Who Is Fred Astaire

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 1 person)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Fred Astaire

 

Even though he was "before my time" I've always enjoyed the energy, expertise and humor of Fred Astaire's movies. Here's the latest news and information on Fred.

Fred Astaire at a Glance 

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award-winning film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.

George Balanchine and Rudolph Nureyev rated him the greatest dancer of the twentieth century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of film and television musicals.Wikiquote:F...

News 

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire's daughter visits Wymondham
THE daughter of Hollywood screen legend Fred Astaire is to visit Wymondham later this month in the latest Regal Experience film show. ...
"Dancing With The Stars" Makes Ballroom Dancing Fashionable And Trendy
Steve Wilkie, manager of the Fred Astaire West Palm Beach Dance Studio in West Palm Beach, Florida, talked with Celebrity News Service about the impact that ...
No pipe and slippers for Parkinson
"I think the thing is to pick the name, how many interviews can you see on the internet with James Cagney, or Fred Astaire or James Stewart? ...
Indiana's 'Crystal Skull' plods onto DVD
If you don't own the Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire classic Holiday Inn already, Universal is giving you another chance with Holiday Inn: 3-Disc Collector's Set ...

Vote for your favorite Fred Astaire movies 

Top Hat

Top Hat

Perhaps the best remembered of the 10 Astaire/Roge more...0 points

Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

To keep musical-comedy star Linda Keene from retir more...0 points

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

You'd think chilled borscht pulses in her veins. S more...0 points

Swing Time

Swing Time

It's Swing Time anytime Fred and Ginger slip on th more...0 points

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee

In one of their best loved most charming song-and- more...0 points

Fred Astaire Videos 

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire

Runtime: 4:35 | 995909 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire's Famous Ceiling ...

Runtime: 3:01 | 304792 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire

Runtime: 1:18 | 168375 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly: The...

Runtime: 7:17 | 417080 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
The Band Wagon - Fred Astaire ...

Runtime: 2:25 | 173102 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Gershwin - They Can't Take Tha...

Runtime: 2:14 | 88243 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powel...

Runtime: 2:51 | 70853 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire + Michael Jackson...

Runtime: 7:32 | 167777 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...

Runtime: 5:49 | 231029 views | Comments

Fred Astaire on Flickr 

Ginger Rogers by cliff1066

Ginger Rogers

HU001221 by danceonair1986

HU001221

IH176214 by danceonair1986

IH176214

0000372672-003 by danceonair1986

0000372672-003

SF20217 by danceonair1986

SF20217

Funny Face gatefold by Nesster

Funny Face gatefold

Blog Posts 

Fred Astaire
Roberta - Movie Reviews and Your Movie Experience
Both Irene Dunne and Fred Astaire has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews and is considered by many to be one of the best films of the year! Maybe that's what makes the movie so good.The great cast includes Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, ...
Upper Montclair For the Cure
From October 2-6, students and staff of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Upper Montclair, NJ raised more than $500 in donations for the Women's Cancer Programs of EIF to support the fight against breast cancer. Since 1996, Lee National ...
Dancing With The Stars - A Teacher's Perspective on Week 3
By Debra Stroiney I felt this week was not as exciting of a show for some reason. I don't know what it was - maybe the whole show had a down vibe due to Misty May's injury. But there were some great performances. ...
Fred Astaire Friday
I found a really neat vid for Fred Astaire Friday. This is from the film "Daddy Long Legs". The setting for this number is supposed to be a college dance (yeah I'm sure *that* was a long time ago, lol!) Anyway, Fred was playing a Texas ...

Fred Astaire Links 

Fred Astaire
Soundtrack: The Green Mile. The son of an Austrian immigrant, Fred Astaire entered show business at age 5... Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, News, Awards, Agent, Fan Sites.
Fred Astaire - Dance On Air
A salute to the Silver Screen's greatest song-and-dance man.
Fred Astaire at Reel Classics
Contains a biography, photographs, sound and video clips, information about his movies and co-stars (especially Ginger Rogers), reviews, and background ...

Quick, what do you think of Fred Astaire? 

Fred Astaire smoking a cigarette

Loading poll. Please Wait...

Great Stuff on eBay 

Loading Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
eBay

Shout Out For Fred Astaire! 

Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...

P.S. If you buy something from this page... 

... you'll automatically be making a donation to The Acumen Fund, working to solve global poverty.

Doesn't that feel good?