Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1887-11-09
Deathday: 1977-11-09 (90 years old)

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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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Filmography

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Movies 181

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TV Shows 2

Townswoman
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

Movie
My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car (1965)

TV
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music (1965)

Movie
6.95
Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Movie
Townswoman (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Movie
3.67
The Elderly Cultist
The Devil's Hand

The Devil's Hand (1961)

Movie
Customer (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Movie
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Movie
4
Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything (1959)

Movie
Townswoman
The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Movie
6
Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
The Female Animal

The Female Animal (1958)

Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey (1957)

Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Movie
4.67
Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen (1955)

Movie
Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Wichita

Wichita (1955)

Movie
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

Movie
Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Movie
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born (1954)

Movie
Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff (1953)

Movie
Townswoman (uncredited)
The Old West

The Old West (1952)

Movie
Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Paula

Paula (1952)

Movie
Townswoman (uncredited)
Fort Osage

Fort Osage (1952)

Movie
Neighbor (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet (1952)

Movie
Village Woman (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill

Thunder on the Hill (1951)

Movie
Showgirl #4
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy (1951)

TV
7.33
Traveler (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Movie
7
Bit Part (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Movie
5.67
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
All About Eve

All About Eve (1950)

Movie
5.33
Club Patron (uncredited)
Bunco Squad

Bunco Squad (1950)

Movie
Courtier (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Movie
5.25
Inmate (uncredited)
Caged

Caged (1950)

Movie
Juror (Uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

Movie
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers (1948)

Movie
3.5
Miss Gee (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary

My Dear Secretary (1948)

Movie
Mrs. Howard
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Movie
Music Man

Music Man (1948)

Movie
Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble (1948)

Movie
Townswoman (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Movie
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Movie
1
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend

Fun on a Weekend (1947)

Movie
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Movie
4
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Calcutta

Calcutta (1946)

Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny (1946)

Movie
Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Crack-Up

Crack-Up (1946)

Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck (1946)

Movie
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Movie
Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

An Angel Comes To Brooklyn (1945)

Movie
Railroad Matron
Girls of the Big House

Girls of the Big House (1945)

Movie
Bit Part (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow

Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)

Movie
Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
The Climax

The Climax (1944)

Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Weird Woman

Weird Woman (1944)

Movie
3.5
Blonde Townswoman
The Kansan

The Kansan (1943)

Movie
Martha
The Avenging Rider

The Avenging Rider (1943)

Movie
Party Guest
Idaho

Idaho (1943)

Movie
Mrs. Anson
Lost Canyon

Lost Canyon (1942)

Movie
Woman
Moontide

Moontide (1942)

Movie
4
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Movie
Frisco Lil

Frisco Lil (1942)

Movie
Townswoman (uncredited)
The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man (1941)

Movie
5.61
Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Movie
Gossiping Friend
Misbehaving Husbands

Misbehaving Husbands (1940)

Movie
Extra
The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

Movie
Saloon Hostess
The Llano Kid

The Llano Kid (1939)

Movie
McGlen Wife (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

Movie
Dame (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Movie
4.25
Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
The Women

The Women (1939)

Movie
Louella Pindell
Tassels in the Air

Tassels in the Air (1938)

Movie
Woman (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Movie
Pioneer Woman
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo (1937)

Movie
Mamie
All Over Town

All Over Town (1937)

Movie
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Easy Living

Easy Living (1937)

Movie
Rich Relations

Rich Relations (1937)

Movie
Eloise Hayes
Empty Saddles

Empty Saddles (1936)

Movie
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Great Guy

Great Guy (1936)

Movie
Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
San Francisco

San Francisco (1936)

Movie
Sophie Glick
I Don't Remember

I Don't Remember (1935)

Movie
Gwendolyn, Surly Patron's Blonde Girlfriend
Manhattan Monkey Business

Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)

Movie
(uncredited)
It's in the Air

It's in the Air (1935)

Movie
Speaker (uncredited)
Cappy Ricks Returns

Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)

Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band

Here Comes the Band (1935)

Movie
Lady Devonshire
Honeymoon Limited

Honeymoon Limited (1935)

Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
No More Ladies

No More Ladies (1935)

Movie
Big Six -Saloon Girl
Border Brigands

Border Brigands (1935)

Movie
Peggy
The Drunkard

The Drunkard (1935)

Movie
Mae
Northern Frontier

Northern Frontier (1935)

Movie
Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee
The Chases of Pimple Street

The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)

Movie
Ship's passenger at party
Bum Voyage

Bum Voyage (1934)

Movie
Actress
Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles (1934)

Movie
Junior's Mother
I'll Take Vanilla

I'll Take Vanilla (1934)

Movie
Marie
Guilty Parents

Guilty Parents (1934)

Movie
Zandra, Fortune Teller
Carnival Lady

Carnival Lady (1933)

Movie
Mrs. Dorigan
Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour (1933)

Movie
Vera
Ship of Wanted Men

Ship of Wanted Men (1933)

Movie
Harriet Naisson
I Have Lived

I Have Lived (1933)

Movie
Mrs. Otto Mauser
The Plumber and the Lady

The Plumber and the Lady (1933)

Movie
Jennie Tilson
Wine, Women and Song

Wine, Women and Song (1933)

Movie
Escort Service Madam
Flaming Gold

Flaming Gold (1932)

Movie
Mrs. Winters
Western Limited

Western Limited (1932)

Movie
Mrs. Billingsgate
High Hats and Low Brows

High Hats and Low Brows (1932)

Movie
Kate
They Never Come Back

They Never Come Back (1932)

Movie
While Paris Sleeps

While Paris Sleeps (1932)

Movie
Gertrude Henderson, Jackie's Mother
In Walked Charley

In Walked Charley (1932)

Movie
Gertrude Astor
Running Hollywood

Running Hollywood (1932)

Movie
Mrs. Thomas Regan
Poker Widows

Poker Widows (1931)

Movie
Mrs. Hardy
Come Clean

Come Clean (1931)

Movie
10
Rosie
Hell Bound

Hell Bound (1931)

Movie
Mrs. Brown
Live and Learn

Live and Learn (1930)

Movie
The Blonde
Dames Ahoy

Dames Ahoy (1930)

Movie
Lillian
Be Yourself!

Be Yourself! (1930)

Movie
Mrs. Mason
Untamed

Untamed (1929)

Movie
Moosehide Kate
Frozen Justice

Frozen Justice (1929)

Movie
Mrs. Ford
The Fall of Eve

The Fall of Eve (1929)

Movie
Agnes
Two Weeks Off

Two Weeks Off (1929)

Movie
The Fatal Warning

The Fatal Warning (1929)

Movie
Sheila Kelly
Synthetic Sin

Synthetic Sin (1929)

Movie
Actress
Chasing Husbands

Chasing Husbands (1928)

Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Movie
6
Fanny Lehman
The Butter and Egg Man

The Butter and Egg Man (1928)

Movie
Blonde
Five and Ten Cent Annie

Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)

Movie
Actress
The Family Group

The Family Group (1928)

Movie
Wanda
Rose-Marie

Rose-Marie (1928)

Movie
The Bandit
Oh, What a Man!

Oh, What a Man! (1927)

Movie
Sappho
Ginsberg the Great

Ginsberg the Great (1927)

Movie
Fanny
The Small Bachelor

The Small Bachelor (1927)

Movie
Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)

Movie
Cecily
The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Movie
6
Kitty Lane
The Taxi Dancer

The Taxi Dancer (1927)

Movie
Rose
The Cheerful Fraud

The Cheerful Fraud (1926)

Movie
'Lily' of Broadway
The Strong Man

The Strong Man (1926)

Movie
Mrs. Andrews
The Country Beyond

The Country Beyond (1926)

Movie
Mrs. Gladstone
Tell 'Em Nothing

Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)

Movie
Sylvia De Costa
The Old Soak

The Old Soak (1926)

Movie
Baroness von Minden
Don Juan's 3 Nights

Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926)

Movie
Paulette Mascar
Kiki

Kiki (1926)

Movie
Mrs. Barry
Wife Tamers

Wife Tamers (1926)

Movie
A Former Flame
Dizzy Daddies

Dizzy Daddies (1926)

Movie
French barmaid
Behind the Front

Behind the Front (1926)

Movie
Mrs. White
The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend (1926)

Movie
Lillian Lyons
Stage Struck

Stage Struck (1925)

Movie
Dolores Sierra
Satan in Sables

Satan in Sables (1925)

Movie
Mrs. Beaumont
Kentucky Pride

Kentucky Pride (1925)

Movie
Bertha Sedgwick
The Charmer

The Charmer (1925)

Movie
Adelaide Thomas
Robes of Sin

Robes of Sin (1924)

Movie
'Kansas' Lou
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)

Movie
Mrs. Steele
The Silent Watcher

The Silent Watcher (1924)

Movie
Mrs. Dean Smythe
Broadway or Bust

Broadway or Bust (1924)

Movie
Mrs. Manwaring
Secrets

Secrets (1924)

Movie
Mrs. Van Pelt
The Wanters

The Wanters (1923)

Movie
Gertrude Astor
Hollywood

Hollywood (1923)

Movie
Paula
Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau (1923)

Movie
Edith Cortlandt
The Ne'er-Do-Well

The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)

Movie
Kate Van Dyke
The Ninety and Nine

The Ninety and Nine (1922)

Movie
Miriam Folansbee
You Never Know

You Never Know (1922)

Movie
Helen Gordon
The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby (1922)

Movie
Alice Granville
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)

Movie
Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone (1922)

Movie
Mrs. Carlson
Skin Deep

Skin Deep (1922)

Movie
Phyllis Fairfield
Hurricane's Gal

Hurricane's Gal (1922)

Movie
Morella Winmarleigh
Beyond the Rocks

Beyond the Rocks (1922)

Movie
Aunt Sue
Seeing's Believing

Seeing's Believing (1922)

Movie
Pamela Shiel
The Wall Flower

The Wall Flower (1922)

Movie
Ruth Beresford
Her Mad Bargain

Her Mad Bargain (1921)

Movie
Louise Reeves
Through The Back Door

Through The Back Door (1921)

Movie
Eva
The Concert

The Concert (1921)

Movie
Betty Morena
The Branding Iron

The Branding Iron (1920)

Movie
Adele Hoyt
The Wicked Darling

The Wicked Darling (1919)

Movie
Lady Gwendolyn
Loot

Loot (1919)

Movie
Diana Newlands
What Am I Bid?

What Am I Bid? (1919)

Movie
Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Brazen Beauty

The Brazen Beauty (1918)

Movie
Actress
After the War

After the War (1918)

Movie
Gladys
Bucking Broadway

Bucking Broadway (1917)

Movie
Phyllis Ward
The Lash of Power

The Lash of Power (1917)

Movie
Mis Schyler
The Price of a Good Time

The Price of a Good Time (1917)

Movie
Eugenia Darth
Bondage

Bondage (1917)

Movie
Mrs. Walsh
The Girl Who Won Out

The Girl Who Won Out (1917)

Movie
Flora Belle - the Dance Hall Girl
Cheyenne's Pal

Cheyenne's Pal (1917)

Movie
Mrs. Hendricks
The Rescue

The Rescue (1917)

Movie
Emmeline Warren
The Little Orphan

The Little Orphan (1917)

Movie
Lady Caroline
Polly Redhead

Polly Redhead (1917)

Movie
Helen Forbes
The Scarlet Crystal

The Scarlet Crystal (1917)

Movie
Hazel Davidson
The Devil's Pay Day

The Devil's Pay Day (1917)

Movie
His Daughter
Bombs and Banknotes

Bombs and Banknotes (1917)

Movie
Venetia
Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags (1915)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1887-11-09

Deathday
1977-11-09 (90 years old)

Birth Place
Lakewood, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Gertrude Aster, Gertrude Irene Eyster


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