Image: Wikimedia CommonsFred Astaire
American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)
- Born May 10, 1899
- 10 movies
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer and choreographer who moved from child vaudeville to Broadway and then Hollywood. At RKO in the 1930s he formed a screen partnership with Ginger Rogers, starring in Top Hat and Swing Time, and later led Easter Parade and The Band Wagon. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 1950 and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for The Towering Inferno.
Fred Astaire appears in 10 films in The Rerun, from 1945 to 2000. Most of that work is in comedy, musical and romance. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Bess Flowers (3), Charles Walters (3), Ava Gardner (2), Stanley Donen (2), Vincente Minnelli (2).
Known for
- Top Hat (1935). One of the Astaire and Rogers musicals made at RKO in the 1930s.
- Swing Time (1936). Another RKO musical pairing Astaire with Ginger Rogers.
- Easter Parade (1948). The musical that brought him back to the screen after he announced a retirement.
- The Band Wagon (1953). A late MGM musical led by Astaire.
- The Towering Inferno (1974). A non-dancing supporting turn that won him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Fred Astaire been in?
- Fred Astaire appears in Billy Elliot (2000), The Towering Inferno (1974), On the Beach (1959), Funny Face (1957), The Band Wagon (1953), Royal Wedding (1951), Three Little Words (1950), The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), Easter Parade (1948) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945) on The Remote.
- When was Fred Astaire born?
- Fred Astaire was born on 10 May 1899.
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