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person_profile-Pat Ast

Pat Ast Died at age: 59

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Pat Ast

Date of Birth:

Oct 21, 1941

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 03, 2001

Biography of

Pat Ast

    Pat Ast was an American actress and model. She was best known for starring in Andy Warhol films and being a Halston model and muse in the 1970s. Ast enjoyed partying in her twenties on Fire Island, and her boisterous personality allowed her to meet and befriend influential people. She had aspirations to become an actress, singer and model despite her day job as a receptionist at a box factory. She made her screen debut after meeting director John Schlesinger on Fire Island, who cast her as a party guest in his film Midnight Cowboy (1969). Around that time, she caught the attention of fashion designer Halston, who gave her a job at his boutique and made her one of his models, despite her weighing 210 pounds, in a time when most models were extremely thin. In the early 1970s, with Pat Cleveland, Connie Cook, Alva Chinn, Anjelica Huston, Karen Bjornson, among others, Ast became one of Halston's favored troupe of models, nicknamed the Halstonettes. She also appeared in runway shows for Halston and Yves St. Laurent, closing the 1972 Coty Awards runway show for Halston by popping out of a giant cake. She later became associated with Andy Warhol, who gave her the role of landlady Lydia in his film Heat (1972) alongside Joe Dallesandro.

    In 1975, Ast moved to Hollywood to pursue her acting career. She has appeared in films such as The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), Foul Play (1978), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), and Reform School Girls (1986).

    She became resentful of Los Angeles as her film career stalled. She went to New York to do Nine, a Broadway musical based on Federico Fellini’s movie 8 1/2, but was dismissed after three months.

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Pat Ast

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Filmography of

Pat Ast

Found 18 Movies in total

Ted & Venus

Women's Group #2 ( Actor )

... 1991

Homer and Eddie

Maggie Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1989

Reform School Girls

Edna Dawson ( Actor )

... 1986

Club Life

Butch ( Actor )

... 1986

The Princess and the Pea

Princess #1 ( Actor )

... 1984

Pandemonium

Bus Driver ( Actor )

... 1982

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Horse Lady ( Actor )

... 1981

The Donna Summer Special

Bad Girl ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1979

The Users

The Dressmaker ( Actor )

... 1978

Foul Play

Mrs. Venus ( Actor )

... 1978

The World's Greatest Lover

Italian Wardrobe Lady / Bakery Lady ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1976

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

Music Hall Singer ( Actor )

... 1976

Warhol

Herself ( Actor )

... 1973

Heat

Lydia / landlady ( Actor )

... 1972

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Mental Hospital Patient (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1972

Midnight Cowboy

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969