Personal Info
Gertrude Aster
Gertrude Irene Eyster
Gertrude Astor
Acting
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 first known credit is in a Biograph short in 1915. She then became a contract player at Universal. A…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Townswoman
The Sound of Music
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
as Mrs. Wringle (uncredited)
The Devil's Hand
as The Elderly Cultist
All in a Night's Work
as Customer (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Tingler
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
