Gertrude Astor
Nazione: United States
Genere: F
Compleanno: 1887-11-09
Morto: 1977-11-09
Biografia
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.
Attore:
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1. Il castello degli spettri (1927), film...Cecily Young
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2. Un salvataggio pericoloso (1931), film...Mrs. Hardy
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...Pirate's Club Customer
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4. L'uomo che sapeva troppo (1936), film
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5. La via lattea (1936), film...Party Guest
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6. Il paradiso delle fanciulle (1936), film...Sassy Blonde Anna Held Audience Member (uncredited
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7. Un colpo di fortuna (1937), film...Saleswoman
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8. Notte bianca (1940), film...Extra (uncredited)
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9. Com'era verde la mia valle (1941), film...Bit Part
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10. L'uomo lupo (1941), film...Townswoman
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11. Ondata d'amore (1942), film...Screaming Woman
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12. La città rubata (1943), film...Blonde Townswoman
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13. Idaho (1943), film...Party Guest
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14. L'artiglio scarlatto (1944), film...Lady Lillian Gentry Penrose
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15. Lights Of Old Santa Fe (1944), film...Show Spectator (uncredited)
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16. Femmina folle (1945), film...Prison Matron
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17. Dick Tracy (1945), film...Woman
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18. Il castello di Dragonwyck (1946), film...Nurse
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19. Sister Kenny (1946), film...Doctor (uncredited)
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20. La banda dei falsificatori (1946), film...Nagging Wife on Train
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21. I migliori anni della nostra vita (1946), film...Wedding Guest
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22. In nome di Dio - Il texano (1948), film...Saloon Girl
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23. La cara segretaria (1948), film...Miss Gee
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24. Ho ritrovato la vita (1949), film...Note-Taking Reporter in Courtroom
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25. L'indiavolata pistolera (1949), film...Townswoman
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26. Il romanzo di Telma Jordon (1949), film...Juror
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27. Down Dakota Way (1949), film...Bus Passenger
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28. Eva contro Eva (1950), film...Sarah Siddons Awards Guest
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29. Viale del tramonto (1950), film...Courtier
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30. Harvey (1950), film...Party Guest
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31. Sierra Passage (1950), film...Show Spectator (uncredited)
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32. Più forte dell'odio (1950), film...Townswoman
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33. Prima colpa (1950), film...Inmate (uncredited)
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34. Un posto al sole (1951), film...Bit Part
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35. La rivolta degli Apaches (1951), film...Townswoman
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36. La campana del convento (1951), film...Village Woman
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37. Il messaggio del rinnegato (1951), film...Goldie
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38. Fort Osage (1952), film...Townswoman (uncredited)
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39. Ultime della notte (1952), film
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40. Morti di paura (1953), film...Wife of Man with Spaghetti on Head
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41. Seduzione mortale (1953), film...Matron
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42. Il risveglio del dinosauro (1953), film...Screaming Woman
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43. È nata una stella (1954), film...Racetrack Spectator
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44. Così parla il cuore (1954), film...Shopper
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45. Artisti e modelle (1955), film...Dancer
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46. Wichita (1955), film...Saloon Madam
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47. Il favorito della grande regina (1955), film...Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
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48. Papà gambalunga (1955), film...Art Gallery Patron
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49. Gunpoint (1955), film...Mrs. Metcalfe
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50. Sentieri selvaggi (1956), film...Wedding Guest
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51. Un amore splendido (1957), film...Ballet Audience Member
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52. The Oklahoman (1957), film...Townswoman Gossip (uncredited)
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53. Soldati a cavallo (1959), film...Townswoman
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54. Donne in cerca d'amore (1959), film...Woman
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55. Il mostro di sangue (1959), film...Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
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56. I dannati e gli eroi (1960), film...Courtroom Spectator
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57. Cavalcarono insieme (1961), film...Mrs. Wringle
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58. Una notte movimentata (1961), film...Shopper
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59. The Devil's Hand (1961), film...The Elderly Cultist
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60. Twenty Plus Two (1961), film...Julia Joliet
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61. L'uomo che uccise Liberty Valance (1962), film...Townswoman
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...Woman at Auction / Restaurant Patron
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63. Le mani dell'assassino (1962), film...Nagging Wife (uncredited)
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...Denver Party Guest
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65. My Fair Lady (1964), film...Cockney
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66. Tutti insieme appassionatamente (1965), film...Party Guest