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Fred Astaire

Astaire in Royal Wedding (1951)

Born

Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
May 10, 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died

June 22, 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Years active

1917-1981

Spouse(s)

Phyllis Livingston Potter
(1933-1954)
Robyn Smith
(1980-1987)

Awards won
Academy Awards
Academy Honorary Award 1950 Lifetime Achievement
BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actor 1974 The Towering Inferno
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries/Movie 1958 An Evening with Fred Astaire 1978 A Family Upside Down
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy 1951 Three Little Words Cecil B. DeMille Award 1961 Lifetime Achievement Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1975 The Towering Inferno
Other Awards
AFI Life Achievement Award 1981 Lifetime Achievement

Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an Academy Award-winning American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.

George Balanchine and Rudolph Nureyev rated him the greatest dancer of the twentieth century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of film and television musicals. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire ( May 10 , 1899 – June 22 , 1987 ), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha , Nebraska , was an American film and Broadway stage dancer , choreographer , singer and actor