Pat Ast
Biography
Pat was a native New Yorker who worked as a receptionist and clerk in a box factory. She met Andy Warhol later and starred in his film "Heat" with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles. Later she met a fashion designer, Roy Halston and worked in his Madison Avenue store. From there, she decided to move to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and appeared in such films as "Reform School Girls", "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", and "Foul Play".
59years old at death
- Born Flatbush
- Died West Hollywood
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Patricia Ann Ast
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 9 years1972 to 1981
Every film, newest first
- 1981The Pursuit of D.B. CooperIMDb rating 5.6
- 1978Foul PlayIMDb rating 6.8
- 1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxIMDb rating 5.8
- 1972HeatIMDb rating 6.1
- 1972The Possession of Joel DelaneyIMDb rating 5.8
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Beyond film
Pat Ast closed Halston's presentation at the 1972 Coty Awards at Lincoln Center by emerging from a giant cake while singing "Happy Birthday to Me."
Early training
Pat Ast went to Erasmus Hall High School, which is in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, and Barbra Streisand was a classmate of hers there.
Pat Ast movies on Netflix
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooperas Horse Lady
Foul Playas Mrs. Venus
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Foxas Music Hall Singer
Heatas Lydia / landlady
The Possession of Joel Delaneyas Mental Hospital Patient
Worked with
Pat Ast shares two films with Goldie Hawn, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.









Films together
Goldie Hawn2 films together, 1976 to 1978
Goldie Hawn's page Foul Play1978IMDb rating 6.8Ast as Mrs. VenusHawn as Gloria Mundy
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox1976IMDb rating 5.8Ast as Music Hall SingerHawn as Amanda Quaid / Duchess Swansbury
Cooper Huckabee2 films together, 1978 to 1981
Cooper Huckabee's page The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper1981IMDb rating 5.6Ast as Horse LadyHuckabee as Homer
Foul Play1978IMDb rating 6.8Ast as Mrs. VenusHuckabee as Sandy
Robert Duvall1 film together, 1981
Robert Duvall's page The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper1981IMDb rating 5.6Ast as Horse LadyDuvall as Gruen
Brian Dennehy1 film together, 1978
Brian Dennehy's page Foul Play1978IMDb rating 6.8Ast as Mrs. VenusDennehy as Fergie
Shirley MacLaine1 film together, 1972
Shirley MacLaine's page The Possession of Joel Delaney1972IMDb rating 5.8Ast as Mental Hospital PatientMacLaine as Norah Benson
Chevy Chase1 film together, 1978
Chevy Chase's page Foul Play1978IMDb rating 6.8Ast as Mrs. VenusChase as Tony Carlson
Colin HigginsDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Colin Higgins Foul Play1978IMDb rating 6.8Ast as Mrs. Venus
Melvin FrankDirector, 1 film, 1976
All films by Melvin Frank The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox1976IMDb rating 5.8Ast as Music Hall Singer
Paul MorrisseyDirector, 1 film, 1972
All films by Paul Morrissey Heat1972IMDb rating 6.1Ast as Lydia / landlady
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
