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 |
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 | All in a Night's Work | Customer (uncredited) | 1961-03-15 |
Movie | The Devil's Hand | The Elderly Cultist | 1961-09-13 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Best of Everything | Leading Woman in Play (uncredited) | 1959-10-09 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Townswoman | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | The Female Animal | Actress on Movie Set (uncredited) | 1958-01-22 |
Movie | My Man Godfrey | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1957-10-11 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The Boss | Woman at Dedication (uncredited) | 1956-10-10 |
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 | Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited) | 1953-04-27 |
Movie | Fort Osage | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-02-10 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
Movie | Paula | Mrs. Brown (uncredited) | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | The Old West | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | When Worlds Collide | Traveler (uncredited) | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | A Place in the Sun | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1951-06-12 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | Caged | Inmate (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Courtier (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
Movie | Bunco Squad | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
Movie | Again Pioneers | Mrs. Jans | 1950-11-01 |
Movie | The File on Thelma Jordon | Juror (Uncredited) | 1949-11-04 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Here Comes Trouble | Woman with Dog (uncredited) | 1948-03-15 |
Movie | Sitting Pretty | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1948-03-10 |
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 | Sister Kenny | Doctor (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | Calcutta | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Girls of the Big House | Railroad Matron | 1945-11-02 |
Movie | Swingin' on a Rainbow | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1945-09-01 |
Movie | Leave Her to Heaven | Prison Matron (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
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 Kansan | Blonde Townswoman | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | The Avenging Rider | Martha | 1943-05-20 |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest (uncredited) | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Moontide | Woman | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | Now, Voyager | Lady Behind Charlotte at Concert (uncredited) | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | Lost Canyon | Mrs. Anson | 1942-12-18 |
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 | 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 | Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Rich Relations | 1937-02-01 | |
Movie | Easy Living | Saleswoman (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | All Over Town | Mamie | 1937-08-09 |
Movie | San Francisco | Drunk's Girl (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
Movie | Postal Inspector | Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited) | 1936-08-16 |
Movie | Great Guy | Party Guest (Uncredited) | 1936-12-01 |
Movie | Empty Saddles | Eloise Hayes | 1936-12-20 |
Movie | No More Ladies | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1935-06-14 |
Movie | Border Brigands | Big Six -Saloon Girl | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Lady Devonshire | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Northern Frontier | Mae | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | I Don't Remember | Sophie Glick | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | It's in the Air | (uncredited) | 1935-10-10 |
Movie | Cappy Ricks Returns | Speaker (uncredited) | 1935-09-25 |
Movie | Here Comes the Band | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Guilty Parents | Marie | 1934-04-01 |
Movie | The Chases of Pimple Street | Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited) | 1934-12-22 |
Movie | I Have Lived | Harriet Naisson | 1933-06-15 |
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 | They Never Come Back | Kate | 1932-05-10 |
Movie | Flaming Gold | Escort Service Madam | 1932-09-28 |
Movie | High Hats and Low Brows | Mrs. Billingsgate | 1932-07-10 |
Movie | Western Limited | Mrs. Winters | 1932-08-05 |
Movie | Come Clean | Mrs. Hardy | 1931-09-02 |
Movie | Be Yourself! | Lillian | 1930-02-07 |
Movie | Dames Ahoy | The Blonde | 1930-02-09 |
Movie | Two Weeks Off | Agnes | 1929-05-11 |
Movie | Synthetic Sin | Sheila Kelly | 1929-01-06 |
Movie | Frozen Justice | Moosehide Kate | 1929-10-13 |
Movie | Untamed | Mrs. Mason | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | The Fall of Eve | Mrs. Ford | 1929-06-17 |
Movie | A Woman of Affairs | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1928-12-15 |
Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Kitty Lane | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | The Cat and the Canary | Cecily | 1927-09-09 |
Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited) | 1927-11-04 |
Movie | The Small Bachelor | Fanny | 1927-11-06 |
Movie | Oh, What a Man! | The Bandit | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | Wife Tamers | Mrs. Barry | 1926-03-25 |
Movie | Behind the Front | French barmaid | 1926-02-22 |
Movie | Kiki | Paulette Mascar | 1926-04-04 |
Movie | The Boy Friend | Mrs. White | 1926-01-01 |
Movie | Tell 'Em Nothing | Mrs. Gladstone | 1926-10-16 |
Movie | The Cheerful Fraud | Rose | 1926-12-27 |
Movie | The Strong Man | Lily de Broadway | 1926-11-19 |
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 | Secrets | Mrs. Manwaring | 1924-03-24 |
Movie | Hollywood | Gertrude Astor | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | Beyond the Rocks | Morella Winmarleigh | 1922-05-07 |
Movie | The Ninety and Nine | Kate Van Dyke | 1922-12-17 |
Movie | Lorna Doone | Countess of Brandir (uncredited) | 1922-10-01 |
Movie | Through The Back Door | Louise Reeves | 1921-05-05 |
Movie | The Branding Iron | Betty Morena | 1920-10-31 |
Movie | The Wicked Darling | Adele Hoyt | 1919-12-25 |
Movie | Polly Redhead | Lady Caroline | 1917-02-09 |
Movie | Cheyenne's Pal | Dancehall girl | 1917-08-13 |
Movie | Bucking Broadway | Gladys | 1917-12-24 |
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