Pat Ast

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.

  • Popularity : 0.66
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1941-10-21
  • Place of Birth : Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Pat Ast Movies

  • 1986
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    Reform School Girls

    Reform School Girls

    5.8 1986 HD

    Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also...

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  • 1972
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    The Possession of Joel Delaney

    The Possession of Joel Delaney

    5.7 1972 HD

    Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a...

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  • 1977
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    The World's Greatest Lover

    The World's Greatest Lover

    5.8 1977 HD

    When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands...

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  • 1980
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    The Donna Summer Special

    The Donna Summer Special

    1 1980 HD

    A variety special that showcased the musical talents of singer and actress Donna Summer.

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  • 1981
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    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    5.3 1981 HD

    A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a...

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  • 1973
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    Warhol

    Warhol

    8 1973 HD

    David Bailey, self-taught photographer and one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties, broadened his horizons in the early 1970s by making...

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  • 1972
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    Heat

    Heat

    6 1972 HD

    Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he...

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  • 1976
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    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    6 1976 HD

    A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for...

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  • 1984
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    The Princess and the Pea

    The Princess and the Pea

    7.7 1984 HD

    A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a "suitable" princess. In the meantime, a...

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  • 1986
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    Club Life

    Club Life

    6 1986 HD

    A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in...

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  • 1969
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    Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy

    7.518 1969 HD

    Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an...

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  • 1995
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    Beauville

    Beauville

    1 1995 HD

    Tragicomedy about a man who hears he has got one more week to live and who brings his two water turtles to the sea to set them free.

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  • 1989
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    Homer and Eddie

    Homer and Eddie

    5.6 1989 HD

    A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

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  • 1978
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    Foul Play

    Foul Play

    6.3 1978 HD

    A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

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  • 1979
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    Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

    Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

    2 1979 HD

    A variety of people are drawn together through their participation in an amateur talent contest in a country roadhouse.

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  • 1982
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    Pandemonium

    Pandemonium

    4.6 1982 HD

    A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years...

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  • 1976
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    The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

    The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

    6 1976 HD

    A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures...

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  • 1978
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    The Users

    The Users

    1 1978 HD

    A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into...

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  • 1991
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    Ted & Venus

    Ted & Venus

    4.7 1991 HD

    Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes...

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  • 1989
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    Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

    8 1989 HD

    Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to...

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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.421 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.421 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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