Gertrude Astor
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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 ...
Known For
I Love Lucy
Showgirl #4
The Sound of Music
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Courtier (uncredited)
My Mother the Car
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Townswoman (uncredited)
All About Eve
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Filmography
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Townswoman
The Sound of Music
1965
as Party Guest (uncredited)
My Mother the Car
1965
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Devil's Hand
1961
as The Elderly Cultist
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Customer (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Best of Everything
1959
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
The Tingler
1959
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Female Animal
1958
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Wichita
1955
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Angel Face
1953
as Matron (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
1953
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Fort Osage
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Old West
1952
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
1952
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Traveler (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Apache Drums
1951
as Townswoman (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951
as Showgirl #4
All About Eve
1950
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
1950
as Mrs. Jans
Woman in Hiding
1950
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Courtier (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
1950
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Caged
1950
as Inmate (uncredited)
Montana
1950
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Juror (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Townswoman (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Miss Gee (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
1948
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Music Man
1948
as Mrs. Larkin
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
as Mrs. Howard
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
1946
as Nurse (uncredited)
Calcutta
1946
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1946
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
1945
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
1945
as Railroad Matron
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1945
as Woman (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The Climax
1944
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Weird Woman
1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Idaho
1943
as Party Guest
The Kansan
1943
as Blonde Townswoman
The Avenging Rider
1943
as Martha
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
Lost Canyon
1942
as Mrs. Anson
Moontide
1942
as Woman (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
1941
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
as Gossiping Friend
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
The Llano Kid
1939
as Saloon Hostess
The Women
1939
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Dame (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Woman (uncredited)
Tassels in the Air
1938
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
All Over Town
1937
as Mamie
Rich Relations
1937
Wells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
Empty Saddles
1936
as Eloise Hayes
Postal Inspector
1936
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Great Guy
1936
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Wives Never Know
1936
as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)
The Drunkard
1935
as Peggy
I Don't Remember
1935
as Sophie Glick
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
1935
as Mae
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as Speaker (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935
as (uncredited)
Border Brigands
1935
as Big Six -Saloon Girl
Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Lady Devonshire
No More Ladies
1935
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Gwendolyn
Bad Boy
1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
Wedding Belles
1934
Guilty Parents
1934
as Marie
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
as Mom
Washee Ironee
1934
as Woman at Party
Wine, Women and Song
1933
as Jennie Tilson
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
as Mrs. Otto Mauser
Carnival Lady
1933
as Zandra, Fortune Teller
I Have Lived
1933
as Harriet Naisson
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
as Vera
Crook's Tour
1933
as Mrs Dorigan
High Hats and Low Brows
1932
as Mrs. Billingsgate
Running Hollywood
1932
as Gertrude Astor
They Never Come Back
1932
as Kate
In Walked Charley
1932
as Gertrude Henderson
While Paris Sleeps
1932
Western Limited
1932
as Mrs. Winters
Flaming Gold
1932
as Escort Service Madam
Come Clean
1931
as Mrs. Hardy
Poker Widows
1931
as Mrs. Thomas Regan
Hell Bound
1931
as Rosie
Be Yourself!
1930
as Lillian
Live and Learn
1930
as Mrs. Brown
Dames Ahoy
1930
as The Blonde
Frozen Justice
1929
as Moosehide Kate
The Fatal Warning
1929
Untamed
1929
as Mrs. Mason
Synthetic Sin
1929
as Sheila Kelly
Twin Beds
1929
as Mrs. Solari
Two Weeks Off
1929
as Agnes
The Fall of Eve
1929
as Mrs. Ford
The Butter and Egg Man
1928
as Fanny Lehman
The Family Group
1928
Chasing Husbands
1928
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928
as Blonde
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rose-Marie
1928
as Wanda
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928
as Paulette
Stocks and Blondes
1928
as Goldie
Hit of the Show
1928
as Trece
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
The Small Bachelor
1927
as Fanny
The Cat and the Canary
1927
as Cecily
Oh, What a Man!
1927
as The Bandit
Ginsberg the Great
1927
as Sappho
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Kitty Lane
Lightning Lariats
1927
as Girl
The Irresistible Lover
1927
as Dolly Carleton
The Old Soak
1926
as Sylvia De Costa
The Strong Man
1926
as Lily de Broadway
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
as Baroness von Minden
Wife Tamers
1926
as Mrs. Barry
Kiki
1926
as Paulette Mascar
Dizzy Daddies
1926
as A Former Flame
The Boy Friend
1926
as Mrs. White
Behind the Front
1926
as French barmaid
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
as Mrs. Gladstone
The Cheerful Fraud
1926
as Rose
The Country Beyond
1926
as Mrs. Andrews
Sin Cargo
1926
as Mary Wickham
Stage Struck
1925
as Lillian Lyons
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mrs. Beaumont
The Charmer
1925
as Bertha Sedgwick
The Reckless Sex
1925
as Lucile Dupré
Satan in Sables
1925
as Dolores Sierra
Laughing Ladies
1925
as The Married Man's Wife
Borrowed Finery
1925
as Maisie
Ship of Souls
1925
as Doris Barnes
Pursued
1925
as Madame La Grande
The Verdict
1925
as Mrs. Ronsard
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Greta
Folly of Youth
1925
as Evelyn Cartwright
Broadway or Bust
1924
as Mrs. Dean Smythe
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
1924
as 'Kansas' Lou
Secrets
1924
as Mrs. Manwaring
The Torrent
1924
as The Cast-Off
Robes of Sin
1924
The Silent Watcher
1924
as Mrs. Steele
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
Fight and Win
1924
Hollywood
1923
as Gertrude Astor
The Wanters
1923
as Mrs. Van Pelt
Rupert of Hentzau
1923
as Paula
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Edith Cortlandt
Alice Adams
1923
as Mildred Palmer
The Six-Fifty
1923
as Christine Palmer
Flaming Youth
1923
as Annie
The Ninety and Nine
1922
as Kate Van Dyke
Skin Deep
1922
as Mrs. Carlson
You Never Know
1922
as Miriam Folansbee
Lorna Doone
1922
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
The Kentucky Derby
1922
as Helen Gordon
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Morella Winmarleigh
Hurricane's Gal
1922
as Phyllis Fairfield
Seeing's Believing
1922
as Aunt Sue
The Wall Flower
1922
as Pamela Shiel
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
as Alice Granville
Her Mad Bargain
1921
as Ruth Beresford
Through the Back Door
1921
as Louise Reeves
The Concert
1921
as Eva
The Branding Iron
1920
as Betty Morena
Occasionally Yours
1920
as Mona
Burning Daylight
1920
as Lucille
What Am I Bid?
1919
as Diana Newlands
Loot
1919
as Lady Gwendolyn
The Wicked Darling
1919
as Adele Hoyt
The Delicious Little Devil
1919
as Auditioning Dancer (uncredited)
Pretty Smooth
1919
as Mrs. Hanson
The Lion Man
1919
as Celeste La Rue
The Brazen Beauty
1918
as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
1918
as Stella Carter
Vamping the Vamp
1918
as Thedeska - The Vamp
The Scarlet Crystal
1917
as Helen Forbes
The Price of a Good Time
1917
as Mis Schyler
The Lash of Power
1917
as Phyllis Ward
The Girl Who Won Out
1917
as Mrs. Walsh
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
as His Daughter
Bucking Broadway
1917
as Gladys (uncredited)
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
as Dancehall girl
Polly Redhead
1917
as Lady Caroline
Bondage
1917
as Eugenia Darth
The Devil's Pay Day
1917
as Hazel Davidson
The Rescue
1917
as Mrs. Hendricks
The Little Orphan
1917
as Emmeline Warren
The Gray Ghost
1917
as Lady Gwendolyn
Under Two Flags
1915
as Venetia