Fred Astaire
Musician, Dancer, and Actor
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University of Texas at Dallas chess team's trip to Cuba is about more than the game...and back. The team gets a belly laugh when one of its members - the shy, soft-spoken Wang - is coerced onstage. Like Fred Astaire, he glides back and forth with a sultry Cuban woman, the word "Sexy" stitched on her tight-fitting jeans. In this article: Cuba, Alejandro Ramirez, Fidel Castro, United States, and Ray Nagin |
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Playbill.com | 1 day ago
Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 29
...stars in W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife, which stays for 295 constant performances at Maxine Elliott's Theatre. 1932 Fred Astaire has his final Broadway opening night in Cole Porter's Gay Divorce, which bows at the Ethel Barrymore...
In this article: Broadway, Amistad, New York, Midsummer Night's Dream, A Connecticut Yankee, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The Constant Wife
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Sunday Mirror | 1 day ago
Introducing… the professional dancers
...embarrassing moment: 'The top of my dress once moved where it shouldn't have, so people got an eyeful. ' Dream dance partner: 'Fred Astaire. I'd also like to partner a sportsperson, I've never done that. ' Flavia wears: Top, GBP22, New...
In this article: Marks & Spencer and Beyonce
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Charlotte Observer | 2 days ago
Holiday TV is a regifter's dream
...stories titled "Charlie Brown Christmas Tales." Wednesday, Dec. 9 "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (8 p.m., ABC Family Channel): Fred Astaire narrates the tale of young Kris Kringle. "Shrek the Halls" (8 p.m., ABC): Shrek tries to...
In this article: ABC Family, Lifetime, Christmas Eve, Holiday, Yes, Virginia, Disney, A Christmas Story, and Food Network
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iVillage - Entertainment | 2 days ago
Movie Shopping Scenes Pretty Woman
...out at the mall as a kid and went a little wild in the candy store, this scene brings it all back! If all men knew how to shop like Fred Astaire, there would be lots of happy ladies in the world. This classic film opens with a musical...
In this article: Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman, Easter, Genghis Khan, Amazon, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Rodeo Drive
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Baltimore Sun | 3 days ago
On Film: Holiday film guide stays true to Christmas spirit
...is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." The genuinely festive musical "Holiday Inn" (1942), about Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby starting a country inn geared solely to holidays, makes Dans recall not just the...
In this article: Sydney Carton, The Nativity Story, Ronald Colman, Adeste Fideles, Come to the Stable, Holiday Inn, A Tale of Two Cities, and Bing Crosby
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 3 days ago
Woo took a long leap to bring ‘Red Cliff’ to life
...all about the weak overcoming the big obstacle: The small army can defeat a larger and more powerful enemy. A. A little bit of Fred Astaire. He's so elegant. He always smiled like an angel. Gene Kelly, such big energy, I think it would be...
In this article: John Woo, Red Cliff, Gene Kelly, Chow Yun-Fat, China, Hong Kong, Three Kingdoms period, Harvard University, and Jet Li
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The Bergen Record | 3 days ago
Five things to do this weekend: Nov. 26
...updated: Thursday November 26, 2009, 9:31 AM Catch an afternoon of intimate holiday performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays and the "Fred Astaire of jazz," bassist Jay Leonhart. Where: Grace Memorial Parlours at the Seay Administration...
In this article: Jay Leonhart and Oakland
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 4 days ago
American Designers, Dreaming in Ice
...in Midtown Manhattan last week, for their official send-off. We last saw Mr. Rolland at a Halloween ball, where he was dressed as Fred Astaire, and were looking forward to seeing him out of costume, but that was not to be. The Rolland/Michel...
In this article: Carrot cake, Cole Porter, Halloween, Gotham, Chrysler, and Ginger Rogers
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Daily Mail | 4 days ago
Me and my wardrobe: You can wear comfortable clothes and still be stylish, says Twiggy
...brilliant. BROGUES: Flat broguish shoes are one of my great passions. I've got a pair that I had handmade in 1967 because I'd seen Fred Astaire wearing them in a film. About five years ago I read a piece about Christopher Bailey turning...
In this article: Twiggy, Christopher Bailey, Sienna Miller, Marks & Spencer, Burberry, Oxfam, and America's Next Top Model
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Playbill.com | November 18, 2009
Esparza, Ziemba, Jenkins and Sperling Join 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Season
...Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, George Gershwin and many others wrote songs for the movies of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, making Fred and Ginger responsible for a sizable chunk of the American Songbook," according to press...
In this article: Lyricists, Karen Ziemba, Johnny Burke, Ginger Rogers, Hoagy Carmichael, and Misty
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Description from Wikipedia:
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.
He is generally acknowledged to have been one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and television musicals. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
- Name At Birth:
- Frederick Austerlitz
- Birth Date:
- May 10, 1899
- Birthplace:
- Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
- Death Date:
- June 22, 1987
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Spouse:
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- Phyllis Livingston Potter
- </small>Robyn Smith
- Occupation:
- Film actor, dancer
- Years Active:
- 1917-1981
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