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.

Фільмографія

• 1995Beauville
• 1991Ted & Venus — Women's Group #2
• 1989Homer and Eddie — Maggie Sinclair
• Квантовий стрибок — Dolores
• 1986Club Life — Butch
• 1986Reform School Girls — Edna Dawson
• 1984The Princess and the Pea — Princess #1
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Princess #1, 2nd Slipper Contestant
• 1982Pandemonium — Bus Driver
• 1981The Incredible Shrinking Woman — Customer
• 1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper — Horse Lady
• 1980The Donna Summer Special — Bad Girl
• 1979Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill — Vera Elvira
• 1978The Users — The Dressmaker
• 1978Брудна гра — Mrs. Venus
• 1977The World's Greatest Lover — Italian Wardrobe Lady / Bakery Lady
• 1976Six Characters in Search of An Author — Madam Pace
• 1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox — Music Hall Singer
• 1975Women Behind Bars — Matron
• 1972Heat — Lydia / landlady
• 1972The Possession of Joel Delaney — Mental Hospital Patient (uncredited)
• 1969Опiвнiчний ковбой — Party Guest (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (3)

• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 1973Warhol — Self
• 1972The Most Glamorous Women — Self