Gertrude Astor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

208

Gender

Female

Birthday

1887-11-09

Day of death

1977-11-09 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Gertrude Astor

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

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

  • The Scarlet Claw

    The Scarlet Claw

  • Frisco Lil

    Frisco Lil

  • Seeing's Believing

    Seeing's Believing

  • Bucking Broadway

    Bucking Broadway

  • Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

    Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

  • Wichita

    Wichita

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

  • The Branding Iron

    The Branding Iron

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • The Kansan

    The Kansan

  • The Scarlet Crystal

    The Scarlet Crystal

  • The Horse Soldiers

    The Horse Soldiers

  • Alice Adams

    Alice Adams

  • My Mother the Car

    My Mother the Car

  • A Place in the Sun

    A Place in the Sun

  • The Kentucky Derby

    The Kentucky Derby

  • Here Comes Trouble

    Here Comes Trouble

  • Caged

    Caged

  • The Charmer

    The Charmer

  • Ship of Souls

    Ship of Souls

  • The Country Beyond

    The Country Beyond

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Music Man

    Music Man

  • Rich Relations

    Rich Relations

  • The Taxi Dancer

    The Taxi Dancer

  • The Avenging Rider

    The Avenging Rider

  • The Doolins of Oklahoma

    The Doolins of Oklahoma

  • Swingin' on a Rainbow

    Swingin' on a Rainbow

  • While Paris Sleeps

    While Paris Sleeps

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

    The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

  • San Francisco

    San Francisco

  • All About Eve

    All About Eve

  • The Women

    The Women

  • The Big Broadcast of 1938

    The Big Broadcast of 1938

  • The File on Thelma Jordon

    The File on Thelma Jordon

  • Again Pioneers

    Again Pioneers

  • Rose-Marie

    Rose-Marie

  • Wedding Belles

    Wedding Belles

  • The Wicked Darling

    The Wicked Darling

  • Lost Canyon

    Lost Canyon

  • Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour

  • Woman in Hiding

    Woman in Hiding

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Washee Ironee

    Washee Ironee

  • Dizzy Daddies

    Dizzy Daddies

  • An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

    An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

  • Hell Bound

    Hell Bound

  • The Tingler

    The Tingler

  • Apache Drums

    Apache Drums

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • The Wolf Man

    The Wolf Man

  • Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

  • Postal Inspector

    Postal Inspector

  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

  • The Concert

    The Concert

  • Fun on a Weekend

    Fun on a Weekend

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Calcutta

    Calcutta

  • The Llano Kid

    The Llano Kid

  • Tell 'Em Nothing

    Tell 'Em Nothing

  • Beyond the Rocks

    Beyond the Rocks

  • No More Ladies

    No More Ladies

  • Live and Learn

    Live and Learn

  • Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

  • Running Hollywood

    Running Hollywood

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • The Lash of Power

    The Lash of Power

  • It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • Misbehaving Husbands

    Misbehaving Husbands

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Girls of the Big House

    Girls of the Big House

  • Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge

  • The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

    The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

  • Synthetic Sin

    Synthetic Sin

  • Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

  • The Price of a Good Time

    The Price of a Good Time

  • Fort Osage

    Fort Osage

  • Rupert of Hentzau

    Rupert of Hentzau

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • Moontide

    Moontide

  • Don Juan's 3 Nights

    Don Juan's 3 Nights

  • Hurricane's Gal

    Hurricane's Gal

  • Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Five and Ten Cent Annie

  • Monsieur Verdoux

    Monsieur Verdoux

  • My Dear Secretary

    My Dear Secretary

  • When Worlds Collide

    When Worlds Collide

  • Weird Woman

    Weird Woman

  • Carnival Lady

    Carnival Lady

  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown

    The Unsinkable Molly Brown

  • Northern Frontier

    Northern Frontier

  • 3 Godfathers

    3 Godfathers

  • Border Brigands

    Border Brigands

  • The Devil's Hand

    The Devil's Hand

  • Scared Stiff

    Scared Stiff

  • Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

  • The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

    The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

  • Western Limited

    Western Limited

  • All Over Town

    All Over Town

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

  • Lightning Lariats

    Lightning Lariats

  • They Never Come Back

    They Never Come Back

  • Behind the Front

    Behind the Front

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • The Old West

    The Old West

  • A Woman of Affairs

    A Woman of Affairs

  • Tassels in the Air

    Tassels in the Air

  • Bombs and Banknotes

    Bombs and Banknotes

  • The Butter and Egg Man

    The Butter and Egg Man

  • Manhattan Monkey Business

    Manhattan Monkey Business

  • Wives Never Know

    Wives Never Know

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • I Have Lived

    I Have Lived

  • Great Guy

    Great Guy

  • Thunder on the Hill

    Thunder on the Hill

  • The Virgin Queen

    The Virgin Queen

  • The Female Animal

    The Female Animal

  • My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

  • Occasionally Yours

    Occasionally Yours

  • Paula

    Paula

  • The Fatal Warning

    The Fatal Warning

  • Angel Face

    Angel Face

  • Laughing Ladies

    Laughing Ladies

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • Borrowed Finery

    Borrowed Finery

  • The Drunkard

    The Drunkard

  • Untamed

    Untamed

  • Kentucky Pride

    Kentucky Pride

  • Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

  • The Delicious Little Devil

    The Delicious Little Devil

  • Robes of Sin

    Robes of Sin

  • Guilty Parents

    Guilty Parents

  • The Best of Everything

    The Best of Everything

  • Sister Kenny

    Sister Kenny

  • What Am I Bid?

    What Am I Bid?

  • I Don't Remember

    I Don't Remember

  • Deep in My Heart

    Deep in My Heart

  • Secrets

    Secrets

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Bunco Squad

    Bunco Squad

  • Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

    Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

  • The Climax

    The Climax

  • The Wanters

    The Wanters

  • The Old Soak

    The Old Soak

  • The Chases of Pimple Street

    The Chases of Pimple Street

  • Crack-Up

    Crack-Up

  • The Boy Friend

    The Boy Friend

  • Come Clean

    Come Clean

  • Be Yourself!

    Be Yourself!

  • The Strong Man

    The Strong Man

  • Kiki

    Kiki

  • Cappy Ricks Returns

    Cappy Ricks Returns

  • Wife Tamers

    Wife Tamers

  • You Never Know

    You Never Know

  • Ginsberg the Great

    Ginsberg the Great

  • All's Swell on the Ocean

    All's Swell on the Ocean

  • Loot

    Loot

  • Poker Widows

    Poker Widows

  • $1,000 a Touchdown

    $1,000 a Touchdown

  • Cheyenne's Pal

    Cheyenne's Pal

  • Bondage

    Bondage

  • The Ninety and Nine

    The Ninety and Nine

  • The Torrent

    The Torrent

  • High Hats and Low Brows

    High Hats and Low Brows

  • Stage Struck

    Stage Struck

  • The Plumber and the Lady

    The Plumber and the Lady

  • Dames Ahoy

    Dames Ahoy

  • The Ne'er-Do-Well

    The Ne'er-Do-Well

  • Here Comes the Band

    Here Comes the Band

  • Broadway or Bust

    Broadway or Bust

  • The Fall of Eve

    The Fall of Eve

  • Through The Back Door

    Through The Back Door

  • The Cat and the Canary

    The Cat and the Canary

  • Ship of Wanted Men

    Ship of Wanted Men

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • Flaming Gold

    Flaming Gold

  • Empty Saddles

    Empty Saddles

  • Frozen Justice

    Frozen Justice

  • The Little Orphan

    The Little Orphan

  • The Cheerful Fraud

    The Cheerful Fraud

  • The Family Group

    The Family Group

  • The Reckless Sex

    The Reckless Sex

  • Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

  • In Walked Charley

    In Walked Charley

  • Chasing Husbands

    Chasing Husbands

  • Polly Redhead

    Polly Redhead

  • Satan in Sables

    Satan in Sables

  • Oh, What a Man!

    Oh, What a Man!

  • The Small Bachelor

    The Small Bachelor

  • The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit

    The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit

  • The Brazen Beauty

    The Brazen Beauty

  • The Devil's Pay Day

    The Devil's Pay Day

  • Wine, Women and Song

    Wine, Women and Song

  • Two Weeks Off

    Two Weeks Off

  • The Wall Flower

    The Wall Flower

  • The Girl Who Won Out

    The Girl Who Won Out

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • The Rescue

    The Rescue

  • Her Mad Bargain

    Her Mad Bargain

  • The Silent Watcher

    The Silent Watcher

  • I'll Take Vanilla

    I'll Take Vanilla