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On television he produced four award-winning musical specials with Barrie Chase as his partner. He also tried his hand at straight acting roles with considerable success in eight films between and Over the years he played a number of characters on television in dramatic specials and series. In , as he entered his eighties, Astaire married Robyn Smith, a successful jockey in her mid-thirties.

He died seven years later. Ginger Rogers, Astaire's longtime dance partner, passed away in Rogers is often quoted as having said, "I did everything Fred did, only backwards and in high heels. Fred Astaire appeared in musical numbers, of which contain fully developed dance routines, many of which are of great artistic value.

And, because he worked mainly in film, the vast majority of Astaire's Fred Astaire. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation. Astaire's dances are a blend of tap and ballroom dancing with bits from other dance forms thrown in. What holds everything together is Astaire's class, wit, and apparent ease of execution. Astaire spent weeks working out his choreography. He also created an approach to filming dance that was often copied in Hollywood musicals: both camerawork and editing are used to support the flow of the dancing, not to overshadow it.

Although his shyness and self-doubt could make him difficult to work with, Astaire was an efficient planner and worker. His courtesy, professionalism, and struggle for improvement earned him the admiration of his coworkers. In January , with Robyn Astaire's blessing, Astaire's image returned to television through special effects editing—Dirt Devil inserted its vacuum cleaners into dance scenes from Astaire's films for three of its commercials.

The press criticized the commercials. The general feeling was that replacing Ginger Rogers with a vacuum cleaner was in poor taste. Joan Caulfield — Cyd Charisse — Barrie Chase Petula Clark Joan Crawford — Bing Crosby — Virginia Dale — LeRoy Daniels — Vera-Ellen — Nanette Fabray — Joan Fontaine — Judy Garland — Paulette Goddard — Rita Hayworth — Audrey Hepburn — Harriet Hoctor — Betty Hutton — Olga San Juan — Gene Kelly — Claire Luce — Ann Miller — George Murphy — Janis Paige Hermes Pan — Eleanor Powell — Jane Powell Marjorie Reynolds — Ginger Rogers — Kay Thompson — Their tour took them all over the country from Pennsylvania to California, including a warm reception in Omaha.

The family kept their Jewish ancestry a secret. Even though in the early days of their act Adele was older and taller, the team was billed as Fred and Adele Astaire. By , despite a few lows along with highs, brother and sister had become vaudeville pros… but the big time was still elusive. Eventually Fred and Adele ended up with stage successes on Broadway and even in London. The big time had arrived. A widow for 51 years, Ann Geilus Austerlitz succumbed to a stroke in July She is buried near her son in Chatsworth, California.

The Astaires were now stage stars on both sides of the Atlantic. In June they returned to the U. But Adele was growing tired of show business. In Adele announced her retirement from the grueling song-and-dance circuit and her intention to marry Lord Charles Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire.

So Fred was on his own, but he would not be alone. See web link below. Next Fred Astaire Films and Books. Under her guidance, we traveled to Prague and Linz gathering documentation and taking photos for this Astaire biography.

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