Gertrude Astor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

214

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

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • All's Swell on the Ocean

    All's Swell on the Ocean

  • The Verdict

    The Verdict

  • No More Ladies

    No More Ladies

  • Laughing Ladies

    Laughing Ladies

  • Caged

    Caged

  • The Tingler

    The Tingler

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

  • Again Pioneers

    Again Pioneers

  • San Francisco

    San Francisco

  • The Women

    The Women

  • 3 Godfathers

    3 Godfathers

  • Washee Ironee

    Washee Ironee

  • Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

  • Hell Bound

    Hell Bound

  • The Big Broadcast of 1938

    The Big Broadcast of 1938

  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

  • Moontide

    Moontide

  • All About Eve

    All About Eve

  • Synthetic Sin

    Synthetic Sin

  • Running Hollywood

    Running Hollywood

  • Wichita

    Wichita

  • Weird Woman

    Weird Woman

  • Music Man

    Music Man

  • Calcutta

    Calcutta

  • Border Brigands

    Border Brigands

  • Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • The Concert

    The Concert

  • Western Limited

    Western Limited

  • Monsieur Verdoux

    Monsieur Verdoux

  • Pursued

    Pursued

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • Rose-Marie

    Rose-Marie

  • Kentucky Pride

    Kentucky Pride

  • Paula

    Paula

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • Lost Canyon

    Lost Canyon

  • Dizzy Daddies

    Dizzy Daddies

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • The Drunkard

    The Drunkard

  • The Butter and Egg Man

    The Butter and Egg Man

  • Chasing Husbands

    Chasing Husbands

  • The Wanters

    The Wanters

  • Rich Relations

    Rich Relations

  • Great Guy

    Great Guy

  • The Horse Soldiers

    The Horse Soldiers

  • Scared Stiff

    Scared Stiff

  • A Place in the Sun

    A Place in the Sun

  • My Mother the Car

    My Mother the Car

  • Wife Tamers

    Wife Tamers

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • Angel Face

    Angel Face

  • The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

    The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

  • Untamed

    Untamed

  • Bunco Squad

    Bunco Squad

  • Wedding Belles

    Wedding Belles

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

  • Lightning Lariats

    Lightning Lariats

  • Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

  • Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • My Dear Secretary

    My Dear Secretary

  • The Climax

    The Climax

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • The Charmer

    The Charmer

  • The Wolf Man

    The Wolf Man

  • Bondage

    Bondage

  • Kiki

    Kiki

  • Woman in Hiding

    Woman in Hiding

  • The Cat and the Canary

    The Cat and the Canary

  • The Llano Kid

    The Llano Kid

  • An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

    An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

  • Empty Saddles

    Empty Saddles

  • The Doolins of Oklahoma

    The Doolins of Oklahoma

  • The Price of a Good Time

    The Price of a Good Time

  • The File on Thelma Jordon

    The File on Thelma Jordon

  • Live and Learn

    Live and Learn

  • The Devil's Hand

    The Devil's Hand

  • All Over Town

    All Over Town

  • What Am I Bid?

    What Am I Bid?

  • The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

    The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

  • Bucking Broadway

    Bucking Broadway

  • The Best of Everything

    The Best of Everything

  • It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • The Virgin Queen

    The Virgin Queen

  • Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour

  • Come Clean

    Come Clean

  • The Torrent

    The Torrent

  • Beyond the Rocks

    Beyond the Rocks

  • The Branding Iron

    The Branding Iron

  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown

    The Unsinkable Molly Brown

  • The Gray Ghost

    The Gray Ghost

  • Be Yourself!

    Be Yourself!

  • The Taxi Dancer

    The Taxi Dancer

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Dames Ahoy

    Dames Ahoy

  • They Never Come Back

    They Never Come Back

  • The Wicked Darling

    The Wicked Darling

  • Hurricane's Gal

    Hurricane's Gal

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • Seeing's Believing

    Seeing's Believing

  • When Worlds Collide

    When Worlds Collide

  • Flaming Gold

    Flaming Gold

  • Guilty Parents

    Guilty Parents

  • The Ne'er-Do-Well

    The Ne'er-Do-Well

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

  • Tell 'Em Nothing

    Tell 'Em Nothing

  • The Kentucky Derby

    The Kentucky Derby

  • Girls of the Big House

    Girls of the Big House

  • Sister Kenny

    Sister Kenny

  • Pretty Smooth

    Pretty Smooth

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • The Strong Man

    The Strong Man

  • A Woman of Affairs

    A Woman of Affairs

  • The Female Animal

    The Female Animal

  • The Kansan

    The Kansan

  • Here Comes Trouble

    Here Comes Trouble

  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

  • Wives Never Know

    Wives Never Know

  • Fun on a Weekend

    Fun on a Weekend

  • My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

  • Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Five and Ten Cent Annie

  • The Avenging Rider

    The Avenging Rider

  • Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

    Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

  • Loot

    Loot

  • The Old Soak

    The Old Soak

  • Don Juan's 3 Nights

    Don Juan's 3 Nights

  • Swingin' on a Rainbow

    Swingin' on a Rainbow

  • Thunder on the Hill

    Thunder on the Hill

  • The Old West

    The Old West

  • The Lash of Power

    The Lash of Power

  • Satan in Sables

    Satan in Sables

  • Rupert of Hentzau

    Rupert of Hentzau

  • The Family Group

    The Family Group

  • The Delicious Little Devil

    The Delicious Little Devil

  • The Scarlet Crystal

    The Scarlet Crystal

  • The Country Beyond

    The Country Beyond

  • Tassels in the Air

    Tassels in the Air

  • I Have Lived

    I Have Lived

  • The Brazen Beauty

    The Brazen Beauty

  • Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

  • The Fatal Warning

    The Fatal Warning

  • Ship of Souls

    Ship of Souls

  • The Devil's Pay Day

    The Devil's Pay Day

  • The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

    The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

  • The Boy Friend

    The Boy Friend

  • I Don't Remember

    I Don't Remember

  • Postal Inspector

    Postal Inspector

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • $1,000 a Touchdown

    $1,000 a Touchdown

  • Northern Frontier

    Northern Frontier

  • Cheyenne's Pal

    Cheyenne's Pal

  • The Chases of Pimple Street

    The Chases of Pimple Street

  • The Lion Man

    The Lion Man

  • Deep in My Heart

    Deep in My Heart

  • Bombs and Banknotes

    Bombs and Banknotes

  • The Scarlet Claw

    The Scarlet Claw

  • Poker Widows

    Poker Widows

  • Fort Osage

    Fort Osage

  • The Reckless Sex

    The Reckless Sex

  • The Ninety and Nine

    The Ninety and Nine

  • Through The Back Door

    Through The Back Door

  • Stage Struck

    Stage Struck

  • The Small Bachelor

    The Small Bachelor

  • Ship of Wanted Men

    Ship of Wanted Men

  • Frisco Lil

    Frisco Lil

  • Burning Daylight

    Burning Daylight

  • The Little Orphan

    The Little Orphan

  • Ginsberg the Great

    Ginsberg the Great

  • Apache Drums

    Apache Drums

  • In Walked Charley

    In Walked Charley

  • Here Comes the Band

    Here Comes the Band

  • While Paris Sleeps

    While Paris Sleeps

  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

  • I'll Take Vanilla

    I'll Take Vanilla

  • The Plumber and the Lady

    The Plumber and the Lady

  • Crack-Up

    Crack-Up

  • The Cheerful Fraud

    The Cheerful Fraud

  • Behind the Front

    Behind the Front

  • The Wall Flower

    The Wall Flower

  • Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

    Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

  • Frozen Justice

    Frozen Justice

  • Misbehaving Husbands

    Misbehaving Husbands

  • High Hats and Low Brows

    High Hats and Low Brows

  • Cappy Ricks Returns

    Cappy Ricks Returns

  • Oh, What a Man!

    Oh, What a Man!

  • Polly Redhead

    Polly Redhead

  • Broadway or Bust

    Broadway or Bust

  • Her Mad Bargain

    Her Mad Bargain

  • The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit

    The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit

  • Two Weeks Off

    Two Weeks Off

  • Manhattan Monkey Business

    Manhattan Monkey Business

  • Occasionally Yours

    Occasionally Yours

  • The Girl Who Won Out

    The Girl Who Won Out

  • Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • Borrowed Finery

    Borrowed Finery

  • You Never Know

    You Never Know

  • Robes of Sin

    Robes of Sin

  • Carnival Lady

    Carnival Lady

  • The Fall of Eve

    The Fall of Eve

  • Secrets

    Secrets

  • The Rescue

    The Rescue

  • The Silent Watcher

    The Silent Watcher

  • Alice Adams

    Alice Adams

  • Wine, Women and Song

    Wine, Women and Song