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Gertrude Astor

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.


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Born:
Nov 9, 1887 In Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
180
First Appeared:
In the movie Under Two Flags 1915-07-21
Latest Project:
Movie Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966-04-09
Known For
Poster of Music Man
Poster of The Fall of Eve
Poster of The Cheerful Fraud
Poster of The Ne'er-Do-Well
Filmography
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