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Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter. Widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time," [2] he received numerous accolades, including an Honorary Academy Award , three Primetime Emmy Awards , a BAFTA Award , two ...
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Astaire started dancing on the stage with his sister Adèle, as a child, in 1905. Their Broadway career lasted from 1917 to 1932. They became world-famous after WWI, and regularly performed on both sides of the Atlantic. When she married he started a movie partnership with Ginger Rogers. After that, he danced with a succession of talented American d...
Astaire, Fred. Steps in Time, 1959, OCLC 422937Billman, Larry. Fred Astaire – a bio-bibliography, Greenwood Press 1997, ISBN 0-313-29010-5Freeland, Michael. Fred Astaire: an illustrated biography, Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. ISBN 0-448-14080-2Thomas, Bob. Astaire, the man, the dancer. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1985. ISBN 0-297-78402-1Fred Astaire on IMDb(Astaire is the first biographical entry in the IMDB database.)Fred Astaire biography at Allmovie Guide[permanent dead link]Fred Astaire tribute site. Archived 2021-03-25 at the Wayback MachineFred Astaire biography at AlsoDances.Net Archived 2007-01-08 at the Wayback MachineThis is a chronological listing of Fred Astaire stage, motion picture, radio, and television performances. The following color-coding is used for these different mediums: stage. motion pictures. radio. television.
Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz II in 1899, began show business at the age of four, performing on Broadway and in Vaudeville with his older sister, Adele. As a young adult, he headed to Hollywood where he began a successful partnership with Ginger Rogers for nine movies.
This is a complete list of the songs introduced by Fred Astaire beginning with his first Broadway show Over the Top in 1917 (his childhood and teenage period in vaudeville is not covered). Those who co-introduced a song with him are indicated in the co-singer column.
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This is a comprehensive guide to over one hundred and fifty of Fred Astaire's solo and partnered dances compiled from his thirty-one Hollywood musical comedy films produced between 1933 and 1968, his four television specials and his television appearances on The Hollywood Palace and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre which cover the period ...
