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Gertrude Astor

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 11/09/1887 († 90, 11/09/1977) | Lakewood, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Gertrude Astor (born Gertrude Irene Eyster; November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone in a woman's band. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Movies with Gertrude Astor as Actress(164)

as Party Guest (uncredited)1965 The Sound of Music
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Townswoman (uncredited)1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Customer (uncredited)1961 All in a Night's Work
as The Elderly Cultist1961 The Devil's Hand
as Townswoman1959 The Horse Soldiers
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)1959 The Best of Everything
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)1958 The Female Animal
as Extra (uncredited)1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)1955 Wichita
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)1955 Daddy Long Legs
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group (uncredited)1955 The Virgin Queen
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)1954 A Star Is Born
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)1954 Deep in My Heart
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)1953 Scared Stiff
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)1952 Paula
as Neighbor (uncredited)1952 Scandal Sheet
as Traveler (uncredited)1951 When Worlds Collide
as Bit Part (uncredited)1951 A Place in the Sun
as Village Woman (uncredited)1951 Thunder on the Hill
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)1950 All About Eve
as Club Patron (uncredited)1950 Bunco Squad
as Courtier (uncredited)1950 Sunset Boulevard
as Inmate (uncredited)1950 Caged
as Juror (Uncredited)1949 The File on Thelma Jordon
as Miss Gee (uncredited)1948 My Dear Secretary
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)1948 3 Godfathers
as Townswoman (uncredited)1948 Sitting Pretty
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)1947 Monsieur Verdoux
as Party Guest (Uncredited)1947 Fun on a Weekend
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)1946 Crack-Up
as Nurse (uncredited)1946 Dragonwyck
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)1946 Calcutta
as Doctor (uncredited)1946 Sister Kenny
as Bit Part (uncredited)1945 Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Prison Matron (uncredited)1945 Leave Her to Heaven
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)1945 An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
as Railroad Matron1945 Girls of the Big House
as Party Guest (uncredited)1944 Weird Woman
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)1944 The Climax
as Party Guest1943 Idaho
as Martha1943 The Avenging Rider
as Blonde Townswoman1943 The Kansan
as Ball Guest (uncredited)1942 Reap the Wild Wind
as Woman1942 Moontide
as Mrs. Anson1942 Lost Canyon
as Townswoman (uncredited)1941 The Wolf Man
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)1941 Hold Back the Dawn
as Gossiping Friend1940 Misbehaving Husbands
as Dame (uncredited)1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)1939 $1,000 a Touchdown
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)1939 The Women
as Saloon Hostess1939 The Llano Kid
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)1938 Tassels in the Air
as Woman (uncredited)1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Pioneer Woman1937 Wells Fargo
as Mamie1937 All Over Town
as Saleswoman (uncredited)1937 Easy Living
as Party Guest (Uncredited)1936 Great Guy
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)1936 San Francisco
as Eloise Hayes1936 Empty Saddles
as Big Six -Saloon Girl1935 Border Brigands
as Sophie Glick1935 I Don't Remember
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)1935 No More Ladies
as (uncredited)1935 It's in the Air
as Lady Devonshire1935 Honeymoon Limited
as Speaker (uncredited)1935 Cappy Ricks Returns
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)1935 Here Comes the Band
as Peggy1935 The Drunkard
as Gwendolyn1935 Manhattan Monkey Business
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)1934 The Chases of Pimple Street
as Marie1934 Guilty Parents
as Harriet Naisson1933 I Have Lived
as Jennie Tilson1933 Wine, Women and Song
as Zandra, Fortune Teller1933 Carnival Lady
as Mrs Dorigan1933 Crook's Tour
as Vera1933 Ship of Wanted Men
as Mrs. Winters1932 Western Limited
as Gertrude Henderson1932 In Walked Charley
as Escort Service Madam1932 Flaming Gold
as Mrs. Billingsgate1932 High Hats and Low Brows
as Rosie1931 Hell Bound
as Mrs. Hardy1931 Come Clean
as Lillian1930 Be Yourself!
as Mrs. Brown1930 Live and Learn
as The Blonde1930 Dames Ahoy
as Moosehide Kate1929 Frozen Justice
as Mrs. Mason1929 Untamed
as Sheila Kelly1929 Synthetic Sin
as Agnes1929 Two Weeks Off
as Mrs. Ford1929 The Fall of Eve
as Wanda1928 Rose-Marie
as Fanny Lehman1928 The Butter and Egg Man
as Party Guest (uncredited)1928 A Woman of Affairs
as The Bandit1927 Oh, What a Man!
as Kitty Lane1927 The Taxi Dancer
as Fanny1927 The Small Bachelor
as Paulette1926 Kiki
as Mrs. Gladstone1926 Tell 'Em Nothing
as A Former Flame1926 Dizzy Daddies
as Lily de Broadway1926 The Strong Man
as Baroness von Minden1926 Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Mrs. Andrews1926 The Country Beyond
as French barmaid1926 Behind the Front
as Mrs. White1926 The Boy Friend
as Mrs. Barry1926 Wife Tamers
as Rose1926 The Cheerful Fraud
as Lillian Lyons1925 Stage Struck
as Bertha Sedgwick1925 The Charmer
as Mrs. Beaumont1925 Kentucky Pride
as Dolores Sierra1925 Satan in Sables
as Mrs. Steele1924 The Silent Watcher
as Mrs. Dean Smythe1924 Broadway or Bust
as Mrs. Manwaring1924 Secrets
as herself1923 Hollywood
as Edith Cortlandt1923 The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Mrs. Van Pelt1923 The Wanters
as Morella Winmarleigh1922 Beyond the Rocks
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)1922 Lorna Doone
as Mrs. Carlson1922 Skin Deep
as Helen Gordon1922 The Kentucky Derby
as Miriam Folansbee1922 You Never Know
as Phyllis Fairfield1922 Hurricane's Gal
as Kate Van Dyke1922 The Ninety and Nine
as Alice Granville1922 The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Pamela Shiel1922 The Wall Flower
as Ruth Beresford1921 Her Mad Bargain
as Louise Reeves1921 Through The Back Door
as Eva1921 The Concert
as Betty Morena1920 The Branding Iron
as Diana Newlands1919 What Am I Bid?
as Adele Hoyt1919 The Wicked Darling
as Lady Gwendolyn1919 Loot
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael1918 The Brazen Beauty
as Gladys1917 Bucking Broadway
as Eugenia Darth1917 Bondage
as Hazel Davidson1917 The Devil's Pay Day
as Mrs. Walsh1917 The Girl Who Won Out
as His Daughter1917 Bombs and Banknotes
as Phyllis Ward1917 The Lash of Power
as Mrs. Hendricks1917 The Rescue
as Lady Caroline1917 Polly Redhead
as Dancehall girl1917 Cheyenne's Pal
as Mis Schyler1917 The Price of a Good Time
as Helen Forbes1917 The Scarlet Crystal
as Emmeline Warren1917 The Little Orphan
as Venetia1915 Under Two Flags

TV Shows/Series with Gertrude Astor as Actress(2)

as Showgirl #41951 I Love Lucy

Full Name: Gertrude Irene Eyster
Born: Wednesday, 11/09 1887 (November) in Lakewood, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 11/09 1977 (November) in Woodland Hills (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Gertrude Astor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gertrude Aster"
Gertrude Astor frequently works together with these people:
Bess Flowers (14x, Actress)
Franklyn Farnum (14x, Actor)
Louis Nicoletti (14x, Cast)
Charley Chase (12x, Actor)
Wally Westmore (11x, Crew)
Edith Head (11x, Crew)
John Ford (10x, Crew)
Hans Dreier (10x, Crew)
William H. O'Brien (10x, Actor)
Harold Miller (10x, Actor)
Larry Steers (9x, Actor)
Farciot Edouart (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:103381, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024