• After a temporary retirement in 1945-7, during which he opened Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Astaire returned to film to star in more musicals through 1957.
  • Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz II in 1899, began show business at the age of four, performing on Broadway and in Vaudeville with his older sister, Adele.
  • Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz,[1] May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter.
  • Born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, Fred Astaire started entertaining as a child, in Vaudeville with his sister, Adele.
  • Fred Astaire died in 1987 from pneumonia at the age of 88 and was interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California.
  • Two Left Feet? “All the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.” —Fred Astaire.
  • Fred Astaire, American dancer onstage and in motion pictures who was best known for a number of highly successful musical comedy films in which he starred with...
  • Fred Astaire was an American actor and dancer who is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers of the world.
  • It landed right on the green and rolled into the cup for a hole in one. Fred Astaire on his proudest achievement in Lewis, Jerry D. "Interview : Fred Astaire."