Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Acting

Birthday

1887/11/09

Day of death

1977/11/09 (90 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Also know as

Gertrude Aster, Gertrude Irene Eyster

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 ...Read more

Acting
Deep in My Heart
6.8

(1954) Deep in My Heart

as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)

Easy Living
7.0

(1937) Easy Living

as Saleswoman (uncredited)

The Virgin Queen
7.1

(1955) The Virgin Queen

as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group

Frozen Justice
1.0

(1929) Frozen Justice

as Moosehide Kate

Her Mad Bargain
0.0

(1921) Her Mad Bargain

as Ruth Beresford

The Fatal Warning
3.0

(1929) The Fatal Warning

as ---

The Scarlet Crystal
0.0

(1917) The Scarlet Crystal

as Helen Forbes

Hollywood
7.0

(1923) Hollywood

as Gertrude Astor

The Price of a Good Time
0.0

(1917) The Price of a Good Time

as Mis Schyler

Under Two Flags
0.0

(1915) Under Two Flags

as Venetia

The Lash of Power
0.0

(1917) The Lash of Power

as Phyllis Ward

What Am I Bid?
0.0

(1919) What Am I Bid?

as Diana Newlands

The Wolf Man
7.0

(1941) The Wolf Man

as Townswoman (uncredited)

The Girl Who Won Out
0.0

(1917) The Girl Who Won Out

as Mrs. Walsh

The Old Soak
0.0

(1926) The Old Soak

as Sylvia De Costa

The Ninety and Nine
0.0

(1922) The Ninety and Nine

as Kate Van Dyke

0.0

(1917) Bombs and Banknotes

as His Daughter

The Butter and Egg Man
0.0

(1928) The Butter and Egg Man

as Fanny Lehman

The Family Group
0.0

(1928) The Family Group

as ---

Chasing Husbands
0.0

(1928) Chasing Husbands

as ---

Skin Deep
0.0

(1922) Skin Deep

as Mrs. Carlson

The Wanters
0.0

(1923) The Wanters

as Mrs. Van Pelt

The Chases of Pimple Street
6.0

(1934) The Chases of Pimple Street

as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)

The Devil's Hand
4.4

(1961) The Devil's Hand

as The Elderly Cultist

Come Clean
7.2

(1931) Come Clean

as Mrs. Hardy

The Strong Man
6.3

(1926) The Strong Man

as Lily de Broadway

My Man Godfrey
6.3

(1957) My Man Godfrey

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Song
0.0

(1933) Wine, Women and Song

as Jennie Tilson

0.0

(1933) The Plumber and the Lady

as Mrs. Otto Mauser

Loot
0.0

(1919) Loot

as Lady Gwendolyn

Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.9

(1927) Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)

Rupert of Hentzau
0.0

(1923) Rupert of Hentzau

as Paula

Fort Osage
6.0

(1952) Fort Osage

as Townswoman (uncredited)

The Old West
5.0

(1952) The Old West

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Through The Back Door
6.0

(1921) Through The Back Door

as Louise Reeves

Don Juan's 3 Nights
1.0

(1926) Don Juan's 3 Nights

as Baroness von Minden

Here Comes Trouble
4.6

(1948) Here Comes Trouble

as Woman with Dog (uncredited)

You Never Know
0.0

(1922) You Never Know

as Miriam Folansbee

The Wicked Darling
5.2

(1919) The Wicked Darling

as Adele Hoyt

Reap the Wild Wind
6.4

(1942) Reap the Wild Wind

as Ball Guest (uncredited)

The Drunkard
0.0

(1935) The Drunkard

as Peggy

Bucking Broadway
5.5

(1917) Bucking Broadway

as Gladys (uncredited)

Stage Struck
6.2

(1925) Stage Struck

as Lillian Lyons

Broadway or Bust
0.0

(1924) Broadway or Bust

as Mrs. Dean Smythe

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
0.0

(1924) The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

as 'Kansas' Lou

Wife Tamers
6.0

(1926) Wife Tamers

as Mrs. Barry

Be Yourself!
5.0

(1930) Be Yourself!

as Lillian

All Over Town
7.2

(1937) All Over Town

as Mamie

Lorna Doone
6.3

(1922) Lorna Doone

as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.8

(1946) The Best Years of Our Lives

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Kentucky Derby
5.0

(1922) The Kentucky Derby

as Helen Gordon

High Hats and Low Brows
0.0

(1932) High Hats and Low Brows

as Mrs. Billingsgate

1.0

(1930) Live and Learn

as Mrs. Brown

Carnival Lady
5.0

(1933) Carnival Lady

as Zandra, Fortune Teller

Rich Relations
0.0

(1937) Rich Relations

as ---

0.0

(1932) Running Hollywood

as Gertrude Astor

0.0

(1934) Wedding Belles

as ---

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
4.1

(1966) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

as Townswoman

Kiki
7.0

(1926) Kiki

as Paulette Mascar

3.5

(1926) Dizzy Daddies

as A Former Flame

All in a Night's Work
5.9

(1961) All in a Night's Work

as Customer (uncredited)

They Never Come Back
5.5

(1932) They Never Come Back

as Kate

Dames Ahoy
0.0

(1930) Dames Ahoy

as The Blonde

Untamed
5.8

(1929) Untamed

as Mrs. Mason

The Best of Everything
6.4

(1959) The Best of Everything

as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)

I Have Lived
0.0

(1933) I Have Lived

as Harriet Naisson

2.0

(1935) I Don't Remember

as Sophie Glick

0.0

(1927) The Small Bachelor

as Fanny

8.0

(1942) Frisco Lil

as ---

Kentucky Pride
5.9

(1925) Kentucky Pride

as Mrs. Beaumont

Secrets
5.5

(1924) Secrets

as Mrs. Manwaring

Synthetic Sin
0.0

(1929) Synthetic Sin

as Sheila Kelly

The Boy Friend
0.0

(1926) The Boy Friend

as Mrs. White

Dragonwyck
6.6

(1946) Dragonwyck

as Nurse (uncredited)

In Walked Charley
0.0

(1932) In Walked Charley

as Gertrude Henderson

The Cat and the Canary
6.8

(1927) The Cat and the Canary

as Cecily

While Paris Sleeps
5.8

(1932) While Paris Sleeps

as ---

Calcutta
6.2

(1946) Calcutta

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

The Branding Iron
0.0

(1920) The Branding Iron

as Betty Morena

Beyond the Rocks
6.2

(1922) Beyond the Rocks

as Morella Winmarleigh

Behind the Front
6.0

(1926) Behind the Front

as French barmaid

Wells Fargo
5.1

(1937) Wells Fargo

as Pioneer Woman

The Llano Kid
0.0

(1939) The Llano Kid

as Saloon Hostess

Sergeant Rutledge
7.1

(1960) Sergeant Rutledge

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

A Star Is Born
7.1

(1954) A Star Is Born

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

0.0

(1931) Poker Widows

as Mrs. Thomas Regan

Here Comes the Band
5.0

(1935) Here Comes the Band

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

All About Eve
8.1

(1950) All About Eve

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Northern Frontier
0.0

(1935) Northern Frontier

as Mae

The Women
7.1

(1939) The Women

as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty
7.2

(1948) Sitting Pretty

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Empty Saddles
0.0

(1936) Empty Saddles

as Eloise Hayes

Dust Be My Destiny
6.2

(1939) Dust Be My Destiny

as Dame (uncredited)

Oh, What a Man!
0.0

(1927) Oh, What a Man!

as The Bandit

Ship of Wanted Men
2.0

(1933) Ship of Wanted Men

as Vera

Sister Kenny
6.5

(1946) Sister Kenny

as Doctor (uncredited)

My Dear Secretary
5.9

(1948) My Dear Secretary

as Miss Gee (uncredited)

Again Pioneers
3.5

(1950) Again Pioneers

as Mrs. Jans

An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
0.0

(1945) An Angel Comes To Brooklyn

as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)

Postal Inspector
6.2

(1936) Postal Inspector

as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding
6.2

(1950) Woman in Hiding

as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux
7.7

(1947) Monsieur Verdoux

as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

0.0

(1924) The Torrent

as The Cast-Off

Hold Back the Dawn
6.6

(1941) Hold Back the Dawn

as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Guilty Parents
4.8

(1934) Guilty Parents

as Marie

4.5

(1935) Cappy Ricks Returns

as Speaker (uncredited)

0.0

(1932) Western Limited

as Mrs. Winters

Tell 'Em Nothing
4.2

(1926) Tell 'Em Nothing

as Mrs. Gladstone

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8

(1962) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Ginsberg the Great
0.0

(1927) Ginsberg the Great

as Sappho

Five and Ten Cent Annie
0.0

(1928) Five and Ten Cent Annie

as Blonde

Twin Beds
0.0

(1929) Twin Beds

as Mrs. Solari

The Scarlet Claw
6.9

(1944) The Scarlet Claw

as ---

The Charmer
0.0

(1925) The Charmer

as Bertha Sedgwick

Angel Face
7.1

(1953) Angel Face

as Matron (uncredited)

Misbehaving Husbands
5.2

(1940) Misbehaving Husbands

as Gossiping Friend

Sunset Boulevard
8.3

(1950) Sunset Boulevard

as Courtier (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.5

(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Extra (uncredited)

Scared Stiff
6.4

(1953) Scared Stiff

as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)

It's in the Air
5.0

(1935) It's in the Air

as (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.0

(1938) The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Woman (uncredited)

The Tingler
6.4

(1959) The Tingler

as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Cheyenne's Pal
4.5

(1917) Cheyenne's Pal

as Dancehall girl

Two Rode Together
6.4

(1961) Two Rode Together

as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)

Scandal Sheet
7.0

(1952) Scandal Sheet

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.6

(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days

as Extra (uncredited)

0.0

(1925) The Reckless Sex

as Lucile Dupré

Daddy Long Legs
6.3

(1955) Daddy Long Legs

as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House
6.0

(1945) Girls of the Big House

as Railroad Matron

Border Brigands
0.0

(1935) Border Brigands

as Big Six -Saloon Girl

3 Godfathers
6.8

(1948) 3 Godfathers

as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Lost Canyon
5.0

(1942) Lost Canyon

as Mrs. Anson

Tassels in the Air
6.5

(1938) Tassels in the Air

as Louella Pindell (uncredited)

Idaho
5.7

(1943) Idaho

as Party Guest

Honeymoon Limited
6.0

(1935) Honeymoon Limited

as Lady Devonshire

The Kansan
5.2

(1943) The Kansan

as Blonde Townswoman

The Avenging Rider
0.0

(1943) The Avenging Rider

as Martha

Paula
6.5

(1952) Paula

as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)

San Francisco
6.6

(1936) San Francisco

as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
5.6

(1964) The Unsinkable Molly Brown

as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)

Two Weeks Off
0.0

(1929) Two Weeks Off

as Agnes

The Taxi Dancer
6.5

(1927) The Taxi Dancer

as Kitty Lane

Polly Redhead
0.0

(1917) Polly Redhead

as Lady Caroline

When Worlds Collide
6.3

(1951) When Worlds Collide

as Traveler (uncredited)

Flaming Gold
5.5

(1932) Flaming Gold

as Escort Service Madam

A Place in the Sun
7.3

(1951) A Place in the Sun

as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Sound of Music
7.7

(1965) The Sound of Music

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Fall of Eve
0.0

(1929) The Fall of Eve

as Mrs. Ford

The Ne'er-Do-Well
0.0

(1923) The Ne'er-Do-Well

as Edith Cortlandt

Music Man
6.0

(1948) Music Man

as ---

The Cheerful Fraud
4.0

(1926) The Cheerful Fraud

as Rose

$1,000 a Touchdown
2.0

(1939) $1,000 a Touchdown

as McGlen Wife (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs
6.7

(1928) A Woman of Affairs

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Fun on a Weekend
7.0

(1947) Fun on a Weekend

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Leave Her to Heaven
7.4

(1945) Leave Her to Heaven

as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Bondage
0.0

(1917) Bondage

as Eugenia Darth

The Devil's Pay Day
0.0

(1917) The Devil's Pay Day

as Hazel Davidson

The Brazen Beauty
0.0

(1918) The Brazen Beauty

as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael

The Rescue
0.0

(1917) The Rescue

as Mrs. Hendricks

The Little Orphan
0.0

(1917) The Little Orphan

as Emmeline Warren

Bunco Squad
5.9

(1950) Bunco Squad

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
6.0

(1948) Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

as Mrs. Howard

Hurricane's Gal
0.0

(1922) Hurricane's Gal

as Phyllis Fairfield

Robes of Sin
6.0

(1924) Robes of Sin

as ---

Swingin' on a Rainbow
0.0

(1945) Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Concert
0.0

(1921) The Concert

as Eva

Moontide
6.4

(1942) Moontide

as Woman (uncredited)

No More Ladies
5.1

(1935) No More Ladies

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

0.0

(1922) Seeing's Believing

as Aunt Sue

The File on Thelma Jordon
6.5

(1949) The File on Thelma Jordon

as Juror (Uncredited)

Rose-Marie
5.0

(1928) Rose-Marie

as Wanda

Hell Bound
0.0

(1931) Hell Bound

as Rosie

Wichita
6.3

(1955) Wichita

as Saloon Madam (uncredited)

Thunder on the Hill
6.5

(1951) Thunder on the Hill

as Village Woman (uncredited)

Great Guy
6.2

(1936) Great Guy

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

The Wall Flower
0.0

(1922) The Wall Flower

as Pamela Shiel

The Climax
5.4

(1944) The Climax

as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)

0.0

(1924) The Silent Watcher

as Mrs. Steele

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
0.0

(1922) The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

as Alice Granville

Crook's Tour
0.0

(1933) Crook's Tour

as Mrs Dorigan

Weird Woman
6.0

(1944) Weird Woman

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Satan in Sables
0.0

(1925) Satan in Sables

as Dolores Sierra

The Female Animal
5.6

(1958) The Female Animal

as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)

Caged
7.1

(1950) Caged

as Inmate (uncredited)

The Horse Soldiers
7.0

(1959) The Horse Soldiers

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Crack-Up
5.6

(1946) Crack-Up

as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)

The Country Beyond
0.0

(1926) The Country Beyond

as Mrs. Andrews

I'll Take Vanilla
0.0

(1934) I'll Take Vanilla

as Mom

Manhattan Monkey Business
0.0

(1935) Manhattan Monkey Business

as Gwendolyn

Laughing Ladies
0.0

(1925) Laughing Ladies

as The Married Man's Wife

Washee Ironee
6.8

(1934) Washee Ironee

as Woman at Party

0.0

(1925) Borrowed Finery

as Maisie

The Doolins of Oklahoma
6.8

(1949) The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Dick Tracy
5.1

(1945) Dick Tracy

as Woman (uncredited)

The Merry Widow
5.8

(1952) The Merry Widow

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
0.0

(1928) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

as Paulette

Lightning Lariats
0.0

(1927) Lightning Lariats

as Girl

Alice Adams
0.0

Alice Adams

as Mildred Palmer

Bad Boy
5.0

(1935) Bad Boy

as ---

0.0

(1924) All's Swell on the Ocean

as ---

Wives Never Know
0.0

(1936) Wives Never Know

as Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)

My Mother the Car
3.6

(1965) My Mother the Car

as ---

I Love Lucy
7.9

(1951) I Love Lucy

as Showgirl #4