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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 | 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 Horse Soldiers | Townswoman | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | The Best of Everything | Leading Woman in Play (uncredited) | 1959-10-09 |
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 | The Virgin Queen | Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group | 1955-07-22 |
Movie | Wichita | Saloon Madam (uncredited) | 1955-07-03 |
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 | Angel Face | Matron (uncredited) | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
Movie | Fort Osage | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-02-10 |
Movie | The Old West | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | Paula | Mrs. Brown (uncredited) | 1952-05-15 |
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 | Sunset Boulevard | Courtier (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
Movie | Woman in Hiding | Woman in Drugstore (uncredited) | 1950-01-06 |
Movie | Caged | Inmate (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
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 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 | My Dear Secretary | Miss Gee (uncredited) | 1948-11-05 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Mrs. Howard | 1948-09-19 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Fun on a Weekend | Party Guest (Uncredited) | 1947-05-15 |
Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Garden Party Guest (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | Crack-Up | Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited) | 1946-09-06 |
Movie | Dragonwyck | Nurse (uncredited) | 1946-04-19 |
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 | An Angel Comes To Brooklyn | Eva Tanguay (uncredited) | 1945-11-27 |
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 | The Scarlet Claw | 1944-05-18 | |
Movie | The Avenging Rider | Martha | 1943-05-20 |
Movie | Idaho | Party Guest | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | The Kansan | Blonde Townswoman | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | Frisco Lil | 1942-03-13 | |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest (uncredited) | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Moontide | Woman | 1942-05-29 |
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 | Easy Living | Saleswoman (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Rich Relations | 1937-02-01 | |
Movie | All Over Town | Mamie | 1937-08-09 |
Movie | Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
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 | Honeymoon Limited | Lady Devonshire | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Northern Frontier | Mae | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | The Drunkard | Peggy | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | Manhattan Monkey Business | Gwendolyn | 1935-11-09 |
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 | Ship of Wanted Men | Vera | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | I Have Lived | Harriet Naisson | 1933-06-15 |
Movie | Carnival Lady | Zandra, Fortune Teller | 1933-11-11 |
Movie | In Walked Charley | Gertrude Henderson | 1932-04-22 |
Movie | Running Hollywood | Gertrude Astor | 1932-01-27 |
Movie | While Paris Sleeps | 1932-05-08 | |
Movie | Flaming Gold | Escort Service Madam | 1932-09-28 |
Movie | They Never Come Back | Kate | 1932-05-10 |
Movie | Western Limited | Mrs. Winters | 1932-08-05 |
Movie | High Hats and Low Brows | Mrs. Billingsgate | 1932-07-10 |
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 | Two Weeks Off | Agnes | 1929-05-11 |
Movie | Synthetic Sin | Sheila Kelly | 1929-01-06 |
Movie | The Fall of Eve | Mrs. Ford | 1929-06-17 |
Movie | Frozen Justice | Moosehide Kate | 1929-10-13 |
Movie | The Butter and Egg Man | Fanny Lehman | 1928-09-22 |
Movie | A Woman of Affairs | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1928-12-15 |
Movie | Chasing Husbands | 1928-12-22 | |
Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Kitty Lane | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | The Cat and the Canary | Cecily | 1927-09-09 |
Movie | Oh, What a Man! | The Bandit | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited) | 1927-11-04 |
Movie | The Small Bachelor | Fanny | 1927-11-06 |
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 Strong Man | Lily de Broadway | 1926-11-19 |
Movie | The Cheerful Fraud | Rose | 1926-12-27 |
Movie | Tell 'Em Nothing | Mrs. Gladstone | 1926-10-16 |
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 | Robes of Sin | 1924-12-01 | |
Movie | The Wanters | Mrs. Van Pelt | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | The Ne'er-Do-Well | Edith Cortlandt | 1923-04-29 |
Movie | Hollywood | Gertrude Astor | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | Hurricane's Gal | Phyllis Fairfield | 1922-07-01 |
Movie | Skin Deep | Mrs. Carlson | 1922-09-01 |
Movie | Beyond the Rocks | Morella Winmarleigh | 1922-05-07 |
Movie | The Wall Flower | Pamela Shiel | 1922-05-01 |
Movie | You Never Know | Miriam Folansbee | 1922-12-10 |
Movie | Lorna Doone | Countess of Brandir (uncredited) | 1922-10-01 |
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 | Through The Back Door | Louise Reeves | 1921-05-05 |
Movie | Her Mad Bargain | Ruth Beresford | 1921-12-12 |
Movie | The Branding Iron | Betty Morena | 1920-10-31 |
Movie | What Am I Bid? | Diana Newlands | 1919-04-14 |
Movie | The Wicked Darling | Adele Hoyt | 1919-12-25 |
Movie | Loot | Lady Gwendolyn | 1919-10-06 |
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 |