Gertrude Astor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1887
- Died
- November 9, 1977 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Movie · as Townswoman
The Sound of Music
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
My Mother the Car
TV · 1 ep
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie · as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Devil's Hand
Movie · as The Elderly Cultist
All in a Night's Work
Movie · as Customer (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Best of Everything
Movie · as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
The Tingler
Movie · as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Female Animal
Movie · as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Virgin Queen
Movie · as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Daddy Long Legs
Movie · as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Wichita
Movie · as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart
Movie · as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Angel Face
Movie · as Matron (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
Movie · as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Fort Osage
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Old West
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
Movie · as Neighbor (uncredited)
Paula
Movie · as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Movie · as Reception Guest (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
Movie · as Traveler (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill
Movie · as Village Woman (uncredited)
Apache Drums
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV · as Showgirl #4 · 1 ep
All About Eve
Movie · as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
Movie · as Mrs. Jans
Woman in Hiding
Movie · as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Movie · as Courtier (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
Movie · as Club Patron (uncredited)
Caged
Movie · as Inmate (uncredited)
Montana
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie · as Juror (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie · as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble
Movie · as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary
Movie · as Miss Gee (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
Movie · as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Music Man
Movie · as Mrs. Larkin
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Movie · as Mrs. Howard
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie · as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Calcutta
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Movie · as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Movie · as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
Movie · as Railroad Matron
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie · as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
Movie
The Climax
Movie · as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Weird Woman
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Idaho
Movie · as Party Guest
The Avenging Rider
Movie · as Martha
The Kansan
Movie · as Blonde Townswoman
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie · as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
Movie
Lost Canyon
Movie · as Mrs. Anson
Moontide
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie · as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Misbehaving Husbands
Movie · as Gossiping Friend
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Llano Kid
Movie · as Saloon Hostess
The Women
Movie · as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie · as Dame (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
Movie · as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Tassels in the Air
Movie · as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
Easy Living
Movie · as Saleswoman (uncredited)
All Over Town
Movie · as Mamie
Rich Relations
Movie
Wells Fargo
Movie · as Pioneer Woman
Empty Saddles
Movie · as Eloise Hayes
Postal Inspector
Movie · as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
San Francisco
Movie · as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Great Guy
Movie · as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Wives Never Know
Movie · as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
The Drunkard
Movie · as Peggy
I Don't Remember
Movie · as Sophie Glick
Here Comes the Band
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
Movie · as Mae
Cappy Ricks Returns
Movie · as Speaker (uncredited)
It's in the Air
Movie · as (uncredited)
Border Brigands
Movie · as Big Six -Saloon Girl
Honeymoon Limited
Movie · as Lady Devonshire
No More Ladies
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie · as Gwendolyn
Bad Boy
Movie
The Chases of Pimple Street
Movie · as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
Wedding Belles
Movie
Guilty Parents
Movie · as Marie
I'll Take Vanilla
Movie · as Mom
Washee Ironee
Movie · as Woman at Party
Wine, Women and Song
Movie · as Jennie Tilson
The Plumber and the Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Otto Mauser
Carnival Lady
Movie · as Zandra, Fortune Teller
I Have Lived
Movie · as Harriet Naisson
Ship of Wanted Men
Movie · as Vera
Crook's Tour
Movie · as Mrs Dorigan
High Hats and Low Brows
Movie · as Mrs. Billingsgate
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Gertrude Astor
They Never Come Back
Movie · as Kate
In Walked Charley
Movie · as Gertrude Henderson
While Paris Sleeps
Movie
Western Limited
Movie · as Mrs. Winters
Flaming Gold
Movie · as Escort Service Madam
Come Clean
Movie · as Mrs. Hardy
Poker Widows
Movie · as Mrs. Thomas Regan
Hell Bound
Movie · as Rosie
Be Yourself!
Movie · as Lillian
Live and Learn
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
Dames Ahoy
Movie · as The Blonde
Frozen Justice
Movie · as Moosehide Kate
The Fatal Warning
Movie
Untamed
Movie · as Mrs. Mason
Synthetic Sin
Movie · as Sheila Kelly
Twin Beds
Movie · as Mrs. Solari
Two Weeks Off
Movie · as Agnes
The Fall of Eve
Movie · as Mrs. Ford
The Butter and Egg Man
Movie · as Fanny Lehman
The Family Group
Movie
Chasing Husbands
Movie
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Movie · as Blonde
A Woman of Affairs
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rose-Marie
Movie · as Wanda
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
Movie · as Paulette
Stocks and Blondes
Movie · as Goldie
Hit of the Show
Movie · as Trece
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie · as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
The Small Bachelor
Movie · as Fanny
The Cat and the Canary
Movie · as Cecily
Oh, What a Man!
Movie · as The Bandit
Ginsberg the Great
Movie · as Sappho
The Taxi Dancer
Movie · as Kitty Lane
Lightning Lariats
Movie · as Girl
The Irresistible Lover
Movie · as Dolly Carleton
The Old Soak
Movie · as Sylvia De Costa
The Strong Man
Movie · as Lily de Broadway
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Movie · as Baroness von Minden
Wife Tamers
Movie · as Mrs. Barry
Kiki
Movie · as Paulette Mascar
Dizzy Daddies
Movie · as A Former Flame
The Boy Friend
Movie · as Mrs. White
Behind the Front
Movie · as French barmaid
Tell 'Em Nothing
Movie · as Mrs. Gladstone
The Cheerful Fraud
Movie · as Rose
The Country Beyond
Movie · as Mrs. Andrews
Sin Cargo
Movie · as Mary Wickham
Stage Struck
Movie · as Lillian Lyons
Kentucky Pride
Movie · as Mrs. Beaumont
The Charmer
Movie · as Bertha Sedgwick
The Reckless Sex
Movie · as Lucile Dupré
Satan in Sables
Movie · as Dolores Sierra
Laughing Ladies
Movie · as The Married Man's Wife
Borrowed Finery
Movie · as Maisie
Ship of Souls
Movie · as Doris Barnes
Pursued
Movie · as Madame La Grande
The Verdict
Movie · as Mrs. Ronsard
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Movie · as Greta
Folly of Youth
Movie · as Evelyn Cartwright
Broadway or Bust
Movie · as Mrs. Dean Smythe
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Movie · as 'Kansas' Lou
Secrets
Movie · as Mrs. Manwaring
The Torrent
Movie · as The Cast-Off
Robes of Sin
Movie
The Silent Watcher
Movie · as Mrs. Steele
All's Swell on the Ocean
Movie
Fight and Win
Movie
Hollywood
Movie · as Gertrude Astor
The Wanters
Movie · as Mrs. Van Pelt
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie · as Paula
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Movie · as Edith Cortlandt
Alice Adams
Movie · as Mildred Palmer
The Six-Fifty
Movie · as Christine Palmer
Flaming Youth
Movie · as Annie
The Ninety and Nine
Movie · as Kate Van Dyke
Skin Deep
Movie · as Mrs. Carlson
You Never Know
Movie · as Miriam Folansbee
Lorna Doone
Movie · as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
The Kentucky Derby
Movie · as Helen Gordon
Beyond the Rocks
Movie · as Morella Winmarleigh
Hurricane's Gal
Movie · as Phyllis Fairfield
Seeing's Believing
Movie · as Aunt Sue
The Wall Flower
Movie · as Pamela Shiel
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Movie · as Alice Granville
Her Mad Bargain
Movie · as Ruth Beresford
Through the Back Door
Movie · as Louise Reeves
The Concert
Movie · as Eva
The Branding Iron
Movie · as Betty Morena
Occasionally Yours
Movie · as Mona
Burning Daylight
Movie · as Lucille
What Am I Bid?
Movie · as Diana Newlands
Loot
Movie · as Lady Gwendolyn
The Wicked Darling
Movie · as Adele Hoyt
The Delicious Little Devil
Movie · as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
Pretty Smooth
Movie · as Mrs. Hanson
The Lion Man
Movie · as Celeste La Rue
The Brazen Beauty
Movie · as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
Movie · as Stella Carter
Vamping the Vamp
Movie · as Thedeska - The Vamp
The Scarlet Crystal
Movie · as Helen Forbes
The Price of a Good Time
Movie · as Mis Schyler
The Lash of Power
Movie · as Phyllis Ward
The Girl Who Won Out
Movie · as Mrs. Walsh
Bombs and Banknotes
Movie · as His Daughter
Bucking Broadway
Movie · as Gladys (uncredited)
Cheyenne's Pal
Movie · as Dancehall girl
Polly Redhead
Movie · as Lady Caroline
Bondage
Movie · as Eugenia Darth
The Devil's Pay Day
Movie · as Hazel Davidson
The Rescue
Movie · as Mrs. Hendricks
The Little Orphan
Movie · as Emmeline Warren
The Gray Ghost
Movie · as Lady Gwendolyn
Under Two Flags
Movie · as Venetia