Name
Gertrude Astor
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-11-09
Deathday
1977-11-09 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1954 Deep in My Heart as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
- 1937 Easy Living as Saleswoman (uncredited)
- 1955 The Virgin Queen as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
- 1929 Frozen Justice as Moosehide Kate
- 1921 Her Mad Bargain as Ruth Beresford
- 1929 The Fatal Warning
- 1917 The Scarlet Crystal as Helen Forbes
- 1923 Hollywood as Gertrude Astor
- 1917 The Price of a Good Time as Mis Schyler
- 1915 Under Two Flags as Venetia
- 1917 The Lash of Power as Phyllis Ward
- 1919 What Am I Bid? as Diana Newlands
- 1941 The Wolf Man as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1917 The Girl Who Won Out as Mrs. Walsh
- 1926 The Old Soak as Sylvia De Costa
- 1922 The Ninety and Nine as Kate Van Dyke
- 1917 Bombs and Banknotes as His Daughter
- 1928 The Butter and Egg Man as Fanny Lehman
- 1928 The Family Group
- 1928 Chasing Husbands
- 1922 Skin Deep as Mrs. Carlson
- 1923 The Wanters as Mrs. Van Pelt
- 1934 The Chases of Pimple Street as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
- 1961 The Devil's Hand as The Elderly Cultist
- 1931 Come Clean as Mrs. Hardy
- 1926 The Strong Man as Lily de Broadway
- 1957 My Man Godfrey as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1933 Wine, Women and Song as Jennie Tilson
- 1933 The Plumber and the Lady as Mrs. Otto Mauser
- 1919 Loot as Lady Gwendolyn
- 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
- 1923 Rupert of Hentzau as Paula
- 1952 Fort Osage as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1952 The Old West as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1921 Through the Back Door as Louise Reeves
- 1926 Don Juan's 3 Nights as Baroness von Minden
- 1948 Here Comes Trouble as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
- 1922 You Never Know as Miriam Folansbee
- 1919 The Wicked Darling as Adele Hoyt
- 1942 Reap the Wild Wind as Ball Guest (uncredited)
- 1935 The Drunkard as Peggy
- 1917 Bucking Broadway as Gladys (uncredited)
- 1925 Stage Struck as Lillian Lyons
- 1924 Broadway or Bust as Mrs. Dean Smythe
- 1924 The Ridin' Kid from Powder River as 'Kansas' Lou
- 1926 Wife Tamers as Mrs. Barry
- 1930 Be Yourself! as Lillian
- 1937 All Over Town as Mamie
- 1922 Lorna Doone as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1932 High Hats and Low Brows as Mrs. Billingsgate
- 1922 The Kentucky Derby as Helen Gordon
- 1930 Live and Learn as Mrs. Brown
- 1933 Carnival Lady as Zandra, Fortune Teller
- 1937 Rich Relations
- 1932 Running Hollywood as Gertrude Astor
- 1934 Wedding Belles
- 1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter as Townswoman
- 1926 Kiki as Paulette Mascar
- 1926 Dizzy Daddies as A Former Flame
- 1961 All in a Night's Work as Customer (uncredited)
- 1932 They Never Come Back as Kate
- 1930 Dames Ahoy as The Blonde
- 1929 Untamed as Mrs. Mason
- 1959 The Best of Everything as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
- 1933 I Have Lived as Harriet Naisson
- 1935 I Don't Remember as Sophie Glick
- 1927 The Small Bachelor as Fanny
- 1942 Frisco Lil
- 1925 Kentucky Pride as Mrs. Beaumont
- 1924 Secrets as Mrs. Manwaring
- 1929 Synthetic Sin as Sheila Kelly
- 1926 The Boy Friend as Mrs. White
- 1946 Dragonwyck as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1932 In Walked Charley as Gertrude Henderson
- 1927 The Cat and the Canary as Cecily
- 1932 While Paris Sleeps
- 1946 Calcutta as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1920 The Branding Iron as Betty Morena
- 1922 Beyond the Rocks as Morella Winmarleigh
- 1926 Behind the Front as French barmaid
- 1937 Wells Fargo as Pioneer Woman
- 1939 The Llano Kid as Saloon Hostess
- 1960 Sergeant Rutledge as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1954 A Star Is Born as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- 1931 Poker Widows as Mrs. Thomas Regan
- 1935 Here Comes the Band as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1950 All About Eve as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
- 1935 Northern Frontier as Mae
- 1939 The Women as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
- 1948 Sitting Pretty as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1936 Empty Saddles as Eloise Hayes
- 1939 Dust Be My Destiny as Dame (uncredited)
- 1927 Oh, What a Man! as The Bandit
- 1933 Ship of Wanted Men as Vera
- 1946 Sister Kenny as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1948 My Dear Secretary as Miss Gee (uncredited)
- 1950 Again Pioneers as Mrs. Jans
- 1945 An Angel Comes To Brooklyn as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
- 1936 Postal Inspector as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
- 1950 Woman in Hiding as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
- 1947 Monsieur Verdoux as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1924 The Torrent as The Cast-Off
- 1941 Hold Back the Dawn as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
- 1934 Guilty Parents as Marie
- 1935 Cappy Ricks Returns as Speaker (uncredited)
- 1932 Western Limited as Mrs. Winters
- 1926 Tell 'Em Nothing as Mrs. Gladstone
- 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1927 Ginsberg the Great as Sappho
- 1928 Five and Ten Cent Annie as Blonde
- 1929 Twin Beds as Mrs. Solari
- 1944 The Scarlet Claw
- 1925 The Charmer as Bertha Sedgwick
- 1953 Angel Face as Matron (uncredited)
- 1940 Misbehaving Husbands as Gossiping Friend
- 1950 Sunset Boulevard as Courtier (uncredited)
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife as Extra (uncredited)
- 1953 Scared Stiff as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
- 1935 It's in the Air as (uncredited)
- 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Woman (uncredited)
- 1959 The Tingler as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- 1917 Cheyenne's Pal as Dancehall girl
- 1961 Two Rode Together as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
- 1952 Scandal Sheet as Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1956 Around the World in 80 Days as Extra (uncredited)
- 1925 The Reckless Sex as Lucile Dupré
- 1955 Daddy Long Legs as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
- 1945 Girls of the Big House as Railroad Matron
- 1935 Border Brigands as Big Six -Saloon Girl
- 1948 3 Godfathers as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
- 1942 Lost Canyon as Mrs. Anson
- 1938 Tassels in the Air as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
- 1943 Idaho as Party Guest
- 1935 Honeymoon Limited as Lady Devonshire
- 1943 The Avenging Rider as Martha
- 1943 The Kansan as Blonde Townswoman
- 1952 Paula as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
- 1936 San Francisco as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
- 1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1929 Two Weeks Off as Agnes
- 1927 The Taxi Dancer as Kitty Lane
- 1917 Polly Redhead as Lady Caroline
- 1951 When Worlds Collide as Traveler (uncredited)
- 1932 Flaming Gold as Escort Service Madam
- 1951 A Place in the Sun as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1965 The Sound of Music as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1929 The Fall of Eve as Mrs. Ford
- 1923 The Ne'er-Do-Well as Edith Cortlandt
- 1948 Music Man as Mrs. Larkin
- 1926 The Cheerful Fraud as Rose
- 1939 $1,000 a Touchdown as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
- 1928 A Woman of Affairs as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1947 Fun on a Weekend as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1945 Leave Her to Heaven as Prison Matron (uncredited)
- 1917 Bondage as Eugenia Darth
- 1917 The Devil's Pay Day as Hazel Davidson
- 1918 The Brazen Beauty as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
- 1917 The Rescue as Mrs. Hendricks
- 1917 The Little Orphan as Emmeline Warren
- 1950 Bunco Squad as Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Mrs. Howard
- 1922 Hurricane's Gal as Phyllis Fairfield
- 1924 Robes of Sin
- 1945 Swingin' on a Rainbow as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1921 The Concert as Eva
- 1942 Moontide as Woman (uncredited)
- 1935 No More Ladies as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1922 Seeing's Believing as Aunt Sue
- 1949 The File on Thelma Jordon as Juror (uncredited)
- 1928 Rose-Marie as Wanda
- 1931 Hell Bound as Rosie
- 1955 Wichita as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
- 1951 Thunder on the Hill as Village Woman (uncredited)
- 1936 Great Guy as Party Guest (Uncredited)
- 1922 The Wall Flower as Pamela Shiel
- 1944 The Climax as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
- 1924 The Silent Watcher as Mrs. Steele
- 1922 The Impossible Mrs. Bellew as Alice Granville
- 1933 Crook's Tour as Mrs Dorigan
- 1944 Weird Woman as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1925 Satan in Sables as Dolores Sierra
- 1958 The Female Animal as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
- 1950 Caged as Inmate (uncredited)
- 1959 The Horse Soldiers as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1946 Crack-Up as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
- 1926 The Country Beyond as Mrs. Andrews
- 1934 I'll Take Vanilla as Mom
- 1935 Manhattan Monkey Business as Gwendolyn
- 1925 Laughing Ladies as The Married Man's Wife
- 1934 Washee Ironee as Woman at Party
- 1925 Borrowed Finery as Maisie
- 1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
- 1945 Dick Tracy as Woman (uncredited)
- 1952 The Merry Widow as Reception Guest (uncredited)
- 1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris as Paulette
- 1927 Lightning Lariats as Girl
- 1923 Alice Adams as Mildred Palmer
- 1935 Bad Boy
- 1924 All's Swell on the Ocean
- 1936 Wives Never Know as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
- 1925 Ship of Souls as Doris Barnes
- 1920 Occasionally Yours as Mona
- 1919 The Delicious Little Devil as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
- 1951 Apache Drums as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1918 The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit as Stella Carter
- 1919 Pretty Smooth as Mrs. Hanson
- 1917 The Gray Ghost as Lady Gwendolyn
- 1925 Pursued as Madame La Grande
- 1925 The Verdict as Mrs. Ronsard
- 1919 The Lion Man as Celeste La Rue
- 1920 Burning Daylight as Lucille
- 1925 The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted as Greta
- 1926 Sin Cargo as Mary Wickham
- 1924 Fight and Win
- 1923 The Six-Fifty as Christine Palmer
- 1925 Folly of Youth as Evelyn Cartwright
- 1928 Stocks and Blondes as Goldie
- 1927 The Irresistible Lover as Dolly Carleton
- 1928 Hit of the Show as Trece
- 1923 Flaming Youth as Annie
- 1918 Vamping the Vamp as Thedeska - The Vamp
- 1950 Montana as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1965 My Mother the Car ( 1 episode )
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Showgirl #4
