Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor and choreographer. He is widely regarded as the most influential dancer in the history of film. Born as Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 10, 1899, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz, a brewer, he entered show business at age 5. He was successful in vaudeville and on Broadway as well as in London's West End together with his sister Adele, a partnership that lasted 27 years. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in Dancing Lady (1933) before starting work on RKO's Flying Down to Rio (1933). In the latter film, he was teamed with Ginger Rogers, with whom he worked in 9 RKO pictures. Astaire later appeared opposite a number of partners, including Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Vera-Ellen and Barrie Chase. Astaire remained active well into old age, starring in musicals through 1968, and also performed a number of straight dramatic roles in film and TV. Throughout his career, he was also active in recording and radio. He died of pneumonia on June 22, 1987 in Los Angeles.
122 acting credits
Acting · 122
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Dr. Kildare
1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
Dinah!
1974
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Film '72
1971
It Takes a Thief
1968
Cinépanorama
1956
MGM Parade
1955
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Emmy Awards
1949
Talking Pictures
2013
The Towering Inferno
1974
General Electric Theater
1953
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
Funny Face
1957
Ghost Story
1981
Top Hat
1935
On the Beach
1959
Holiday Inn
1942
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Complicated Women
2003
Easter Parade
1948
Royal Wedding
1951
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
Swing Time
1936
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Shall We Dance
1937
The Notorious Landlady
1962
The Band Wagon
1953
Second Chorus
1941
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment!
1974
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Finian's Rainbow
1968
Silk Stockings
1957
Dancing Lady
1933
Sid & Judy
2019
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
The Gay Divorcee
1934
A Family Upside Down
1978
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
Roberta
1935
Follow the Fleet
1936
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Daddy Long Legs
1955
Three Little Words
1950
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
The Sky's the Limit
1943
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
A Damsel in Distress
1937
Flying Down to Rio
1933
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Blue Skies
1946
Twenty Years After
1944
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Carefree
1938
Flashing Spikes
1962
The Lion Roars Again
1975
Yolanda and the Thief
1945
The Purple Taxi
1977
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
La La La
2018
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
Midas Run
1969
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Imagine
1972
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Let's Dance
1950
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
The Amazing Dobermans
1976
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
The Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
1968
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
The Belle of New York
1952
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
Vaudeville
1997
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
Stars of Cabaret
1956
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
An Evening with Fred Astaire
1958
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
Fred Astaire
1980
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
The Fred Astaire Show
1968
Perspectives: For the Love of Fred Astaire
2015
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
1959
Astaire Time
1960
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Fred Astaire
2017
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
2010
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014