Fred Astaire

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Fred Astaire was an iconic American dancer, singer, and actor renowned for his elegant, innovative musical film performances and influential choreography in Hollywood’s Golden Age.


Statements (91)
Predicate Object
instanceOf choreographer
dancer
film actor
human
singer
stage actor
television personality
burialPlace Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, California, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-05-10
dateOfDeath 1987-06-22
ethnicOrigin Austrian
German
familyName Austerlitz
father Fritz Austerlitz
fullName Frederick Austerlitz
genre musical film
givenName Frederick
influenced Gene Kelly
Michael Jackson
Mikhail Baryshnikov
mother Ann Gelius Austerlitz
movement Golden Age of Hollywood
notableAward Academy Honorary Award
Emmy Award
Golden Globe Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors
notableFor innovative dance routines in musical films
partnership with Ginger Rogers
notableWork A Damsel in Distress
A Family Upside Down
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
Astaire Time
Blue Skies
Broadway Melody of 1940
Carefree
Daddy Long Legs
Easter Parade
Finian's Rainbow
Flying Down to Rio
Follow the Fleet
Funny Face
Holiday Inn
Let's Dance
Midas Run
On the Beach
Roberta
Royal Wedding
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Second Chorus
Shall We Dance
Silk Stockings
Swing Time
The Band Wagon
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Belle of New York
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
The Fred Astaire Show
The Gay Divorcee
The Pleasure of His Company
The Towering Inferno
Three Little Words
Top Hat
Yolanda and the Thief
Ziegfeld Follies
occupation actor
choreographer
dancer
singer
placeOfBirth Omaha, Nebraska, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Beverly Hills, California, United States
sexOrGender male
sibling Adele Astaire
spouse Phyllis Livingston Potter
Robyn Smith
stageName Fred Astaire
workedWith Cole Porter
Cyd Charisse
George Gershwin
Ginger Rogers
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Judy Garland
Leslie Caron
Rita Hayworth
Stanley Donen
Vincent Minnelli

Referenced by (107)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
A Damsel in Distress
A Family Upside Down
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Astaire Time
Blue Skies
Broadway Melody of 1940
Carefree
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Easter Parade
Finian's Rainbow
Flying Down to Rio
Follow the Fleet
Funny Face
Holiday Inn
Let's Dance
Midas Run
Royal Wedding
Second Chorus
Shall We Dance
Silk Stockings
Swing Time
The Band Wagon
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Belle of New York
The Fred Astaire Show
The Gay Divorcee
The Pleasure of His Company
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Towering Inferno
Three Little Words
Top Hat
Yolanda and the Thief
starring
Adele Astaire
Charles Walters
Leslie Caron
RKO Radio Pictures
Rita Hayworth
collaboratedWith
Blue Skies
Easter Parade
Royal Wedding
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Yolanda and the Thief
leadActor
Astaire Time
Carefree
Midas Run
The Fred Astaire Show
hasCastMember
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) ("Fred Astaire as Jervis Pendleton III")
Holiday Inn ("Fred Astaire as Ted Hanover")
The Belle of New York ("Fred Astaire as Charlie Hill")
leadActorRole
Cyd Charisse
Stanley Donen
Vincente Minnelli
workedWith
A Family Upside Down
An Evening with Fred Astaire
castMember
Ann Gelius Austerlitz
Fritz Austerlitz
child
Blue Skies
Let's Dance
featuresPerformer
An Evening with Fred Astaire
The Fred Astaire Show
mainSubject
Dancing House
The Fred Astaire Show
namedAfter
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
narrator
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Blue Skies
notableWorkOf
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Astaire Time
performer
Swing Time ("Fred Astaire as John "Lucky" Garnett")
Top Hat ("Fred Astaire as Jerry Travers")
portraysCharacter
Ann Gelius Austerlitz
Fritz Austerlitz
relative
Fred Astaire
Frederick Austerlitz
stageName
Frederick Austerlitz
alsoKnownAs
Frederick Austerlitz
birthNameOf
Second Chorus ("Danny O'Neill – Fred Astaire")
characterPlayedBy
Ginger Rogers
co-star
Adele Astaire
dancePartner
An Evening with Fred Astaire
executiveProducer
The Pleasure of His Company ("stars Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy")
feature
Astaire Time
featuredPerformer
Blue Skies
featuresChoreographyBy
Broadway Melody of 1940 ("Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell")
featuresOnscreenPairing
Astaire Time
featuresWorkBy
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
hasNotableBurial
Kennedy Center Honors
hasNotableHonoree
Isn't It Romantic?
hasNotablePerformer
The Fred Astaire Show
hasPerformer
George Eastman Award
hasRecipient
Austerlitz ("Astaire")
hasVariant
Michael Jackson
influencedBy
The Band Wagon
leadCharacterPortrayedBy
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
leadChoreographyBy
Let's Dance
mainStarBilling
Austerlitz
notableBearer
The Towering Inferno
notableCastMember
AFI Life Achievement Award
notableRecipient
Fritz Austerlitz
notableRelative
Austerlitz
originalSurnameOf
A Damsel in Distress
partOfFilmographyOf
Funny Face ("Dick Avery – Fred Astaire")
portrayedBy
Adele Astaire
sibling
On the Beach
stars
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
voiceActor
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
voiceCastMember
An Evening with Fred Astaire
writer

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