraud
Rose
4.0
1926
The Strong Man
Lily de Broadway
6.3
1926
The Country Beyond
Mrs. Andrews
0.0
1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
Mrs. Gladstone
4.2
1926
The Old Soak
Sylvia De Costa
0.0
1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Baroness von Minden
1.0
1926
The Boy Friend
Mrs. White
0.0
1926
Kiki
Paulette Mascar
7.0
1926
Wife Tamers
Mrs. Barry
6.0
1926
Dizzy Daddies
A Former Flame
3.5
1926
Behind the Front
French barmaid
6.0
1926
Stage Struck
Lillian Lyons
6.2
1925
Satan in Sables
Dolores Sierra
0.0
1925
Borrowed Finery
Maisie
0.0
1925
Kentucky Pride
Mrs. Beaumont
5.9
1925
The Charmer
Bertha Sedgwick
0.0
1925
The Reckless Sex
Lucile Dupré
0.0
1925
Laughing Ladies
The Married Man's Wife
0.0
1925
Robes of Sin
6.0
1924
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
'Kansas' Lou
0.0
1924
The Silent Watcher
Mrs. Steele
0.0
1924
All's Swell on the Ocean
0.0
1924
The Torrent
The Cast-Off
0.0
1924
Broadway or Bust
Mrs. Dean Smythe
0.0
1924
Secrets
Mrs. Manwaring
5.5
1924
The Wanters
Mrs. Van Pelt
0.0
1923
Hollywood
Gertrude Astor
7.0
1923
Rupert of Hentzau
Paula
0.0
1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Edith Cortlandt
0.0
1923
The Ninety and Nine
Kate Van Dyke
0.0
1922
You Never Know
Miriam Folansbee
0.0
1922
The Kentucky Derby
Helen Gordon
5.0
1922
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Alice Granville
0.0
1922
Lorna Doone
Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
6.3
1922
Skin Deep
Mrs. Carlson
0.0
1922
Hurricane's Gal
Phyllis Fairfield
0.0
1922
Beyond the Rocks
Morella Winmarleigh
6.2
1922
Seeing's Believing
Aunt Sue
0.0
1922
The Wall Flower
Pamela Shiel
0.0
1922
Her Mad Bargain
Ruth Beresford
0.0
1921
Through The Back Door
Louise Reeves
6.0
1921
The Concert
Eva
0.0
1921
The Branding Iron
Betty Morena
0.0
1920
The Wicked Darling
Adele Hoyt
5.2
1919
Loot
Lady Gwendolyn
0.0
1919
What Am I Bid?
Diana Newlands
0.0
1919
The Brazen Beauty
Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
0.0
1918
Bucking Broadway
Gladys (uncredited)
5.5
1917
The Lash of Power
Phyllis Ward
0.0
1917
The Price of a Good Time
Mis Schyler
0.0
1917
Bondage
Eugenia Darth
0.0
1917
The Girl Who Won Out
Mrs. Walsh
0.0
1917
Cheyenne's Pal
Dancehall girl
4.5
1917
The Rescue
Mrs. Hendricks
0.0
1917
The Little Orphan
Emmeline Warren
0.0
1917
Polly Redhead
Lady Caroline
0.0
1917
The Scarlet Crystal
Helen Forbes
0.0
1917
The Devil's Pay Day
Hazel Davidson
0.0
1917
Bombs and Banknotes
His Daughter
0.0
1917
Under Two Flags
Venetia
0.0
1915
Alice Adams
Mildred Palmer
0.0