Acting
Gertrude Astor
- Born
- Nov 9, 1887 · Aged 90
- Died
- Nov 9, 1977
- Place of birth
- Lakewood, Ohio, USA
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 224
- TV credits
- 2
Also known as (2)
- Gertrude Aster
- Gertrude Irene Eyster
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.…
