Fred Astaire
- Birth Date:
- 10.05.1899
- Death date:
- 22.06.1987
- Length of life:
- 88
- Days since birth:
- 45988
- Years since birth:
- 125
- Days since death:
- 13803
- Years since death:
- 37
- Person's maiden name:
- Frederick Austerlitz
- Extra names:
- Freds Astērs
- Categories:
- Actor, Dancer, Singer
- Cemetery:
- Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.
Gene Kelly, another major innovator in filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire". Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Michael Jackson; Gregory Hines; Mikhail Baryshnikov; George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.
in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Born Frederick Austerlitz May 10, 1899 Omaha, Nebraska, United States Died June 22, 1987 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, United States Occupation Actor, dancer, singer, choreographer Years active 1904–81 Spouse Phyllis Livingston Potter (1933–54; her death) Robyn Smith (1980–87; her death) Relatives Adele Astaire (sister, deceased)
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