Gertrude Astor
Страна: United States
Пол: F
Рожден ден: 1887-11-09
Умира: 1977-11-09
Биография
From Wikipedia
Gertrude Astor (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 as a member of the Astor family and of German descent, Astor 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.
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1. The Cat and the Canary (1927), филм...Cecily Young
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2. Come Clean (1931), филм...Mrs. Hardy
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3. Нашите роднини (1936), филм...Pirate's Club Customer
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5. The Milky Way (1936), филм...Party Guest
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6. Великият Зигфилд (1936), филм...Sassy Blonde Anna Held Audience Member (uncredited
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7. Easy Living (1937), филм...Saleswoman
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8. The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940), филм...Extra (uncredited)
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...Bit Part
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10. Човекът-вълк (1941), филм...Townswoman
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11. Лунен прилив (1942), филм...Screaming Woman
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12. The Kansan (1943), филм...Blonde Townswoman
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13. Idaho (1943), филм...Party Guest
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14. Червеният нокът (1944), филм...Lady Lillian Gentry Penrose
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15. Lights Of Old Santa Fe (1944), филм...Show Spectator (uncredited)
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16. Остави Бог да я съди (1945), филм...Prison Matron
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17. Dick Tracy (1945), филм...Woman
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18. Dragonwyck (1946), филм...Nurse
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19. Sister Kenny (1946), филм...Doctor (uncredited)
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20. Crack-Up (1946), филм...Nagging Wife on Train
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...Wedding Guest
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22. Трима кръстници (1948), филм...Saloon Girl
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23. My Dear Secretary (1948), филм...Miss Gee
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24. Impact (1949), филм...Note-Taking Reporter in Courtroom
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...Townswoman
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26. The File on Thelma Jordon (1949), филм...Juror
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27. Down Dakota Way (1949), филм...Bus Passenger
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28. Всичко за Ева (1950), филм...Sarah Siddons Awards Guest
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29. Булевардът на залеза (1950), филм...Courtier
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30. Харви (1950), филм...Party Guest
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31. Sierra Passage (1950), филм...Show Spectator (uncredited)
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32. Montana (1950), филм...Townswoman
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33. Caged (1950), филм...Inmate (uncredited)
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34. Място под слънцето (1951), филм...Bit Part
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35. Apache Drums (1951), филм...Townswoman
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36. Thunder on the Hill (1951), филм...Village Woman
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37. Beyond the Sunset (1951), филм...Goldie
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38. Fort Osage (1952), филм...Townswoman (uncredited)
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39. Scandal Sheet (1952), филм
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40. Scared Stiff (1953), филм...Wife of Man with Spaghetti on Head
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41. Ангелско лице (1953), филм...Matron
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42. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), филм...Screaming Woman
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43. Роди се звезда (1954), филм...Racetrack Spectator
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44. Deep in My Heart (1954), филм...Shopper
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45. Artists and Models (1955), филм...Dancer
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46. Wichita (1955), филм...Saloon Madam
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47. The Virgin Queen (1955), филм...Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
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48. Моят татко дългуч (1955), филм...Art Gallery Patron
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49. Gun Point (1955), филм...Mrs. Metcalfe
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50. Следотърсачите (1956), филм...Wedding Guest
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51. Една незабравима любов (1957), филм...Ballet Audience Member
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52. The Oklahoman (1957), филм...Townswoman Gossip (uncredited)
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53. Кавалеристи (1959), филм...Townswoman
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54. Най-доброто (1959), филм...Woman
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55. The Tingler (1959), филм...Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
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56. Sergeant Rutledge (1960), филм...Courtroom Spectator
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57. Двамата яздиха заедно (1961), филм...Mrs. Wringle
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58. All in a Night's Work (1961), филм...Shopper
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59. The Devil's Hand (1961), филм...The Elderly Cultist
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60. Twenty Plus Two (1961), филм...Julia Joliet
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...Townswoman
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...Woman at Auction / Restaurant Patron
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63. Hands of a Stranger (1962), филм...Nagging Wife (uncredited)
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64. Непотопяемата Моли Браун (1964), филм...Denver Party Guest
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65. Моята прекрасна лейди (1964), филм...Cockney
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66. Звукът на музиката (1965), филм...Party Guest
