- Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in the song and dance number, “So Near and Yet So Far” from the 1941 film You’ll Never Get Rich.
- It's hard to forget a man who dances on the ceiling or with a hat rack, and Fred Astaire is a well known name in many households, young and old.
- Trivia: Gene Kelly once said “If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I’m the Marlon Brando”. After his first screen test, he was rated as “Can’t act.
- Fred Astaire’s quest to create beautiful dances using his unique artistry and flawless technical styling paired him with some of the loveliest and talented...
- Perhaps no other figure in the history of American cinema did as much to define the spirit of the musical as did Fred Astaire.
- Fred Astaire was an American dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor, who revolutionised the American musical films.
- Fred Astaire was an American dancer of stage and film who is best known for a number of successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers.
- Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was born Frederick Austerlitz to German and Austrian immigrants in Nebraska. He started entertaining in vaudeville with a...
- The singer, dancer and choreographer Fred Astaire turned the public's views on the genre of musical cinema for 76 years of his stage career.
- —Fred Astaire. Find out more. ... “All the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.” —Fred Astaire. Get Started.