Acting · Lakewood, Ohio, USA · Born November 9, 1887
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.
MovieJesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Townswoman
TVMy Mother the Car
1965
MovieThe Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil's Hand
1961
as The Elderly Cultist
MovieTwo Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
MovieAll in a Night's Work
1961
as Customer (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Rutledge
1960
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
MovieThe Best of Everything
1959
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
MovieThe Tingler
1959
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
MovieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieThe Female Animal
1958
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
MovieMy Man Godfrey
1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
MovieThe Virgin Queen
1955
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
MovieWichita
1955
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
MovieDaddy Long Legs
1955
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
MovieDeep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
MovieA Star Is Born
1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
MovieScared Stiff
1953
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
MovieAngel Face
1953
as Matron (uncredited)
MovieThe Old West
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieThe Merry Widow
1952
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
MoviePaula
1952
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
MovieFort Osage
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieScandal Sheet
1952
as Neighbor (uncredited)
MovieThunder on the Hill
1951
as Village Woman (uncredited)
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Showgirl #4
MovieWhen Worlds Collide
1951
as Traveler (uncredited)
MovieA Place in the Sun
1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieApache Drums
1951
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieAll About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
MovieAgain Pioneers
1950
as Mrs. Jans
MovieBunco Squad
1950
as Club Patron (uncredited)
MovieSunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
MovieCaged
1950
as Inmate (uncredited)
MovieWoman in Hiding
1950
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
MovieThe File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Juror (uncredited)
MovieThe Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Movie3 Godfathers
1948
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
MovieMy Dear Secretary
1948
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
MovieJoe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
as Mrs. Howard
MovieMusic Man
1948
as Mrs. Larkin
MovieHere Comes Trouble
1948
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
MovieSitting Pretty
1948
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieMonsieur Verdoux
1947
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
MovieCalcutta
1946
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
MovieSister Kenny
1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieCrack-Up
1946
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
MovieDragonwyck
1946
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieLeave Her to Heaven
1945
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
MovieDick Tracy
1945
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieAn Angel Comes To Brooklyn
1945
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
MovieGirls of the Big House
1945
as Railroad Matron
MovieSwingin' on a Rainbow
1945
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieThe Climax
1944
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
MovieThe Scarlet Claw
1944
MovieWeird Woman
1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Kansan
1943
as Blonde Townswoman
MovieThe Avenging Rider
1943
as Martha
MovieIdaho
1943
as Party Guest
MovieLost Canyon
1942
as Mrs. Anson
MovieMoontide
1942
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieReap the Wild Wind
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
MovieThe Wolf Man
1941
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieHold Back the Dawn
1941
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
MovieMisbehaving Husbands
1940
as Gossiping Friend
MovieThe Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
MovieThe Llano Kid
1939
as Saloon Hostess
Movie$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
MovieDust Be My Destiny
1939
as Dame (uncredited)
MovieThe Women
1939
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
MovieTassels in the Air
1938
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieWells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
MovieAll Over Town
1937
as Mamie
MovieEasy Living
1937
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
MovieRich Relations
1937
MovieEmpty Saddles
1936
as Eloise Hayes
MovieGreat Guy
1936
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
MovieWives Never Know
1936
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
MoviePostal Inspector
1936
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
MovieSan Francisco
1936
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
I Don't Remember
1935
as Sophie Glick
MovieManhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Gwendolyn
MovieBad Boy
1935
MovieIt's in the Air
1935
as (uncredited)
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as Speaker (uncredited)
MovieHere Comes the Band
1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
MovieHoneymoon Limited
1935
as Lady Devonshire
MovieNo More Ladies
1935
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
MovieBorder Brigands
1935
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
MovieThe Drunkard
1935
as Peggy
MovieNorthern Frontier
1935
as Mae
MovieThe Chases of Pimple Street
1934
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
MovieWashee Ironee
1934
as Woman at Party
Wedding Belles
1934
MovieI'll Take Vanilla
1934
as Mom
MovieGuilty Parents
1934
as Marie
MovieCarnival Lady
1933
as Zandra, Fortune Teller
MovieCrook's Tour
1933
as Mrs Dorigan
MovieShip of Wanted Men
1933
as Vera
MovieI Have Lived
1933
as Harriet Naisson
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
as Mrs. Otto Mauser
MovieWine, Women and Song
1933
as Jennie Tilson
MovieFlaming Gold
1932
as Escort Service Madam
Western Limited
1932
as Mrs. Winters
MovieHigh Hats and Low Brows
1932
as Mrs. Billingsgate
MovieThey Never Come Back
1932
as Kate
MovieWhile Paris Sleeps
1932
MovieIn Walked Charley
1932
as Gertrude Henderson
Running Hollywood
1932
as Gertrude Astor
Poker Widows
1931
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
MovieCome Clean
1931
as Mrs. Hardy
MovieHell Bound
1931
as Rosie
Live and Learn
1930
as Mrs. Brown
MovieDames Ahoy
1930
as The Blonde
MovieBe Yourself!
1930
as Lillian
MovieUntamed
1929
as Mrs. Mason
MovieFrozen Justice
1929
as Moosehide Kate
MovieTwin Beds
1929
as Mrs. Solari
MovieThe Fall of Eve
1929
as Mrs. Ford
MovieTwo Weeks Off
1929
as Agnes
MovieThe Fatal Warning
1929
MovieSynthetic Sin
1929
as Sheila Kelly
MovieChasing Husbands
1928
MovieA Woman of Affairs
1928
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Butter and Egg Man
1928
as Fanny Lehman
MovieStocks and Blondes
1928
as Goldie
MovieHit of the Show
1928
as Trece
MovieFive and Ten Cent Annie
1928
as Blonde
MovieThe Family Group
1928
MovieRose-Marie
1928
as Wanda
MovieThe Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928
as Paulette
MovieOh, What a Man!
1927
as The Bandit
MovieGinsberg the Great
1927
as Sappho
MovieThe Small Bachelor
1927
as Fanny
MovieUncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
MovieThe Irresistible Lover
1927
as Dolly Carleton
MovieThe Cat and the Canary
1927
as Cecily
MovieThe Taxi Dancer
1927
as Kitty Lane
MovieLightning Lariats
1927
as Girl
MovieThe Cheerful Fraud
1926
as Rose
MovieThe Strong Man
1926
as Lily de Broadway
MovieSin Cargo
1926
as Mary Wickham
MovieThe Country Beyond
1926
as Mrs. Andrews
MovieTell 'Em Nothing
1926
as Mrs. Gladstone
MovieThe Old Soak
1926
as Sylvia De Costa
MovieDon Juan's 3 Nights
1926
as Baroness von Minden
MovieThe Boy Friend
1926
as Mrs. White
MovieKiki
1926
as Paulette Mascar
MovieWife Tamers
1926
as Mrs. Barry
MovieDizzy Daddies
1926
as A Former Flame
MovieBehind the Front
1926
as French barmaid
Ship of Souls
1925
as Doris Barnes
MovieStage Struck
1925
as Lillian Lyons
MovieSatan in Sables
1925
as Dolores Sierra
Borrowed Finery
1925
as Maisie
MovieThe Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Greta
MovieKentucky Pride
1925
as Mrs. Beaumont
MoviePursued
1925
as Madame La Grande
MovieThe Charmer
1925
as Bertha Sedgwick
MovieThe Verdict
1925
as Mrs. Ronsard
MovieFolly of Youth
1925
as Evelyn Cartwright
The Reckless Sex
1925
as Lucile Dupré
MovieLaughing Ladies
1925
as The Married Man's Wife
MovieRobes of Sin
1924
MovieThe Ridin' Kid from Powder River
1924
as 'Kansas' Lou
MovieThe Silent Watcher
1924
as Mrs. Steele
MovieAll's Swell on the Ocean
1924
The Torrent
1924
as The Cast-Off
MovieFight and Win
1924
MovieBroadway or Bust
1924
as Mrs. Dean Smythe
MovieSecrets
1924
as Mrs. Manwaring
MovieThe Wanters
1923
as Mrs. Van Pelt
MovieFlaming Youth
1923
as Annie
MovieThe Six-Fifty
1923
as Christine Palmer
MovieHollywood
1923
as Gertrude Astor
MovieRupert of Hentzau
1923
as Paula
MovieThe Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Edith Cortlandt
MovieAlice Adams
1923
as Mildred Palmer
MovieThe Ninety and Nine
1922
as Kate Van Dyke
MovieYou Never Know
1922
as Miriam Folansbee
MovieThe Kentucky Derby
1922
as Helen Gordon
MovieThe Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
as Alice Granville
MovieLorna Doone
1922
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
MovieSkin Deep
1922
as Mrs. Carlson
MovieHurricane's Gal
1922
as Phyllis Fairfield
MovieBeyond the Rocks
1922
as Morella Winmarleigh
MovieSeeing's Believing
1922
as Aunt Sue
MovieThe Wall Flower
1922
as Pamela Shiel
MovieHer Mad Bargain
1921
as Ruth Beresford
MovieThrough the Back Door
1921
as Louise Reeves
MovieThe Concert
1921
as Eva
MovieThe Branding Iron
1920
as Betty Morena
MovieOccasionally Yours
1920
as Mona
MovieBurning Daylight
1920
as Lucille
MovieThe Lion Man
1919
as Celeste La Rue
MovieThe Wicked Darling
1919
as Adele Hoyt
MovieLoot
1919
as Lady Gwendolyn
MoviePretty Smooth
1919
as Mrs. Hanson
MovieThe Delicious Little Devil
1919
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
MovieWhat Am I Bid?
1919
as Diana Newlands
MovieThe Brazen Beauty
1918
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
MovieThe Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
1918
as Stella Carter
Vamping the Vamp
1918
as Thedeska - The Vamp
MovieBucking Broadway
1917
as Gladys (uncredited)
MovieThe Lash of Power
1917
as Phyllis Ward
MovieThe Price of a Good Time
1917
as Mis Schyler
MovieBondage
1917
as Eugenia Darth
MovieThe Girl Who Won Out
1917
as Mrs. Walsh
MovieCheyenne's Pal
1917
as Dancehall girl
MovieThe Rescue
1917
as Mrs. Hendricks
MovieThe Gray Ghost
1917
as Lady Gwendolyn
MovieThe Little Orphan
1917
as Emmeline Warren
MoviePolly Redhead
1917
as Lady Caroline
MovieThe Scarlet Crystal
1917
as Helen Forbes
MovieThe Devil's Pay Day
1917
as Hazel Davidson
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
as His Daughter
MovieUnder Two Flags
1915
as Venetia
