Gertrude Astor
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Sound of Music (1965)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Courtier (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Alice Adams (1923)
as Mildred Palmer
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Extra (uncredited)
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
as Traveler (uncredited)
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Women (1939)
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Dragonwyck (1946)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Caged (1950)
as Inmate (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Tracy (1945)
as Woman (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Angel Face (1953)
as Matron (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
The Tingler (1959)
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Two Rode Together (1961)
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
Come Clean (1931)
as Mrs. Hardy
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Crack-Up (1946)
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Scared Stiff (1953)
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
The Merry Widow (1952)
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Wichita (1955)
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Moontide (1942)
as Woman (uncredited)
Sin Cargo (1926)
as Mary Wickham
Idaho (1943)
as Party Guest
The Female Animal (1958)
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
Paula (1952)
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
as Cecily
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
as Townswoman
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
as Juror (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
The Kansan (1943)
as Blonde Townswoman
Scandal Sheet (1952)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
The Virgin Queen (1955)
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Easy Living (1937)
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Kiki (1926)
as Paulette Mascar
The Best of Everything (1959)
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
Washee Ironee (1934)
as Woman at Party
The Climax (1944)
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Wife Tamers (1926)
as Mrs. Barry
Empty Saddles (1936)
as Eloise Hayes
Apache Drums (1951)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Pioneer Woman
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Actor
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Woman (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Customer (uncredited)
Fort Osage (1952)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
Flaming Gold (1932)
as Escort Service Madam
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Dame (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Bunco Squad (1950)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Pretty Smooth (1919)
as Mrs. Hanson
Tassels in the Air (1938)
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
Hollywood (1923)
as Gertrude Astor
No More Ladies (1935)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Western Limited (1932)
as Mrs. Winters
Running Hollywood (1932)
as Gertrude Astor
The Verdict (1925)
as Mrs. Ronsard
Bad Boy (1935)
Actor
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
as Village Woman (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
It's in the Air (1935)
as (uncredited)
The Reckless Sex (1925)
as Lucile Dupré
Twin Beds (1929)
as Mrs. Solari
Calcutta (1946)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lost Canyon (1942)
as Mrs. Anson
Great Guy (1936)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Silent Watcher (1924)
as Mrs. Steele
Chasing Husbands (1928)
Actor
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
Wives Never Know (1936)
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
The Devil's Hand (1961)
as The Elderly Cultist
They Never Come Back (1932)
as Kate
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
as Morella Winmarleigh
The Old West (1952)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band (1935)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
High Hats and Low Brows (1932)
as Mrs. Billingsgate
The Wall Flower (1922)
as Pamela Shiel
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
as Dancehall girl
Weird Woman (1944)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Devil's Pay Day (1917)
as Hazel Davidson
The Small Bachelor (1927)
as Fanny
Girls of the Big House (1945)
as Railroad Matron
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Extra (uncredited)
Ginsberg the Great (1927)
as Sappho
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
as Mrs. Howard
Fight and Win (1924)
Actor
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
The Brazen Beauty (1918)
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Irresistible Lover (1927)
as Dolly Carleton
Untamed (1929)
as Mrs. Mason
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
Pursued (1925)
as Madame La Grande
In Walked Charley (1932)
as Gertrude Henderson
Polly Redhead (1917)
as Lady Caroline
The Country Beyond (1926)
as Mrs. Andrews
Frozen Justice (1929)
as Moosehide Kate
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)
as Greta
Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926)
as Baroness von Minden
Loot (1919)
as Lady Gwendolyn
Postal Inspector (1936)
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
The Boy Friend (1926)
as Mrs. White
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Stage Struck (1925)
as Lillian Lyons
Honeymoon Limited (1935)
as Lady Devonshire
Northern Frontier (1935)
as Mae
The Butter and Egg Man (1928)
as Fanny Lehman
Kentucky Pride (1925)
as Mrs. Beaumont
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor
The Strong Man (1926)
as Lily de Broadway
Music Man (1948)
as Mrs. Larkin
You Never Know (1922)
as Miriam Folansbee
The Little Orphan (1917)
as Emmeline Warren
Satan in Sables (1925)
as Dolores Sierra
Hit of the Show (1928)
as Trece
All's Swell on the Ocean (1924)
Actor
The Fall of Eve (1929)
as Mrs. Ford
The Concert (1921)
as Eva
All Over Town (1937)
as Mamie
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
as Edith Cortlandt
Through the Back Door (1921)
as Louise Reeves
Again Pioneers (1950)
as Mrs. Jans
Stocks and Blondes (1928)
as Goldie
The Old Soak (1926)
as Sylvia De Costa
Secrets (1924)
as Mrs. Manwaring
The Wanters (1923)
as Mrs. Van Pelt
Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
as Speaker (uncredited)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
as Alice Granville
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)
as 'Kansas' Lou
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
as Vera
Poker Widows (1931)
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
The Llano Kid (1939)
as Saloon Hostess
Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
as Blonde
The Lash of Power (1917)
as Phyllis Ward
The Torrent (1924)
as The Cast-Off
Bucking Broadway (1917)
as Gladys (uncredited)
Behind the Front (1926)
as French barmaid
Be Yourself! (1930)
as Lillian
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928)
as Paulette
Folly of Youth (1925)
as Evelyn Cartwright
The Six-Fifty (1923)
as Christine Palmer
The Wicked Darling (1919)
as Adele Hoyt
The Cheerful Fraud (1926)
as Rose
Her Mad Bargain (1921)
as Ruth Beresford
The Kentucky Derby (1922)
as Helen Gordon
The Taxi Dancer (1927)
as Kitty Lane
Rose-Marie (1928)
as Wanda
Dames Ahoy (1930)
as The Blonde
Live and Learn (1930)
as Mrs. Brown
Laughing Ladies (1925)
as The Married Man's Wife
The Branding Iron (1920)
as Betty Morena
Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)
as Mrs. Gladstone
Guilty Parents (1934)
as Marie
Borrowed Finery (1925)
as Maisie
Broadway or Bust (1924)
as Mrs. Dean Smythe
Border Brigands (1935)
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
as Gossiping Friend
The Fatal Warning (1929)
Actor
I Don't Remember (1935)
as Sophie Glick
I Have Lived (1933)
as Harriet Naisson
Flaming Youth (1923)
as Annie
Two Weeks Off (1929)
as Agnes
Crook's Tour (1933)
as Mrs Dorigan
Lightning Lariats (1927)
as Girl
The Avenging Rider (1943)
as Martha
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Actor
The Gray Ghost (1917)
as Lady Gwendolyn
The Plumber and the Lady (1933)
as Mrs. Otto Mauser
Skin Deep (1922)
as Mrs. Carlson
The Scarlet Crystal (1917)
as Helen Forbes
What Am I Bid? (1919)
as Diana Newlands
Hell Bound (1931)
as Rosie
The Price of a Good Time (1917)
as Mis Schyler
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
Synthetic Sin (1929)
as Sheila Kelly
Carnival Lady (1933)
as Zandra, Fortune Teller
I'll Take Vanilla (1934)
as Mom
The Ninety and Nine (1922)
as Kate Van Dyke
Occasionally Yours (1920)
as Mona
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn (1945)
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Burning Daylight (1920)
as Lucille
Rupert of Hentzau (1923)
as Paula
The Family Group (1928)
Actor
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918)
as Stella Carter
Rich Relations (1937)
Actor
The Rescue (1917)
as Mrs. Hendricks
Bombs and Banknotes (1917)
as His Daughter
The Girl Who Won Out (1917)
as Mrs. Walsh
Seeing's Believing (1922)
as Aunt Sue
Wine, Women and Song (1933)
as Jennie Tilson
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
as Gwendolyn
Lorna Doone (1922)
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
The Lion Man (1919)
as Celeste La Rue
Ship of Souls (1925)
as Doris Barnes
The Charmer (1925)
as Bertha Sedgwick
Hurricane's Gal (1922)
as Phyllis Fairfield
The Drunkard (1935)
as Peggy
Robes of Sin (1924)
Actor
Under Two Flags (1915)
as Venetia
Bondage (1917)
as Eugenia Darth
Oh, What a Man! (1927)
as The Bandit
Wedding Belles (1934)
Actor
Dizzy Daddies (1926)
as A Former Flame
Vamping the Vamp (1918)
as Thedeska - The Vamp