Gertrude Astor: Gertrude Astor. Actress: Stage Struck. The first actress to sign a contract with Universal in 1915, Gertrude Astor (born in Ohio as Gertrude Irene Astor) began her career playing trombone and saxophone on a riverboat. Towering over most of her leading men at 5'11", she often played golddiggers, rich socialites or a leading lady's best friend in such one-reeled films and feature length silents as Polly Redhead (1917), The Price...
Known For: Stage Struck (Lillian Lyons), Ginsberg the Great (Sappho), The Cat and the Canary (Cecily Young), Carnival Lady (Zandra, Fortune Teller)