Gertrude Astor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1887
- Died
- November 9, 1977
- Birthplace
- Lakewood, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966
as Townswoman
The Sound of Music 1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1964
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Devil's Hand 1961
as The Elderly Cultist
Two Rode Together 1961
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work 1961
as Customer (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge 1960
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Best of Everything 1959
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
The Tingler 1959
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers 1959
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Female Animal 1958
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey 1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
as Extra (uncredited)
The Virgin Queen 1955
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Wichita 1955
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs 1955
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart 1954
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
A Star Is Born 1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Scared Stiff 1953
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Angel Face 1953
as Matron (uncredited)
The Old West 1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Merry Widow 1952
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Paula 1952
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Fort Osage 1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet 1952
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill 1951
as Village Woman (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide 1951
as Traveler (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun 1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Apache Drums 1951
as Townswoman (uncredited)
All About Eve 1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Again Pioneers 1950
as Mrs. Jans
Bunco Squad 1950
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard 1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
Caged 1950
as Inmate (uncredited)
Montana 1950
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding 1950
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon 1949
as Juror (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
3 Godfathers 1948
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary 1948
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All 1948
as Mrs. Howard
Music Man 1948
as Mrs. Larkin
Here Comes Trouble 1948
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty 1948
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux 1947
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend 1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Calcutta 1946
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sister Kenny 1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
Crack-Up 1946
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Dragonwyck 1946
as Nurse (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven 1945
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Dick Tracy 1945
as Woman (uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn 1945
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House 1945
as Railroad Matron
Swingin' on a Rainbow 1945
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Climax 1944
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw 1944
Actor
Weird Woman 1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Kansan 1943
as Blonde Townswoman
The Avenging Rider 1943
as Martha
Idaho 1943
as Party Guest
Lost Canyon 1942
as Mrs. Anson
Moontide 1942
as Woman (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
- Frisco Lil
Frisco Lil 1942
Actor
The Wolf Man 1941
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn 1941
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Misbehaving Husbands 1940
as Gossiping Friend
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940
as Extra (uncredited)
The Llano Kid 1939
as Saloon Hostess
$1,000 a Touchdown 1939
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny 1939
as Dame (uncredited)
The Women 1939
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
Tassels in the Air 1938
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938
as Woman (uncredited)
Wells Fargo 1937
as Pioneer Woman
All Over Town 1937
as Mamie
Easy Living 1937
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Rich Relations 1937
Actor
Empty Saddles 1936
as Eloise Hayes
Great Guy 1936
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Wives Never Know 1936
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
Postal Inspector 1936
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
San Francisco 1936
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
- I Don't Remember
I Don't Remember 1935
as Sophie Glick
Manhattan Monkey Business 1935
as Gwendolyn
Bad Boy 1935
Actor
It's in the Air 1935
as (uncredited)
- Cappy Ricks Returns
Cappy Ricks Returns 1935
as Speaker (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band 1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Honeymoon Limited 1935
as Lady Devonshire
No More Ladies 1935
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Border Brigands 1935
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
The Drunkard 1935
as Peggy
Northern Frontier 1935
as Mae
The Chases of Pimple Street 1934
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
Washee Ironee 1934
as Woman at Party
- Wedding Belles
Wedding Belles 1934
Actor
I'll Take Vanilla 1934
as Mom
Guilty Parents 1934
as Marie
Carnival Lady 1933
as Zandra, Fortune Teller
Crook's Tour 1933
as Mrs Dorigan
Ship of Wanted Men 1933
as Vera
I Have Lived 1933
as Harriet Naisson
- The Plumber and the Lady
The Plumber and the Lady 1933
as Mrs. Otto Mauser
Wine, Women and Song 1933
as Jennie Tilson
Flaming Gold 1932
as Escort Service Madam
- Western Limited
Western Limited 1932
as Mrs. Winters
High Hats and Low Brows 1932
as Mrs. Billingsgate
They Never Come Back 1932
as Kate
While Paris Sleeps 1932
Actor
In Walked Charley 1932
as Gertrude Henderson
- Running Hollywood
Running Hollywood 1932
as Gertrude Astor
- Poker Widows
Poker Widows 1931
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
Come Clean 1931
as Mrs. Hardy
Hell Bound 1931
as Rosie
- Live and Learn
Live and Learn 1930
as Mrs. Brown
Dames Ahoy 1930
as The Blonde
Be Yourself! 1930
as Lillian
Untamed 1929
as Mrs. Mason
Frozen Justice 1929
as Moosehide Kate
Twin Beds 1929
as Mrs. Solari
The Fall of Eve 1929
as Mrs. Ford
Two Weeks Off 1929
as Agnes
The Fatal Warning 1929
Actor
Synthetic Sin 1929
as Sheila Kelly
Chasing Husbands 1928
Actor
A Woman of Affairs 1928
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Butter and Egg Man 1928
as Fanny Lehman
Stocks and Blondes 1928
as Goldie
Hit of the Show 1928
as Trece
Five and Ten Cent Annie 1928
as Blonde
The Family Group 1928
Actor
Rose-Marie 1928
as Wanda
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris 1928
as Paulette
Oh, What a Man! 1927
as The Bandit
Ginsberg the Great 1927
as Sappho
The Small Bachelor 1927
as Fanny
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
The Irresistible Lover 1927
as Dolly Carleton
The Cat and the Canary 1927
as Cecily
The Taxi Dancer 1927
as Kitty Lane
Lightning Lariats 1927
as Girl
The Cheerful Fraud 1926
as Rose
The Strong Man 1926
as Lily de Broadway
Sin Cargo 1926
as Mary Wickham
The Country Beyond 1926
as Mrs. Andrews
Tell 'Em Nothing 1926
as Mrs. Gladstone
The Old Soak 1926
as Sylvia De Costa
Don Juan's 3 Nights 1926
as Baroness von Minden
The Boy Friend 1926
as Mrs. White
Kiki 1926
as Paulette Mascar
Wife Tamers 1926
as Mrs. Barry
Dizzy Daddies 1926
as A Former Flame
Behind the Front 1926
as French barmaid
- Ship of Souls
Ship of Souls 1925
as Doris Barnes
Stage Struck 1925
as Lillian Lyons
Satan in Sables 1925
as Dolores Sierra
- Borrowed Finery
Borrowed Finery 1925
as Maisie
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted 1925
as Greta
Kentucky Pride 1925
as Mrs. Beaumont
Pursued 1925
as Madame La Grande
The Charmer 1925
as Bertha Sedgwick
The Verdict 1925
as Mrs. Ronsard
Folly of Youth 1925
as Evelyn Cartwright
- The Reckless Sex
The Reckless Sex 1925
as Lucile Dupré
Laughing Ladies 1925
as The Married Man's Wife
Robes of Sin 1924
Actor
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River 1924
as 'Kansas' Lou
The Silent Watcher 1924
as Mrs. Steele
All's Swell on the Ocean 1924
Actor
- The Torrent
The Torrent 1924
as The Cast-Off
Fight and Win 1924
Actor
Broadway or Bust 1924
as Mrs. Dean Smythe
Secrets 1924
as Mrs. Manwaring
The Wanters 1923
as Mrs. Van Pelt
Flaming Youth 1923
as Annie
The Six-Fifty 1923
as Christine Palmer
Hollywood 1923
as Gertrude Astor
Rupert of Hentzau 1923
as Paula
The Ne'er-Do-Well 1923
as Edith Cortlandt
Alice Adams 1923
as Mildred Palmer
The Ninety and Nine 1922
as Kate Van Dyke
You Never Know 1922
as Miriam Folansbee
The Kentucky Derby 1922
as Helen Gordon
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew 1922
as Alice Granville
Lorna Doone 1922
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
Skin Deep 1922
as Mrs. Carlson
Hurricane's Gal 1922
as Phyllis Fairfield
Beyond the Rocks 1922
as Morella Winmarleigh
The Wall Flower 1922
as Pamela Shiel
Seeing's Believing 1922
as Aunt Sue
Her Mad Bargain 1921
as Ruth Beresford
Through the Back Door 1921
as Louise Reeves
The Concert 1921
as Eva
The Branding Iron 1920
as Betty Morena
Occasionally Yours 1920
as Mona
Burning Daylight 1920
as Lucille
The Lion Man 1919
as Celeste La Rue
The Wicked Darling 1919
as Adele Hoyt
Loot 1919
as Lady Gwendolyn
Pretty Smooth 1919
as Mrs. Hanson
The Delicious Little Devil 1919
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
What Am I Bid? 1919
as Diana Newlands
The Brazen Beauty 1918
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit 1918
as Stella Carter
- Vamping the Vamp
Vamping the Vamp 1918
as Thedeska - The Vamp
Bucking Broadway 1917
as Gladys (uncredited)
The Lash of Power 1917
as Phyllis Ward
The Price of a Good Time 1917
as Mis Schyler
Bondage 1917
as Eugenia Darth
The Girl Who Won Out 1917
as Mrs. Walsh
Cheyenne's Pal 1917
as Dancehall girl
The Rescue 1917
as Mrs. Hendricks
The Gray Ghost 1917
as Lady Gwendolyn
The Little Orphan 1917
as Emmeline Warren
Polly Redhead 1917
as Lady Caroline
The Scarlet Crystal 1917
as Helen Forbes
The Devil's Pay Day 1917
as Hazel Davidson
- Bombs and Banknotes
Bombs and Banknotes 1917
as His Daughter
Under Two Flags 1915
as Venetia
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