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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.

The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
Beauville

Ted & Venus
as Women's Group #2

Homer and Eddie
as Maggie Sinclair

Quantum Leap
as Dolores

Reform School Girls
as Edna Dawson

Club Life
as Butch

The Princess and the Pea
as Princess #1

Faerie Tale Theatre
as Princess #1

Pandemonium
as Bus Driver

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Horse Lady

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
as Customer

The Donna Summer Special
as Bad Girl

Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
as Vera Elvira

The Users
as The Dressmaker

Foul Play
as Mrs. Venus

The World's Greatest Lover
as Italian Wardrobe Lady / Bakery Lady

Six Characters in Search of An Author
as Madam Pace

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
as Music Hall Singer
Women Behind Bars
as Matron

Warhol
as Self

Heat
as Lydia / landlady

The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Mental Hospital Patient (uncredited)

The Most Glamorous Women
as Self

Midnight Cowboy
as Party Guest (uncredited)