Biography: life and films
Fred Astaire was an American actor and singer whose birth name was Frederick Austerlitz. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on 10th May 1899 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 22nd June 1987, aged 88.His best films as an actor include Mark Sandrich's comedy Top Hat (1935), George Stevens's Swing Time (1936), A Damsel in Distress (1937), Norman Taurog's Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) and William A. Seiter's You Were Never Lovelier (1942).
Fred Astaire appeared in 50 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mark Sandrich (6 films), Charles Walters (3), William A. Seiter (2), Vincente Minnelli (2), Stanley Donen (2), Jack Haley Jr. (2), H.C. Potter (2) and George Stevens (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (28 films), comedy-romance (25), Documentary (9), drama (4), comedy-drama (4), Biography (3), romance (2) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for Fred Astaire over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Dancing Lady (1933) [a]
Roberta (1935) [a]
Top Hat (1935) [a]
A Damsel in Distress (1937) [a]
Carefree (1938) [a]
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) [a]
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) [a]
You'll Never Get Rich (1941) [a]
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) [a]
The Sky's the Limit (1943) [a]
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) [a]
Blue Skies (1946) [a]
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) [a]
Easter Parade (1948) [a]
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) [a]
Let's Dance (1950) [a]
Three Little Words (1950) [a]
Royal Wedding (1951) [a]
The Belle of New York (1952) [a]
The Band Wagon (1953) [a]
Daddy Long Legs (1955) [a]
Silk Stockings (1957) [a]
On the Beach (1959) [a]
The Pleasure of His Company (1961) [a]
The Notorious Landlady (1962) [a]
Midas Run (1969) [a]
Imagine (1972) [a]
That's Entertainment! (1974) [a]
The Towering Inferno (1974) [a]
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) [a]
Hooray for Hollywood (1975) [a]
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]
The Amazing Dobermans (1976) [a]
Ghost Story (1981) [a]
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]
That's Dancing! (1985) [a]
South of Reno (1988) [a]
That's Entertainment! III (1994) [a]
The Lady with the Torch (1999) [a]
Chacun son cinéma (2007) [a]
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The very best period film dramas
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
