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
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
TV Shows (2)
Movies (222)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Chasing Husbands
1928
Polly Redhead
1917
as Lady Caroline
3 Godfathers
1948
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Kiki
1926
as Paulette Mascar
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Through the Back Door
1921
as Louise Reeves
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Twin Beds
1929
as Mrs. Solari
Wife Tamers
1926
as Mrs. Barry
The Female Animal
1958
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
1946
as Nurse (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
Loot
1919
as Lady Gwendolyn
Tassels in the Air
1938
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
Burning Daylight
1920
as Lucille
The Merry Widow
1952
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
The Devil's Pay Day
1917
as Hazel Davidson
The Wolf Man
1941
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1945
as Woman (uncredited)
The Best of Everything
1959
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Customer (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Bondage
1917
as Eugenia Darth
A Star Is Born
1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
The Cat and the Canary
1927
as Cecily
Wichita
1955
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Angel Face
1953
as Matron (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
as Dancehall girl
Wells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
Empty Saddles
1936
as Eloise Hayes
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Traveler (uncredited)
The Reckless Sex
1925
as Lucile Dupré
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Satan in Sables
1925
as Dolores Sierra
The Delicious Little Devil
1919
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
Sin Cargo
1926
as Mary Wickham
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
as Mom
Poker Widows
1931
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
High Hats and Low Brows
1932
as Mrs. Billingsgate
Apache Drums
1951
as Townswoman (uncredited)
No More Ladies
1935
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Caged
1950
as Inmate (uncredited)
The Brazen Beauty
1918
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
Untamed
1929
as Mrs. Mason
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Woman (uncredited)
The Cheerful Fraud
1926
as Rose
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
The Verdict
1925
as Mrs. Ronsard
The Girl Who Won Out
1917
as Mrs. Walsh
Vamping the Vamp
1918
as Thedeska - The Vamp
The Little Orphan
1917
as Emmeline Warren
Woman in Hiding
1950
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
The Lash of Power
1917
as Phyllis Ward
Be Yourself!
1930
as Lillian
While Paris Sleeps
1932
Pretty Smooth
1919
as Mrs. Hanson
Rose-Marie
1928
as Wanda
The Kansan
1943
as Blonde Townswoman
The Tingler
1959
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
1936
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
Secrets
1924
as Mrs. Manwaring
Western Limited
1932
as Mrs. Winters
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Greta
Moontide
1942
as Woman (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
1953
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Bucking Broadway
1917
as Gladys (uncredited)
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Weird Woman
1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Idaho
1943
as Party Guest
Pursued
1925
as Madame La Grande
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Morella Winmarleigh
The Family Group
1928
The Wanters
1923
as Mrs. Van Pelt
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mrs. Beaumont
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Kitty Lane
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
The Gray Ghost
1917
as Lady Gwendolyn
The Wall Flower
1922
as Pamela Shiel
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Neighbor (uncredited)
The Climax
1944
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
as Gossiping Friend
The Scarlet Claw
1944
In Walked Charley
1932
as Gertrude Henderson
Folly of Youth
1925
as Evelyn Cartwright
Hit of the Show
1928
as Trece
Lost Canyon
1942
as Mrs. Anson
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Dame (uncredited)
Fight and Win
1924
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Gwendolyn
They Never Come Back
1932
as Kate
Bad Boy
1935
Dames Ahoy
1930
as The Blonde
All Over Town
1937
as Mamie
Great Guy
1936
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Running Hollywood
1932
as Gertrude Astor
The Strong Man
1926
as Lily de Broadway
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
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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- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Courtier (uncredited)
- The Sound of Music (1965) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
- All About Eve (1950) — as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Extra (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Townswoman (uncredited)
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