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 Halstons 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 Fellinis movie 8 12 but was dismissed after three months

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D.O.B: 1941-10-21
D.O.D: 2001-10-03
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession: Acting

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