Fred Astaire (1899–1987) |
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Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in ...
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Soundtrack (114 credits)
Soundtrack (114 credits)
2020
Lovecraft Country
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Meet Me in Daegu
(2020)
... (performer: "Happy Easter")
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Children of the Royal Sun
(2020)
... (performer: "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)")
2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Kind of Bleau
(2019)
... (performer: "Please Don't Monkey With Broadway")
2018
Trust
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- John, Chapter 11
(2018)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Cheek to Cheek")
2017
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Crooners & Co
(2017)
... (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight" - uncredited)
2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Spring
(2016)
... (performer: "Pick Yourself Up" - uncredited)
2015
Cuéntame
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- El enemigo en casa
(2015)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek")
2015
Call the Midwife
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.7
(2015)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek" - uncredited)
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (2 episodes, 2006 - 2014) (performer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Week 1: Premiere
(2014)
... ("The Way You Look Tonight")
- Round 8
(2008)
... (performer: "Puttin' On the Ritz")
- Round 2
(2006)
... ("Top Hat, White Tie and Tails")
2014
Supernatural
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Stairway to Heaven
(2014)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek")
2011
Mildred Pierce
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Part Four
(2011)
... (performer: "A Fine Romance", "The Way You Look Tonight")
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?: 1929-1941
(2010)
... (performer: "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "Pick Yourself Up" - uncredited)
2010
Doctors
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Mother's Help
(2010)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited)
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "I'm Building Up to an Awful Let-Down") / (performer: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", "That's Entertainment", "Dearly Beloved", "Something's Gotta Give")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (performer: "Carioca", "Poor Mr. Chisholm", "Night and Day", "I Won't Dance" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (performer: "Dig It", "Poor Mr. Chisholm" - uncredited)
2008
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.12
(2008)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek")
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Carioca", "Waltz in Swing Time", "You're All the World to Me" - uncredited)
2007
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Priory
(2007)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek" - uncredited)
2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.7
(2007)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek")
1999-2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
(2007)
... (performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Steppin' Out with My Baby")
- Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
(1999)
... (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight", "Pick Yourself Up" - uncredited)
2006
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous
(2006)
... (performer: "'S Wonderful" - uncredited)
2005
Carnivàle
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Outskirts, Damascus, NE
(2005)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek" - uncredited)
2004
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers - Parte 6
(2004)
... (performer: "You're All The World To Me")
2003
Angels in America
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Millennium Approaches: Bad News
(2003)
... (performer: "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails")
1995
Fallen Angels
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Professional Man
(1995)
... (performer: "Lovely to Look At", "The Way You Look Tonight")
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(Documentary) (performer: "Here's to the Girls" (1945), "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (1947), "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" (1933), "Jukebox Dance" (1940), "Coffee Time" (1945), "Drum Crazy" (1948), "The Girl Hunt" (1952), "Swing Trot" (1948), "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (1951), "Stereophonic Sound" 1955 - uncredited)
Great Performances
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1991) (performer - 1 episode, 1991)
- The Fred Astaire Songbook
(1991)
... (music: "I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown") / (performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Flying Down to Rio", "Night and Day", "Isn't It a Lovely Day", "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "(This Is) A Fine Romance", "Lovely to Look At", "Slap That Bass", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "The Babbitt and the Bromide", "A Foggy Day", "He Loves and She Loves", "Steppin' Out with My Baby", "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket", "Cheek to Cheek", "Let's Face the Music and Dance", "A Couple of Swells", "I've Got My Eyes on You", "Drum Crazy", "I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown", "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man", "One for My Baby", "A Shine on Your Shoes", "By Myself", "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan", "I Love Louisa", "The Half of It, Dearie, Blues", "Oh, Lady Be Good", "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life", "You're All the World to Me", "'s Wonderful")
1988
Rain Man
(performer: "Bouncin' the Blues" (1948), "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1937), "Shoes with Wings On" (1948) - uncredited)
1985
Locker vom Hocker
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.14
(1985)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited)
1985
That's Dancing!
(Documentary) (performer: "I Won't Dance", "Night And Day", "Pick Yourself Up", "I Left My Hat In Haiti", "Thinking Of You", "A Shine On Your Shoes")
1981
The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane
(TV Special) (performer: "Nice Work If You Can Get It")
1981
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire
(TV Special documentary) ("A Foggy Day", "A Fine Romance") / (performer: "Putting All my Eggs in One Basket", "All Aboard for Alabam", "The Carioca", "Begin the Beguine", "'S Wonderful", "Something's Gotta Give", "Change Partners and Dance", "Cheek to Cheek", "Night and Day", "Hold That Tiger", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Top Hat", "The Continental")
1977
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
(TV Movie) (performer: "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town Today", "All You Have To Do Is Think 'Can Do'")
Dinah!
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1976) (writer - 1 episode, 1976)
- Episode #2.191
(1976)
... (performer: "Life is Beautiful", "City of the Angels" - uncredited) / (writer: "Life is Beautiful", "City of the Angels" - uncredited)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Documentary) (performer: "That's Entertainment" (1953), "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (1951), "Be a Clown" (1948), "All of You" (1955), "Easter Parade" (1933), "Three Little Words" (1930), "Shubert Alley" (1976), "Triplets" (1937), "Steppin' Out with My Baby" (1948), "Cartoon Sequence" (1976), "A Couple of Swells" (1948), "Bouncin' the Blues" (1948), "Finale" (1976) - uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1975 - 1976) (performer - 1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 4 May 1976
(1976)
... (performer: "Life is Beautiful", "City of the Angels" - uncredited) / (writer: "Life is Beautiful", "City of the Angels" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 27 October 1975
(1975)
... (writer: "Life is Beautiful" - uncredited)
1974
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "History of the Beat", "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "Slue Foot", "Cheek to Cheek", "Something's Gotta Give", "Something's Gotta Give" (Reprise))
1974
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (performer: "Begin the Beguine" (1935), "The Babbitt and the Bromide" (1927), "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1937), "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" (1933), "Let's Go Bavarian" (1933), "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (1929), "Sunday Jumps" (1951), "Shoes with Wings On" (1948), "You're All the World to Me" (1950), "Dancing in the Dark" (1931), "By Myself" (1937) - uncredited)
1970
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
(TV Movie) (performer: "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", "What Better Way to Tell You" (uncredited))
1968
Finian's Rainbow
(performer: "Look To The Rainbow" (1946), "If This Isn't Love" (1946), "When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich" (1946) - uncredited)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Think Pretty
(1964)
... (performer: "Think Pretty")
1963
Hollywood and the Stars
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Fabulous Musicals
(1963)
... (performer: "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "Carioca" - uncredited)
1958
An Evening with Fred Astaire
(TV Special) (performer: "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To be Caught in the Rain)")
1957
Silk Stockings
(performer: "Too Bad (We Can't Go Back to Moscow)", "Paris Loves Lovers", "Stereophonic Sound", "All of You", "Fated to Be Mated", "The Ritz Roll and Rock" - uncredited)
1957
Funny Face
(performer: "Overture: Funny Face/'S Wonderful/Think Pink!", "Funny Face", "Bonjour, Paris!", "Let's Kiss and Make Up", "He Loves and She Loves", "Clap Yo' Hands", "'S Wonderful")
1955-1956
MGM Parade
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.19
(1956)
... (performer: "The Babbitt and the Bromide")
- Episode #1.1
(1955)
... (performer: "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway" - uncredited)
1955
Daddy Long Legs
("History of the Beat", uncredited) / (performer: "Texas Millionaire", "International Playboy", "Guardian Angel", "Sluefoot", "Something's Gotta Give", "Nightmare Ballet (Paris, Hong Kong, Rio)", "Dream" - uncredited)
1955
What's My Line?
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Fred Astaire
(1955)
... (performer: "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Tweedle Dee")
1953
The Band Wagon
("That's Entertainment" (1953), uncredited) / (performer: "By Myself" (1937), "A Shine on Your Shoes" (1932), "That's Entertainment" (1953), "Dancing in the Dark" (1931), "You and the Night and the Music" (1934), "I Love Louisa" (1931), "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (1929), "Triplets" (1937), "The Girl Hunt" (1953) - uncredited)
1952
The Belle of New York
(performer: "Who Wants to Kiss the Bridegroom?", "Seeing's Believing", "Baby Doll", "Oops", "A Bride's Wedding Day Song (Currier and Ives)", "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" - uncredited)
1951
Royal Wedding
(performer: "EV'RY NIGHT AT SEVEN", "SUNDAY JUMPS", "OPEN YOUR EYES", "YOU'RE ALL THE WORLD TO ME", "I LEFT MY HAT IN HAITI", "HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE" - uncredited)
1950
Let's Dance
(music: "Piano Dance" - uncredited) / (performer: "Can't Stop Talking About Him", "Piano Dance", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Oh Them Dudes", "The Hyacinth", "Tunnel of Love" - uncredited)
1950
Three Little Words
(performer: "Where Did You Get That Girl?", "Mr. and Mrs. Hoofer at Home", "My Sunny Tennessee", "So Long! Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?)", "Test Dance", "Nevertheless", "Thinking of You", "Three Little Words" - uncredited)
1949
The Barkleys of Broadway
(performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1937), "Swing Trot" (1949) (uncredited), "You'd Be Hard to Replace" (1949) (uncredited), "Bouncin' the Blues" (1949) (uncredited), "My One and Only Highland Fling" (1949) (uncredited), "Week-End in the Country" (1949) (uncredited), "Shoes with Wings On" (1949), "Manhattan Downbeat" (1949) (uncredited))
1948
Easter Parade
(performer: "Happy Easter", "Drum Crazy", "It Only Happens When I Dance with You", "Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes", "I Love a Piano", "Snooky Ookums", "Ragtime Violin", "When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "Steppin' Out with My Baby", "A Couple of Swells", "Easter Parade" - uncredited)
1946
Blue Skies
(music: "Heat Wave") / (performer: "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "A Couple of Song and Dance Men", "Heat Wave")
1945
Ziegfeld Follies
(performer: "Here's to the Girls", "This Heart of Mine", "Limehouse Blues", "The Babbitt and the Bromide")
1943/I
The Sky's the Limit
(performer: "My Shining Hour", "A Lot in Common with You", "Cuban Sugar Mill", "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" - uncredited)
1942
You Were Never Lovelier
(performer: "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942), "Dearly Beloved" (1942), "Audition Dance", "Los Hijos de Buda", "Bim Bam Bum", "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C Sharp Minor" (1847), "Eco", "I'm Old Fashioned" (1942), "The Shorty George" (1942) - uncredited)
1942
Holiday Inn
(performer: "I'll Capture Your Heart Singing" (1942), "You're Easy to Dance With" (1942), "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (1942), "I Can't Tell a Lie" (1942), "Let's Say It with Firecrackers" (1942), "Ending Medley" - uncredited)
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
(performer: "Boogie Barcarolle", "Shootin' the Works for Uncle Sam", "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye", "March Milastaire (A-Stairable Rag)", "So Near and Yet So Far" - uncredited)
1940
Second Chorus
(performer: "Sugar" (uncredited), "Sweet Sue Just You" (uncredited), "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life", "I'm Yours" (uncredited), "The New Moon Is Shining" (uncredited), "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life" (reprise), "Poor Mr. Chisholm", "Poor Mr. Chisholm" (reprise), "Dig It")
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
(performer: "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway" (1939), "I've Got My Eye on You" (1939), "Jukebox Dance" (1939), "I Concentrate on You" (1939), "Begin the Beguine" (1935) - uncredited)
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
("Cecile Waltz", "Nights of Gladness", "Missouri Waltz", uncredited) / (performer: "Only When You're in My Arms" (1939), "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (uncredited), "King Chanticleer" (uncredited), "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (uncredited), "The Syncopated Walk" (uncredited), "Too Much Mustard (Tres Moutarde)" (uncredited), "Rose Room" (uncredited), "Tres Jolie" (uncredited), "Little Brown Jug" (uncredited), "Dengozo" (uncredited), "You're Here and I'm Here" (uncredited), "Chicago" (uncredited), "Hello, Frisco, Hello" (uncredited), "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" (uncredited), "Take Me Back to New York Town" (uncredited), "Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend" (uncredited), "La Marseillaise" (uncredited))
1938
Carefree
(performer: "Since They Turned Loch Lomond into Swing" (1938), "Carefree" (1938), "I Used To Be Color Blind" (1938), "The Yam" (1938), "Change Partners" (1938), "Jingle Bells" (1857) - uncredited)
1937
A Damsel in Distress
(performer: "I Can't Be Bothered Now" (1937), "The Jolly Tar and the Milkmaid" (1937), "Put Me to the Test" (I've Just Begun to Live) (1937), "Stiff Upper Lip" (1937), "Things Are Looking Up" (1937), "A Foggy Day" (1937), "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (1937) - uncredited)
1937
Shall We Dance
(performer: "Slap That Bass" (1937), "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (1937), "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1937), "Shall We Dance" (1937), "They All Laughed" (1937), "Beginner's Luck" (1937) - uncredited)
1936
Swing Time
("The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), uncredited) / (performer: "Pick Yourself Up" (1936), "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "Waltz in Swing Time" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), "Bojangles of Harlem" (1936), "Never Gonna Dance" (1936) - uncredited)
1936
Follow the Fleet
(performer: "We Saw the Sea" (1936), "Let Yourself Go" (1936), "I'd Rather Lead a Band" (1936), "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" (1936), "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (1932) - uncredited)
1935
Top Hat
(performer: "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" (1935), "Isn't This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?" (1935), "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (1935), "Cheek to Cheek" (1935), "The Piccolino" (1935) - uncredited)
1935
Roberta
(performer: "Let's Begin" (1933), "I'll Be Hard to Handle" (1933), "I Won't Dance" (1934), "Lovely to Look At" (1935), "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1933) - uncredited)
1934
The Gay Divorcee
(performer: "Don't Let It Bother You" (1934), "A Needle In a Haystack" (1934), "Night and Day" (1932), "The Continental" (1934))
1933
Flying Down to Rio
(performer: "Carioca" (1933), "Orchids in the Moonlight" (1933), "Music Makes Me" (1933), "Flying Down to Rio" (1933) - uncredited)
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Stage: Appeared in "The Passing Show of 1918" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book / Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Jean Schwartz. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Additional lyrics by Joe Young, J. Will Callahan and Harry DeCosta. Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Ray Perkins, Russell Tarbox, Augustus Barratt ... See more »Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 13 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 1 Interview | 17 Articles | 3 Pictorials | 8 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Official Sites:
FredAstaire.com official bio page for Fred. [United States] | FredAstaire.com official site for the dance studio company co-founded by Fred in 1947. [United States]Height:
5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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[on modern movies] They tend to overdo the vulgarity. I'm not embarrassed by the language itself, but it's embarrassing to be listening to it, sitting next to perfect strangers. See more »Trivia:
Ranked #73 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. See more »Trademark:
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