Cast
Gertrude Astor
Acting
Cast
Gertrude Astor
Known for
Acting
Born
1887-11-09
From
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Died
1977-11-09
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. 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.
The Sound of Music
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
All About Eve
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Women
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
as Townswoman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
San Francisco
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Angel Face
as Matron (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Kentucky Pride
as Mrs. Beaumont
Paula
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
The Climax
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Moontide
as Woman (uncredited)
Kiki
as Paulette Mascar
A Place in the Sun
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Caged
as Inmate (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Doctor (uncredited)
Wichita
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Flaming Gold
as Escort Service Madam
Two Rode Together
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
as Traveler (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
as Pioneer Woman
Hell Bound
as Rosie
Dragonwyck
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Rescue
as Mrs. Hendricks
Lorna Doone
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
Secrets
as Mrs. Manwaring
Guilty Parents
as Marie
Dust Be My Destiny
as Dame (uncredited)
Bad Boy
The Tingler
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Loot
as Lady Gwendolyn
Sergeant Rutledge
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
Crack-Up
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Postal Inspector
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
Skin Deep
as Mrs. Carlson
Easy Living
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Fort Osage
as Townswoman (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
as Customer (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
Scandal Sheet
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
as Mrs. Jans
The Virgin Queen
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
The Best of Everything
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Townswoman
Apache Drums
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Idaho
as Party Guest
Calcutta
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Western Limited
as Mrs. Winters
Poker Widows
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Extra (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Great Guy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Frisco Lil
Untamed
as Mrs. Mason
Dick Tracy
as Woman (uncredited)
Honeymoon Limited
as Lady Devonshire
My Dear Secretary
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
Come Clean
as Mrs. Hardy
The Kansan
as Blonde Townswoman
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Woman (uncredited)
Lost Canyon
as Mrs. Anson
The Wicked Darling
as Adele Hoyt
The Merry Widow
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
The Female Animal
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
Hollywood
as Gertrude Astor
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Weird Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wall Flower
as Pamela Shiel
Synthetic Sin
as Sheila Kelly
Border Brigands
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
Empty Saddles
as Eloise Hayes
The Cat and the Canary
as Cecily
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Juror (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Old West
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Reckless Sex
as Lucile Dupré
Alice Adams
as Mildred Palmer
All Over Town
as Mamie
No More Ladies
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Folly of Youth
as Evelyn Cartwright
It's in the Air
as (uncredited)
Five and Ten Cent Annie
as Blonde
The Taxi Dancer
as Kitty Lane
Beyond the Rocks
as Morella Winmarleigh
Fun on a Weekend
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Music Man
as Mrs. Larkin
Be Yourself!
as Lillian
Satan in Sables
as Dolores Sierra
Bunco Squad
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Bucking Broadway
as Gladys (uncredited)
Laughing Ladies
as The Married Man's Wife
The Ninety and Nine
as Kate Van Dyke
The Brazen Beauty
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Fall of Eve
as Mrs. Ford
The Drunkard
as Peggy
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Alice Granville
The Old Soak
as Sylvia De Costa
The Butter and Egg Man
as Fanny Lehman
Cheyenne's Pal
as Dancehall girl
Flaming Youth
as Annie
Girls of the Big House
as Railroad Matron
Wedding Belles
Frozen Justice
as Moosehide Kate
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Mrs. Howard
Lightning Lariats
as Girl
Carnival Lady
as Zandra, Fortune Teller
The Torrent
as The Cast-Off
Wife Tamers
as Mrs. Barry
Woman in Hiding
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
Cappy Ricks Returns
as Speaker (uncredited)
Stocks and Blondes
as Goldie
The Wanters
as Mrs. Van Pelt
Bombs and Banknotes
as His Daughter
Tassels in the Air
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
The Branding Iron
as Betty Morena
Hit of the Show
as Trece
Northern Frontier
as Mae
The Devil's Hand
as The Elderly Cultist
Her Mad Bargain
as Ruth Beresford
Pretty Smooth
as Mrs. Hanson
Stage Struck
as Lillian Lyons
Borrowed Finery
as Maisie
They Never Come Back
as Kate
The Price of a Good Time
as Mis Schyler
Ship of Wanted Men
as Vera
Washee Ironee
as Woman at Party
The Avenging Rider
as Martha
The Fatal Warning
The Family Group
The Country Beyond
as Mrs. Andrews
$1,000 a Touchdown
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
The Llano Kid
as Saloon Hostess
The Silent Watcher
as Mrs. Steele
While Paris Sleeps
All's Swell on the Ocean
The Devil's Pay Day
as Hazel Davidson
Twin Beds
as Mrs. Solari
You Never Know
as Miriam Folansbee
Dames Ahoy
as The Blonde
Two Weeks Off
as Agnes
Running Hollywood
as Gertrude Astor
The Boy Friend
as Mrs. White
The Six-Fifty
as Christine Palmer
Rose-Marie
as Wanda
The Kentucky Derby
as Helen Gordon
The Girl Who Won Out
as Mrs. Walsh
Behind the Front
as French barmaid
Through the Back Door
as Louise Reeves
Wine, Women and Song
as Jennie Tilson
Misbehaving Husbands
as Gossiping Friend
The Verdict
as Mrs. Ronsard
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Paulette
Rich Relations
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
as 'Kansas' Lou
Polly Redhead
as Lady Caroline
The Lash of Power
as Phyllis Ward
Bondage
as Eugenia Darth
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
as Greta
Tell 'Em Nothing
as Mrs. Gladstone
The Strong Man
as Lily de Broadway
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Baroness von Minden
Rupert of Hentzau
as Paula
Occasionally Yours
as Mona
I'll Take Vanilla
as Mom
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Chasing Husbands
High Hats and Low Brows
as Mrs. Billingsgate
Ginsberg the Great
as Sappho
What Am I Bid?
as Diana Newlands
The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Edith Cortlandt
Robes of Sin
The Small Bachelor
as Fanny
Broadway or Bust
as Mrs. Dean Smythe
I Have Lived
as Harriet Naisson
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Cheerful Fraud
as Rose
Seeing's Believing
as Aunt Sue
The Charmer
as Bertha Sedgwick
Crook's Tour
as Mrs Dorigan
The Little Orphan
as Emmeline Warren
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
as Stella Carter
Fight and Win
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Gwendolyn
Pursued
as Madame La Grande
Ship of Souls
as Doris Barnes
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
The Concert
as Eva
Under Two Flags
as Venetia
The Plumber and the Lady
as Mrs. Otto Mauser
Hurricane's Gal
as Phyllis Fairfield
Dizzy Daddies
as A Former Flame
I Don't Remember
as Sophie Glick
The Lion Man
as Celeste La Rue
The Scarlet Crystal
as Helen Forbes
Burning Daylight
as Lucille
In Walked Charley
as Gertrude Henderson
Live and Learn
as Mrs. Brown
The Irresistible Lover
as Dolly Carleton
Vamping the Vamp
as Thedeska - The Vamp
Sin Cargo
as Mary Wickham
The Gray Ghost
as Lady Gwendolyn
Oh, What a Man!
as The Bandit