Gender: Male
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska
Birthday: 5-10-1899
Birth Name: Frederic Austerlitz Jr.
Date of Death: 6-22-1987
He started off in show business dancing along side his sister Adele Astaire on stage. Then he headed off to Hollywood alone to dance along side Ginger Rogers and a host of other talented dancers....
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| film | Ghost Story (1981) | |
| film | The Purple Taxi (1977) as Dr. Scully | |
| film | The Amazing Dobermans (1976) as Daniel Hughes | |
| film | That's Entertainment Part2 (1976) as Narrator/Performer | |
| film | That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) | |
| film | The Towering Inferno (1974) as Harlee Claiborne | |
| film | Thatīs Entertainment (1974) as Narrator | |
| film | That's Entertainment (1974) |
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The absolute greatest dancing master who ever lived. Fred could do virtually anything from sing to dance to play instruments, and he made it all look so easy.
Although he was short and scrawny, andhad one of the worst hairstyles a...
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Popular Fred Astaire Movies
| 1. | Second Chorus | 1940 |
| 2. | Holiday Inn | 1942 |
| 3. | Dancing Lady | 1933 |
| 4. | That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 |
| 5. | The Towering Inferno | 1974 |
| 6. | Shall We Dance | 1937 |
| 7. | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 |
| 8. | Flying Down to Rio | 1933 |
| 9. | Top Hat | 1935 |
| 10. | Roberta | 1935 |
