Gertrude Astor
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Nov 9, 1887 (138 years old)
Place of Birth
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
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.
Known For
| 1966 | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's DaughterTownswoman | |
| 1965 | The Sound of MusicParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1965 | My Mother the Car | |
| 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly BrownDenver Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | The Devil's HandThe Elderly Cultist | |
| 1961 | All in a Night's WorkCustomer (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | Two Rode TogetherMrs. Wringle (uncredited) | |
| 1960 | Sergeant RutledgeCourtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Best of EverythingLeading Woman in Play (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The TinglerMember of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Horse SoldiersTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | The Female AnimalActress on Movie Set (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | My Man GodfreyParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 DaysExtra (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | The Virgin QueenLady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group | |
| 1955 | Daddy Long LegsArt Gallery Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | WichitaSaloon Madam (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Deep in My HeartDorothy's Nurse (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | A Star Is BornRacetrack Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Angel FaceMatron (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Scared StiffMan with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Fort OsageTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | The Old WestTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Scandal SheetNeighbor (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | PaulaMrs. Brown (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | The Merry WidowReception Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | When Worlds CollideTraveler (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | A Place in the SunBit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Thunder on the HillVillage Woman (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Apache DrumsTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | I Love LucyShowgirl #4 | |
| 1950 | All About EveSarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Again PioneersMrs. Jans | |
| 1950 | Woman in HidingWoman in Drugstore (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Sunset BoulevardCourtier (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Bunco SquadClub Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | CagedInmate (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma JordonJuror (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | The Doolins of OklahomaSaloon Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Here Comes TroubleWoman with Dog (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Sitting PrettyTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | My Dear SecretaryMiss Gee (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | 3 GodfathersSaloon Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Music ManMrs. Larkin | |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take AllMrs. Howard | |
| 1947 | Monsieur VerdouxGarden Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Fun on a WeekendParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our LivesWedding Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | DragonwyckNurse (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | CalcuttaNightclub Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Sister KennyDoctor (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Crack-UpNagging Wife on Train (Uncredited) | |
| 1945 | An Angel Comes To BrooklynEva Tanguay (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Girls of the Big HouseRailroad Matron | |
| 1945 | Leave Her to HeavenPrison Matron (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Swingin' on a RainbowBit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Dick TracyWoman (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | The Scarlet Claw | |
| 1944 | The ClimaxWoman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Weird WomanParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | IdahoParty Guest | |
| 1943 | The Avenging RiderMartha | |
| 1943 | The KansanBlonde Townswoman | |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild WindBall Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Frisco Lil | |
| 1942 | Lost CanyonMrs. Anson | |
| 1942 | MoontideWoman (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | The Wolf ManTownswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Hold Back the DawnYoung Woman in Bar (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Misbehaving HusbandsGossiping Friend | |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a WifeExtra (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Llano KidSaloon Hostess | |
| 1939 | The WomenMud Bath Nurse (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Dust Be My DestinyDame (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | $1,000 a TouchdownMcGlen Wife (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938Woman (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Tassels in the AirLouella Pindell (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Easy LivingSaleswoman (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | All Over TownMamie | |
| 1937 | Rich Relations | |
| 1937 | Wells FargoPioneer Woman | |
| 1936 | Empty SaddlesEloise Hayes | |
| 1936 | Postal InspectorWoman with Drumsticks (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | San FranciscoDrunk's Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Great GuyParty Guest (Uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Wives Never KnowMrs. Merchant (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The DrunkardPeggy | |
| 1935 | I Don't RememberSophie Glick | |
| 1935 | Here Comes the BandUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Northern FrontierMae | |
| 1935 | Cappy Ricks ReturnsSpeaker (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | It's in the Air(uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Border BrigandsBig Six -Saloon Girl | |
| 1935 | Honeymoon LimitedLady Devonshire | |
| 1935 | No More LadiesNightclub Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Manhattan Monkey BusinessGwendolyn | |
| 1935 | Bad Boy | |
| 1934 | The Chases of Pimple StreetGertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Wedding Belles | |
| 1934 | Guilty ParentsMarie | |
| 1934 | I'll Take VanillaMom | |
| 1934 | Washee IroneeWoman at Party | |
| 1933 | Wine, Women and SongJennie Tilson | |
| 1933 | The Plumber and the LadyMrs. Otto Mauser | |
| 1933 | Carnival LadyZandra, Fortune Teller | |
| 1933 | I Have LivedHarriet Naisson | |
| 1933 | Ship of Wanted MenVera | |
| 1933 | Crook's TourMrs Dorigan | |
| 1932 | High Hats and Low BrowsMrs. Billingsgate | |
| 1932 | Running HollywoodGertrude Astor | |
| 1932 | They Never Come BackKate | |
| 1932 | In Walked CharleyGertrude Henderson | |
| 1932 | While Paris Sleeps | |
| 1932 | Western LimitedMrs. Winters | |
| 1932 | Flaming GoldEscort Service Madam | |
| 1931 | Come CleanMrs. Hardy | |
| 1931 | Poker WidowsMrs. Thomas Regan | |
| 1931 | Hell BoundRosie | |
| 1930 | Be Yourself!Lillian | |
| 1930 | Live and LearnMrs. Brown | |
| 1930 | Dames AhoyThe Blonde | |
| 1929 | Frozen JusticeMoosehide Kate | |
| 1929 | The Fatal Warning | |
| 1929 | UntamedMrs. Mason | |
| 1929 | Synthetic SinSheila Kelly | |
| 1929 | Twin BedsMrs. Solari | |
| 1929 | Two Weeks OffAgnes | |
| 1929 | The Fall of EveMrs. Ford | |
| 1928 | The Butter and Egg ManFanny Lehman | |
| 1928 | The Family Group | |
| 1928 | Chasing Husbands | |
| 1928 | Five and Ten Cent AnnieBlonde | |
| 1928 | A Woman of AffairsParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | Rose-MarieWanda | |
| 1928 | The Cohens and the Kellys in ParisPaulette | |
| 1928 | Stocks and BlondesGoldie | |
| 1928 | Hit of the ShowTrece | |
| 1927 | Uncle Tom's CabinMrs. St. Clare (uncredited) | |
| 1927 | The Small BachelorFanny | |
| 1927 | The Cat and the CanaryCecily | |
| 1927 | Oh, What a Man!The Bandit | |
| 1927 | Ginsberg the GreatSappho | |
| 1927 | The Taxi DancerKitty Lane | |
| 1927 | Lightning LariatsGirl | |
| 1927 | The Irresistible LoverDolly Carleton | |
| 1926 | The Old SoakSylvia De Costa | |
| 1926 | The Strong ManLily de Broadway | |
| 1926 | Don Juan's 3 NightsBaroness von Minden | |
| 1926 | Wife TamersMrs. Barry | |
| 1926 | KikiPaulette Mascar | |
| 1926 | Dizzy DaddiesA Former Flame | |
| 1926 | The Boy FriendMrs. White | |
| 1926 | Behind the FrontFrench barmaid | |
| 1926 | Tell 'Em NothingMrs. Gladstone | |
| 1926 | The Cheerful FraudRose | |
| 1926 | The Country BeyondMrs. Andrews | |
| 1926 | Sin CargoMary Wickham | |
| 1925 | Stage StruckLillian Lyons | |
| 1925 | Kentucky PrideMrs. Beaumont | |
| 1925 | The CharmerBertha Sedgwick | |
| 1925 | The Reckless SexLucile Dupré | |
| 1925 | Satan in SablesDolores Sierra | |
| 1925 | Laughing LadiesThe Married Man's Wife | |
| 1925 | Borrowed FineryMaisie | |
| 1925 | Ship of SoulsDoris Barnes | |
| 1925 | PursuedMadame La Grande | |
| 1925 | The VerdictMrs. Ronsard | |
| 1925 | The Wife Who Wasn't WantedGreta | |
| 1925 | Folly of YouthEvelyn Cartwright | |
| 1924 | Broadway or BustMrs. Dean Smythe | |
| 1924 | The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'Kansas' Lou | |
| 1924 | SecretsMrs. Manwaring | |
| 1924 | The TorrentThe Cast-Off | |
| 1924 | Robes of Sin | |
| 1924 | The Silent WatcherMrs. Steele | |
| 1924 | All's Swell on the Ocean | |
| 1924 | Fight and Win | |
| 1923 | HollywoodGertrude Astor | |
| 1923 | The WantersMrs. Van Pelt | |
| 1923 | Rupert of HentzauPaula | |
| 1923 | The Ne'er-Do-WellEdith Cortlandt | |
| 1923 | Alice AdamsMildred Palmer | |
| 1923 | The Six-FiftyChristine Palmer | |
| 1923 | Flaming YouthAnnie | |
| 1922 | The Ninety and NineKate Van Dyke | |
| 1922 | Skin DeepMrs. Carlson | |
| 1922 | You Never KnowMiriam Folansbee | |
| 1922 | Lorna DooneCountess of Brandir (uncredited) | |
| 1922 | The Kentucky DerbyHelen Gordon | |
| 1922 | Beyond the RocksMorella Winmarleigh | |
| 1922 | Hurricane's GalPhyllis Fairfield | |
| 1922 | Seeing's BelievingAunt Sue | |
| 1922 | The Wall FlowerPamela Shiel | |
| 1922 | The Impossible Mrs. BellewAlice Granville | |
| 1921 | Her Mad BargainRuth Beresford | |
| 1921 | Through the Back DoorLouise Reeves | |
| 1921 | The ConcertEva | |
| 1920 | The Branding IronBetty Morena | |
| 1920 | Occasionally YoursMona | |
| 1920 | Burning DaylightLucille | |
| 1919 | What Am I Bid?Diana Newlands | |
| 1919 | LootLady Gwendolyn | |
| 1919 | The Wicked DarlingAdele Hoyt | |
| 1919 | The Delicious Little DevilAuditioning Dancer (uncredited) | |
| 1919 | Pretty SmoothMrs. Hanson | |
| 1919 | The Lion ManCeleste La Rue | |
| 1918 | The Brazen BeautyMrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael | |
| 1918 | The Girl Who Wouldn't QuitStella Carter | |
| 1918 | Vamping the VampThedeska - The Vamp | |
| 1917 | The Scarlet CrystalHelen Forbes | |
| 1917 | The Price of a Good TimeMis Schyler | |
| 1917 | The Lash of PowerPhyllis Ward | |
| 1917 | The Girl Who Won OutMrs. Walsh | |
| 1917 | Bombs and BanknotesHis Daughter | |
| 1917 | Bucking BroadwayGladys (uncredited) | |
| 1917 | Cheyenne's PalDancehall girl | |
| 1917 | Polly RedheadLady Caroline | |
| 1917 | BondageEugenia Darth | |
| 1917 | The Devil's Pay DayHazel Davidson | |
| 1917 | The RescueMrs. Hendricks | |
| 1917 | The Little OrphanEmmeline Warren | |
| 1917 | The Gray GhostLady Gwendolyn | |
| 1915 | Under Two FlagsVenetia |














