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Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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Mini Biography: The son of an Austrian immigrant, Fred Astaire entered show business at age 5... more ...








