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 ...
October 21, 1941, Flatbush, New York City, New York, United States
Died
October 3, 2001, West Hollywood, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Star Sign
Libra
#
Fact
1
Played a mean school teacher in Motley Crue's video "Smokin' In the Boys Room" which was similar to her character Edna in Reform School Girls (1986)
2
Was a good friend of the late Berry Berenson who died in the 9-11 tragedy. Berenson was planning Ast's 60th birthday party, which, sadly, neither would live to see.
3
Hired for the Broadway musical "Nine", but was fired by Tommy Tune after 3 months for "trying to take over the show".
4
Pat's beloved canine companion was an Australian Shepard named Winnie.
5
Pat attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York. She and Barbra Streisand were classmates, graduating the same year.
6
She met Halston at a party in New York, which led to a friendship, a job in his store on Madison Avenue, and a job as one of his models (in spite of the fact she weighed 210 pounds).
7
Her father was a comic who performed in the Catskills.
8
Friend of Andy Warhol.
9
Was a receptionist and clerk in a box factory when she met Andy Warhol and starred in some of his films. Her roles led to meeting the designer Halston at a party, and she was a model in his Madison Avenue store, although she weighed over 200 lbs.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beauville
1995
Short
Loving Lulu
1992
Ted & Venus
1991
Women's Group #2
Quantum Leap
1989
TV Series
Dolores
Homer and Eddie
1989
Maggie Sinclair
Mr. Belvedere
1988
TV Series
Marie
Reform School Girls
1986
Edna
Slow Burn
1986
TV Movie
The Twilight Zone
1986
TV Series
Fat Woman (segment "Dead Run")
Club Life
1986
Butch
Faerie Tale Theatre
1984-1985
TV Series
2nd Slipper Contestant / Princess #1
Pandemonium
1982
Bus Driver
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
Horse Lady
Best of the West
1981
TV Series
Ruby
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
Customer
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979
TV Movie
Vera Elvira
The Users
1978
TV Movie
The Dressmaker
Foul Play
1978
Mrs. Venus
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
Bakery / Wardrobe Lady
Which Way Is Up?
1977
Hooker
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
TV Movie
Billie Rae
Westside Medical
1977
TV Series
Patient
Police Story
1977
TV Series
Claire
Switch
1976
TV Series
Security Guard
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1976
TV Movie
Madam Pace
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976
Music Hall Singer
Baretta
1976
TV Series
Penelope
Heat
1972
Lydia
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Mental Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Pigeons
1970
Fat Girl at Party (uncredited)
Midnight Cowboy
1969
Party Guest (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Donna Summer Special
1980
TV Special performer: "Bad Girls"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Donna Summer Special
1980
TV Special
Bad Girl
Warhol
1973
TV Movie documentary as Pat Aast
Known for movies
Heat (1972) as Lydia
Foul Play (1978) as Mrs. Venus
Reform School Girls (1986) as Edna
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) as Music Hall Singer
$8 Million
