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Apr 9, 2024 · Fred Astaire, American dancer onstage and in motion pictures who was best known for a number of highly successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers, including The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, and Swing Time. He is regarded by many as the greatest popular-music dancer of all time.
16 hours ago · Fred Astaire. Born May 10, 1899, American dancer and actor Fred Astaire was destined for success. Fred was thrust into show business by his parents at an early age, and would prove to be a natural ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Fred Astaire was an American dancer of stage and film who is best known for a number of successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers. Updated: Jul 24, 2020. (1899-1987)...
Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz (10 May 1899 – 22 June 1987), was an American dancer, actor, singer, choreographer and presenter. He was the most famous stage, movie and television dancer of his day. Life. Astaire started dancing on the stage with his sister Adèle, as a child, in 1905. Their Broadway career lasted from 1917 to 1932.
Jun 23, 1987 · Fred Astaire, whose flashing feet and limber legs not only made him America's most popular dancer but also set standards for motion picture musical comedies that have rarely been met and never...
Fred Astaire died in 1987 from pneumonia, at the age of 88. With his passing, the world lost a true dancing legend. His effortless lightness and grace may never be seen again. As Mikhail Baryshnikov observed at the time of Fred Astaire’s death, “No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.”
Jun 22, 1987 · By JACK JONES. June 22, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Fred Astaire, whose style, elegance and graceful approach to movement made him the most acclaimed dancer in motion picture history, died...
