Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor (Lahir Gertrude Eyster 9 November 1887 – 9 November 1977) adalah seorang aktris karakter film Amerika, yang memulai karirnya dengan bermain trombone di perahu sungai. Lahir di Lakewood, Ohio, Astor pada usia 12 tahun kabur dan bergabung dengan band wanita sebagai pemain trombon dan melakukan tur ke Amerika. Di New York dia meninggalkan band untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan film dan mendapat pekerjaan sebagai tambahan sebelum karirnya melejit. Astor adalah pemain yang produktif, antara tahun 1915 dan 1962 ia muncul di lebih dari 250 film. Kredit pertamanya yang diketahui ada dalam biografi pendek pada tahun 1915. Dia kemudian menjadi pemain kontrak di Universal. Seorang wanita tinggi, bersudut dan cantik, Astor sering kali lebih tinggi dari pria-pria terkemuka pada zamannya; oleh karena itu, dia paling sering digunakan dalam peran komedi sebagai bangsawan, penggali emas, dan "sahabat pahlawan wanita". Penampilan diamnya yang paling terkenal adalah sebagai bintang panggung tamu di Stage Struck (1925) bersama Gloria Swanson, sebagai vampir yang menanamkan uang curian pada Harry Langdon di The Strong Man (1926), dan sebagai teman seperjalanan Laura LaPlante yang bijaksana di The Cat and the Canary (1927). Astor bekerja secara produktif di studio Hal Roach dengan headliner seperti Laurel dan Hardy, Our Gang, dan terutama Charley Chase. Dia juga sibuk di unit subjek pendek Columbia Pictures. Dia terus berperan dalam film layar lebar sepanjang tahun 1940-an, 1950-an, dan 1960-an. Dia sempat terlihat sebagai korban pembunuhan pertama dalam petualangan Sherlock Holmes The Scarlet Claw dan menjadi salah satu pemeran tambahan dalam film Around the World in Eighty Days tahun 1956. Penampilan terakhirnya adalah di The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance karya John Ford. Di tahun-tahun terakhirnya, Astor menjadi tamu sambutan di beberapa pertemuan Sons of the Desert, dan menjadi anggota kehormatan tenda Way Out West. Dia meninggal di Woodland Hills, California karena stroke. Dia dimakamkan di Abbey of Psalms di Hollywood Forever Cemetery di Hollywood, CA.

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 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.