From Wikipedia Gertrude Astor (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 as a member of the Astor family and of German descent, Astor 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.
Movie | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Townswoman | 1966-04-09 |
Movie | The Sound of Music | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1965-03-29 |
Series | My Mother the Car | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Denver Party Guest (uncredited) | 1964-06-11 |
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | The Devil's Hand | The Elderly Cultist | 1961-09-13 |
Movie | All in a Night's Work | Customer (uncredited) | 1961-03-15 |
Movie | Two Rode Together | Mrs. Wringle (uncredited) | 1961-05-24 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Townswoman | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | The Best of Everything | Leading Woman in Play (uncredited) | 1959-10-09 |
Movie | The Tingler | Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) | 1959-07-29 |
Movie | The Female Animal | Actress on Movie Set (uncredited) | 1958-01-22 |
Movie | My Man Godfrey | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1957-10-11 |
Movie | The Boss | Woman at Dedication (uncredited) | 1956-10-10 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | Daddy Long Legs | Art Gallery Patron (uncredited) | 1955-05-05 |
Movie | Wichita | Saloon Madam (uncredited) | 1955-07-03 |
Movie | The Virgin Queen | Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group | 1955-07-22 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Movie | Deep in My Heart | Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited) | 1954-12-09 |
Movie | Angel Face | Matron (uncredited) | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited) | 1953-04-27 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
Movie | Fort Osage | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-02-10 |
Movie | The Merry Widow | Reception Guest (uncredited) | 1952-09-05 |
Movie | Paula | Mrs. Brown (uncredited) | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | The Old West | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | A Place in the Sun | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1951-06-12 |
Movie | When Worlds Collide | Traveler (uncredited) | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | Thunder on the Hill | Village Woman (uncredited) | 1951-10-17 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | Woman in Hiding | Woman in Drugstore (uncredited) | 1950-01-06 |
Movie | Caged | Inmate (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Courtier (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
Movie | All About Eve | Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited) | 1950-11-09 |
Movie | Again Pioneers | Mrs. Jans | 1950-11-01 |
Movie | Bunco Squad | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
Movie | The File on Thelma Jordon | Juror (Uncredited) | 1949-11-04 |
Movie | Here Comes Trouble | Woman with Dog (uncredited) | 1948-03-15 |
Movie | Music Man | 1948-09-05 | |
Movie | Sitting Pretty | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1948-03-10 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Mrs. Howard | 1948-09-19 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | My Dear Secretary | Miss Gee (uncredited) | 1948-11-05 |
Movie | Fun on a Weekend | Party Guest (Uncredited) | 1947-05-15 |
Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Garden Party Guest (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
Movie | Dragonwyck | Nurse (uncredited) | 1946-04-19 |
Movie | Crack-Up | Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited) | 1946-09-06 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | Sister Kenny | Doctor (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | Calcutta | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Swingin' on a Rainbow | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1945-09-01 |
Movie | Girls of the Big House | Railroad Matron | 1945-11-02 |
Movie | Dick Tracy | Woman (uncredited) | 1945-12-01 |
Movie | An Angel Comes To Brooklyn | Eva Tanguay (uncredited) | 1945-11-27 |
Movie | Leave Her to Heaven | Prison Matron (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
Movie | The Scarlet Claw | 1944-05-18 | |
Movie | Weird Woman | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1944-03-01 |
Movie | The Climax | Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
Movie | Idaho | Party Guest | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | The Avenging Rider | Martha | 1943-05-20 |
Movie | The Kansan | Blonde Townswoman | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | Moontide | Woman | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | Frisco Lil | 1942-03-13 | |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest (uncredited) | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Lost Canyon | Mrs. Anson | 1942-12-18 |
Movie | Now, Voyager | Lady Behind Charlotte at Concert (uncredited) | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | Hold Back the Dawn | Young Woman in Bar (uncredited) | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | The Wolf Man | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
Movie | Misbehaving Husbands | Gossiping Friend | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | The Women | Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Dame (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | The Llano Kid | Saloon Hostess | 1939-12-08 |
Movie | $1,000 a Touchdown | McGlen Wife (uncredited) | 1939-10-04 |
Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Woman (uncredited) | 1938-02-11 |
Movie | Tassels in the Air | Louella Pindell (uncredited) | 1938-04-01 |
Movie | Rich Relations | 1937-02-01 | |
Movie | Easy Living | Saleswoman (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | All Over Town | Mamie | 1937-08-09 |
Movie | Postal Inspector | Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited) | 1936-08-16 |
Movie | San Francisco | Drunk's Girl (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
Movie | Great Guy | Party Guest (Uncredited) | 1936-12-01 |
Movie | Empty Saddles | Eloise Hayes | 1936-12-20 |
Movie | Border Brigands | Big Six -Saloon Girl | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | No More Ladies | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1935-06-14 |
Movie | The Drunkard | Peggy | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | Northern Frontier | Mae | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Lady Devonshire | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | It's in the Air | (uncredited) | 1935-10-10 |
Movie | Here Comes the Band | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Manhattan Monkey Business | Gwendolyn | 1935-11-09 |
Movie | I Don't Remember | Sophie Glick | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | Cappy Ricks Returns | Speaker (uncredited) | 1935-09-25 |
Movie | Guilty Parents | Marie | 1934-04-01 |
Movie | Washee Ironee | Woman at Party | 1934-11-13 |
Movie | The Chases of Pimple Street | Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited) | 1934-12-22 |
Movie | I Have Lived | Harriet Naisson | 1933-06-15 |
Movie | Wine, Women and Song | Jennie Tilson | 1933-03-27 |
Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | Vera | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | Carnival Lady | Zandra, Fortune Teller | 1933-11-11 |
Movie | While Paris Sleeps | 1932-05-08 | |
Movie | Running Hollywood | Gertrude Astor | 1932-01-27 |
Movie | In Walked Charley | Gertrude Henderson | 1932-04-22 |
Movie | They Never Come Back | Kate | 1932-05-10 |
Movie | High Hats and Low Brows | Mrs. Billingsgate | 1932-07-10 |
Movie | Flaming Gold | Escort Service Madam | 1932-09-28 |
Movie | Western Limited | Mrs. Winters | 1932-08-05 |
Movie | Hell Bound | Rosie | 1931-05-01 |
Movie | Come Clean | Mrs. Hardy | 1931-09-02 |
Movie | Be Yourself! | Lillian | 1930-02-07 |
Movie | Dames Ahoy | The Blonde | 1930-02-09 |
Movie | Untamed | Mrs. Mason | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | Synthetic Sin | Sheila Kelly | 1929-01-06 |
Movie | Two Weeks Off | Agnes | 1929-05-11 |
Movie | Frozen Justice | Moosehide Kate | 1929-10-13 |
Movie | The Fall of Eve | Mrs. Ford | 1929-06-17 |
Movie | Rose-Marie | Wanda | 1928-02-11 |
Movie | The Butter and Egg Man | Fanny Lehman | 1928-09-22 |
Movie | The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris | Paulette | 1928-01-15 |
Movie | A Woman of Affairs | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1928-12-15 |
Movie | Chasing Husbands | 1928-12-22 | |
Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited) | 1927-11-04 |
Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Kitty Lane | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | The Cat and the Canary | Cecily | 1927-08-20 |
Movie | The Small Bachelor | Fanny | 1927-11-06 |
Movie | Oh, What a Man! | The Bandit | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | Don Juan's 3 Nights | Baroness von Minden | 1926-09-04 |
Movie | Wife Tamers | Mrs. Barry | 1926-03-25 |
Movie | The Boy Friend | Mrs. White | 1926-01-01 |
Movie | Behind the Front | French barmaid | 1926-02-22 |
Movie | Kiki | Paulette Mascar | 1926-04-04 |
Movie | The Old Soak | Sylvia De Costa | 1926-10-11 |
Movie | The Cheerful Fraud | Rose | 1926-12-27 |
Movie | The Strong Man | Lily de Broadway | 1926-11-19 |
Movie | Tell 'Em Nothing | Mrs. Gladstone | 1926-10-16 |
Movie | The Country Beyond | Mrs. Andrews | 1926-10-17 |
Movie | The Charmer | Bertha Sedgwick | 1925-04-20 |
Movie | Kentucky Pride | Mrs. Beaumont | 1925-09-06 |
Movie | Stage Struck | Lillian Lyons | 1925-11-16 |
Movie | Satan in Sables | Dolores Sierra | 1925-10-14 |
Movie | Secrets | Mrs. Manwaring | 1924-03-24 |
Movie | Broadway or Bust | Mrs. Dean Smythe | 1924-06-09 |
Movie | Robes of Sin | 1924-12-01 | |
Movie | The Ridin' Kid from Powder River | 'Kansas' Lou | 1924-11-30 |
Movie | Hollywood | Gertrude Astor | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | The Ne'er-Do-Well | Edith Cortlandt | 1923-04-29 |
Movie | The Wanters | Mrs. Van Pelt | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | Skin Deep | Mrs. Carlson | 1922-09-01 |
Movie | Beyond the Rocks | Morella Winmarleigh | 1922-05-07 |
Movie | Seeing's Believing | Aunt Sue | 1922-05-01 |
Movie | The Wall Flower | Pamela Shiel | 1922-05-01 |
Movie | Hurricane's Gal | Phyllis Fairfield | 1922-07-01 |
Movie | The Ninety and Nine | Kate Van Dyke | 1922-12-17 |
Movie | Lorna Doone | Countess of Brandir (uncredited) | 1922-10-01 |
Movie | You Never Know | Miriam Folansbee | 1922-12-10 |
Movie | The Kentucky Derby | Helen Gordon | 1922-12-04 |
Movie | The Impossible Mrs. Bellew | Alice Granville | 1922-10-22 |
Movie | The Concert | Eva | 1921-02-20 |
Movie | Her Mad Bargain | Ruth Beresford | 1921-12-12 |
Movie | Through The Back Door | Louise Reeves | 1921-05-05 |
Movie | The Branding Iron | Betty Morena | 1920-10-31 |
Movie | Loot | Lady Gwendolyn | 1919-10-06 |
Movie | The Wicked Darling | Adele Hoyt | 1919-12-25 |
Movie | The Brazen Beauty | Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael | 1918-09-09 |
Movie | The Little Orphan | Emmeline Warren | 1917-06-18 |
Movie | Polly Redhead | Lady Caroline | 1917-02-09 |
Movie | The Scarlet Crystal | Helen Forbes | 1917-02-05 |
Movie | The Devil's Pay Day | Hazel Davidson | 1917-01-29 |
Movie | The Rescue | Mrs. Hendricks | 1917-07-23 |
Movie | Cheyenne's Pal | Dancehall girl | 1917-08-13 |
Movie | The Lash of Power | Phyllis Ward | 1917-11-05 |
Movie | The Price of a Good Time | Mis Schyler | 1917-11-04 |
Movie | Bondage | Eugenia Darth | 1917-10-17 |
Movie | Bucking Broadway | Gladys | 1917-12-24 |
Movie | The Girl Who Won Out | Mrs. Walsh | 1917-10-08 |
Movie | Under Two Flags | Venetia | 1915-07-21 |