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Jan 26, 2023 · Phyllis Baker Potter, later Phyllis Astaire, was a New York socialite, and the happy couple would go on to have two children together, Fred Jr. and Ava. Throughout this period came some of Fred Astaire's most well-known films, as he seemingly translated domestic bliss to on-screen happiness in movies like "Carefree" (1939).
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Her parents separated and her father remarried. At the age of ten, after her parents separation, Phyllis lived with her aunt and uncle, Maud Livingston and Henry Worthington Bull. He was a senior partner at Harriman and Company, New York.When she separated from her husband Eliphalet Potter, she began to date Fred Astaire. He was playing in The Band...
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFT-5LR: 26 November 2014), Phyllis Baker Astaire, 13 Sep 1954; Department of Public Health Ser..."BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF6R-BGK : 1 July 2016), Phyllis Livingston Astaire, died 13 Sep 1954; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billio...Source: S-1732031451 Repository: #R-2145663130Title: United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations In...Repository: R-2145663130 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.comNote:Thank you to Jackie Overlandfor creating WikiTree profile Baker-8955 through the import of Munn-Overland Family.ged on Apr 15, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jackie and others.
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- May 4, 1908
- Frederick Loltz (Austerlitz) Astaire
- September 13, 1954
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In 1933 Astaire married Phyllis Livingston Potter and shortly afterward went to Hollywood. He had a featured part in Flying Down to Rio (1933). The film was a hit, and it was obvious that Astaire was a major factor in the success.
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, he received numerous accolades, including an Honorary Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Dec 25, 2023 · Astaire married 25-year-old Phyllis Potter in 1933 (formerly Phyllis Livingston Baker [1908–1954]), a Boston-born New York socialite and former wife of Eliphalet Nott Potter III (1906–1981), despite his mother's and sister's objections. Phyllis's death from lung cancer, at the age of 46, ended twenty-one years of marriage and left Astaire ...
Astaire married Phyllis Livingston Potter, a socialite, in July 1933; she died in 1954. The couple had two children. Horse racing preoccupied Astaire for many years, and he married a 35-year-old jockey, Robyn Smith, in June 1980. His autobiography, Steps in Time, was published in 1959. He died in Los Angeles on June 22, 1987.
Jun 23, 1987 · Mr. Astaire's first wife, Phyllis Livingston Potter, whom he had married in 1933, died in 1954. In 1980, at the age of 81, he married Robyn Smith, then 35 years old.
