Gertrude Astor
Pays: United States
Genre: F
Date d'anniversaire: 1887-11-09
Décédés: 1977-11-09
Biographie
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.
Acteur:
-
1. La Volonté du mort (1927), film...Cecily Young
-
2. Toute la vérité (1931), film...Mrs. Hardy
-
3. C'est donc ton frère (1936), film...Pirate's Club Customer
-
4. L'Homme qui en savait trop (1936), film
-
5. Soupe au lait (1936), film...Party Guest
-
6. Le Grand Ziegfeld (1936), film...Sassy Blonde Anna Held Audience Member (uncredited
-
7. Vie facile (1937), film...Saleswoman
-
8. Docteur ... marions-nous (1940), film...Extra (uncredited)
-
9. Qu'elle était verte ma vallée (1941), film...Bit Part
-
10. Le loup-garou (1941), film...Townswoman
-
11. La péniche de l'amour (1942), film...Screaming Woman
-
12. Le canyon perdu (1942), film...Mrs. Anson
-
13. Le cavalier du Kansas (1943), film...Blonde Townswoman
-
14. Idaho (1943), film...Party Guest
-
15. La griffe sanglante (1944), film...Lady Lillian Gentry Penrose
-
16. Lights Of Old Santa Fe (1944), film...Show Spectator (uncredited)
-
17. Péché mortel (1945), film...Prison Matron
-
18. Dick Tracy détective (1945), film...Woman
-
19. Le château du dragon (1946), film...Nurse
-
20. Sister Kenny (1946), film...Doctor (uncredited)
-
21. Crack-Up (1946), film...Nagging Wife on Train
-
...Wedding Guest
-
23. Le fils du désert (1948), film...Saloon Girl
-
24. Ma chère secrétaire (1948), film...Miss Gee
-
25. Choc en retour (1949), film...Note-Taking Reporter in Courtroom
-
26. Mamzelle Mitraillette (1949), film...Townswoman
-
27. La femme à l'écharpe pailletée (1949), film...Juror
-
28. Down Dakota Way (1949), film...Bus Passenger
-
29. Ève (1950), film...Sarah Siddons Awards Guest
-
30. Boulevard du Crépuscule (1950), film...Courtier
-
31. Harvey (1950), film...Party Guest
-
32. Sierra Passage (1950), film...Show Spectator (uncredited)
-
33. Montana (1950), film...Townswoman
-
34. Femmes en cage (1950), film...Inmate (uncredited)
-
35. Une place au soleil (1951), film...Bit Part
-
36. Quand les tambours s'arrêteront (1951), film...Townswoman
-
37. Tempête sur la colline (1951), film...Village Woman
-
38. L'homme du Missouri (1951), film...Goldie
-
39. Fort Osage (1952), film...Townswoman (uncredited)
-
40. L'inexorable enquête (1952), film
-
41. Fais-moi peur (1953), film...Wife of Man with Spaghetti on Head
-
42. Un si doux visage (1953), film...Matron
-
43. Le Monstre des temps perdus (1953), film...Screaming Woman
-
44. Une étoile est née (1954), film...Racetrack Spectator
-
45. Au fond de mon coeur (1954), film...Shopper
-
46. Artistes et modèles (1955), film...Dancer
-
47. Un jeu risqué (1955), film...Saloon Madam
-
48. Le seigneur de l'aventure (1955), film...Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
-
49. Papa longues jambes (1955), film...Art Gallery Patron
-
50. Le doigt sur la gâchette (1955), film...Mrs. Metcalfe
-
51. La prisonnière du désert (1956), film...Wedding Guest
-
52. Elle et lui (1957), film...Ballet Audience Member
-
53. The Oklahoman (1957), film...Townswoman Gossip (uncredited)
-
54. Les cavaliers (1959), film...Townswoman
-
55. Rien n'est trop beau (1959), film...Woman
-
56. Le désosseur de cadavres (1959), film...Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
-
57. Le sergent noir (1960), film...Courtroom Spectator
-
58. Les deux cavaliers (1961), film...Mrs. Wringle
-
59. Il a suffi d'une nuit (1961), film...Shopper
-
60. The Devil's Hand (1961), film...The Elderly Cultist
-
61. Twenty Plus Two (1961), film...Julia Joliet
-
62. L'homme qui tua Liberty Valance (1962), film...Townswoman
-
...Woman at Auction / Restaurant Patron
-
64. Les Mains d'un inconnu (1962), film...Nagging Wife (uncredited)
-
65. La reine du Colorado (1964), film...Denver Party Guest
-
66. My Fair Lady (1964), film...Cockney
-
67. La mélodie du bonheur (1965), film...Party Guest