Gertrude Astor
Known for Acting · 224 credits
- Born
- 1887-11-09
- Died
- 1977-11-09
- Place of birth
- Lakewood, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Gertrude Aster · Gertrude Irene Eyster
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.
Known For
I Love Lucy
1951
as Showgirl #4
The Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
TV Shows (2)
Movies (222)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
1941
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Townswoman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
1948
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Angel Face
1953
as Matron (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mrs. Beaumont
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
The Climax
1944
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Moontide
1942
as Woman (uncredited)
Kiki
1926
as Paulette Mascar
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Caged
1950
as Inmate (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
Wichita
1955
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Flaming Gold
1932
as Escort Service Madam
Two Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Traveler (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
Hell Bound
1931
as Rosie
Dragonwyck
1946
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Rescue
1917
as Mrs. Hendricks
Lorna Doone
1922
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
Secrets
1924
as Mrs. Manwaring
Guilty Parents
1934
as Marie
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Dame (uncredited)
Bad Boy
1935
The Tingler
1959
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Loot
1919
as Lady Gwendolyn
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1946
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Postal Inspector
1936
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
Skin Deep
1922
as Mrs. Carlson
Easy Living
1937
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Fort Osage
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Customer (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
1944
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
1953
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
1950
as Mrs. Jans
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
The Best of Everything
1959
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Townswoman
Apache Drums
1951
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Idaho
1943
as Party Guest
Calcutta
1946
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Western Limited
1932
as Mrs. Winters
Poker Widows
1931
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Great Guy
1936
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
Untamed
1929
as Mrs. Mason
Dick Tracy
1945
as Woman (uncredited)
Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Lady Devonshire
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
Come Clean
1931
as Mrs. Hardy
The Kansan
1943
as Blonde Townswoman
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Woman (uncredited)
Lost Canyon
1942
as Mrs. Anson
The Wicked Darling
1919
as Adele Hoyt
The Merry Widow
1952
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
The Female Animal
1958
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
Hollywood
1923
as Gertrude Astor
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Weird Woman
1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wall Flower
1922
as Pamela Shiel
Synthetic Sin
1929
as Sheila Kelly
Border Brigands
1935
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
Empty Saddles
1936
as Eloise Hayes
The Cat and the Canary
1927
as Cecily
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Juror (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Old West
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
1936
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Reckless Sex
1925
as Lucile Dupré
Alice Adams
1923
as Mildred Palmer
All Over Town
1937
as Mamie
No More Ladies
1935
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Folly of Youth
1925
as Evelyn Cartwright
It's in the Air
1935
as (uncredited)
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928
as Blonde
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Kitty Lane
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Morella Winmarleigh
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Music Man
1948
as Mrs. Larkin
Be Yourself!
1930
as Lillian
Satan in Sables
1925
as Dolores Sierra
Bunco Squad
1950
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Bucking Broadway
1917
as Gladys (uncredited)
Laughing Ladies
1925
as The Married Man's Wife
The Ninety and Nine
1922
as Kate Van Dyke
The Brazen Beauty
1918
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Fall of Eve
1929
as Mrs. Ford
The Drunkard
1935
as Peggy
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
as Alice Granville
The Old Soak
1926
as Sylvia De Costa
The Butter and Egg Man
1928
as Fanny Lehman
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
as Dancehall girl
Flaming Youth
1923
as Annie
Girls of the Big House
1945
as Railroad Matron
About Gertrude Astor
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.… With 224 credits spanning from 1915 to 1966, Gertrude Astor has appeared in 222 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gertrude Astor Movies
- The Sound of Music (1965) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Courtier (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Townswoman (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Extra (uncredited)
- All About Eve (1950) — as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
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