By Vlad Zakh · August 25, 2026
Gertrude Astor built a remarkable six-decade Hollywood career, moving from silent-era leading lady to one of film’s most prolific uncredited character actresses. The Best of Everything follows three young women in New York publishing, The Virgin Queen complicates Elizabeth I’s feelings for an explorer, Scandal Sheet investigates a murder an editor himself committed, and The Devil’s Hand pulls a dreamer into a voodoo cult. Thunder on the Hill and The Climax round out the list.
01 Gertrude Astor is in this horror about a man whose recurring dreams of a mysterious woman lead him into a sinister voodoo doll cult.
Directed by William J. Hole Jr. · 1h 11m
Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Bloodstream · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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02 Gertrude Astor is in this drama about three young women who navigate careers, romance and ambition working at a New York publishing company.
Directed by Jean Negulesco · 2h 01m
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03 Gertrude Astor is in this Bette Davis drama where Queen Elizabeth I's fascination with an ambitious explorer complicates her political and personal life.
Directed by Henry Koster · 1h 32m · Rated NR
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04 Gertrude Astor is in this noir about a ruthless newspaper editor who investigates a murder he himself secretly committed.
Directed by Phil Karlson · 1h 22m · Rated NR
Stream: Artiflix
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05 Gertrude Astor appears in this Claudette Colbert drama about a nun convinced of a condemned woman's innocence who races to prove it before her scheduled execution.
Directed by Douglas Sirk · 1h 24m · Rated NR
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06 Gertrude Astor appears in this Karloff horror about a deranged opera house doctor who keeps the preserved body of his murdered former lover hidden away.
Directed by George Waggner · 1h 26m
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