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Fred Astaire

Highest Rated:: 100% You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Lowest Rated:: 36% Ghost Story (1981)

Birthday:: May 10, 1899
Birthplace:: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Bio:: Few would argue with the opinion that American entertainer Fred Astaire was the greatest dancer ever seen on film. Born to a wealthy Omaha family, young Astaire was trained at the Alvienne School of Dance and the Ned Wayburn School of Dancing. In a double act with his sister Adele, Fred danced in…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 36% - 100%

Number of Movies: 73

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2009		Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1930s	Actor	--
2007		Broadway Bound	Actor	--
2006		Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition	Actor	--
2003		Bing Crosby - White Christmas	Actor	--
2001		Petula Clark: This Is My Song	Actor	--
2000		A Bing Crosby Christmas	Actor	--
2000		Swing With The Duke & King Cole: Rock 'N' Roll Review	Actor	--
1999		Fred Astaire - The Man Who Danced	Actor	--
1998		Bing Crosby Christmas	Actor	--
1990		Hollywood on Parade	Actor	--
1990		You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story	Actor	--
1985		A.F.I. Life Achievement Awards - Gene Kelly	Actor	--
1985		That's Dancing!	Actor	--
1984		Gotta Dance Gotta Sing	Actor	--
1984		George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Himself	--
1981	36%	Ghost Story	Ricky Hawthorne	--
1981		A.F.I. Life Achievement Awards - Fred Astaire	Actor	--
1979		The Man in the Santa Claus Suit	Actor	--
1978		Family Upside Down	Ted Long	--
1977		The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town	Mailman	--
1977		A Purple Taxi (Un taxi mauve)	Scully	--
1976		That's Entertainment 2	Co-narrator	--
1976		The Amazing Dobermans	Daniel Hughes	--
1975		Hooray for Hollywood	Actor	--
1974	74%	The Towering Inferno	Harlee Claiborne	--
1974	100%	That's Entertainment	Narrator Director	--
1970		Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Mailman	--
1970		Over the Hill Gang Rides Again	Actor	--
1970		The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again	Actor	--
1969		Over the Hill Gang	Actor	--
1968	54%	Finian's Rainbow	Finian McLonergan	--
1964	57%	Paris When It Sizzles	[singing]	--
1962		The Notorious Landlady	Franklyn Ambruster	--
1961		The Pleasure of His Company	Biddeford Pogo Poole	--
1959	74%	On the Beach	Julian Osborn	--
1957	84%	Funny Face	Dick Avery	--
1957		Silk Stockings	Steve Canfield	--
1955		Daddy Long Legs	Jervis Pendleton III	--
1953	100%	The Band Wagon	Tony Hunter	--
1952		The Belle of New York	Charlie Hill	--
1951	90%	Royal Wedding	Tom Bowen	--
1950		Let's Dance	Donald Elwood	--
1950		Three Little Words	Bert Kalmar	--
1949		Family Fables	Actor	--
1949	60%	The Barkleys of Broadway	John Barkley	--
1948	89%	Easter Parade	Don Hewes	--
1946	75%	Ziegfeld Follies	Fred Astaire/Raffles/Tai Long	--
1946	80%	Blue Skies	Jed Potter	--
1945	80%	Yolanda and the Thief	Johnny Parkson Riggs	--
1943		The Sky's the Limit	Fred Atwell/Fred Burton	--
1942	100%	Holiday Inn	Ted Hanover	--
1942	100%	You Were Never Lovelier	Robert Davis	--
1941		You'll Never Get Rich	Bob Curtis	--
1940		Broadway Melody of 1940	Johnny Brett	--
1940		Second Chorus	Danny O'Neill	--
1939	80%	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Vernon Castle	--
1938	60%	Carefree	Tony Flagg	--
1937	86%	Shall We Dance	Petrov (Peter P. Peters)	--
1937	80%	A Damsel in Distress	Jerry Halliday	--
1936	75%	Follow the Fleet	Bake Baker	--
1936	100%	Swing Time	John "Lucky" Garnett	--
1935	80%	Roberta	Huck Haines	--
1935	100%	Top Hat	Jerry Travers	--
1935		Swing Time Special LV Edition	Actor	--
1934	100%	The Gay Divorcee	Guy Holden	--
1934		Musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age	Actor	--
1933		Dancing Lady	Himself	--
1933	100%	Flying Down to Rio	Fred Ayres	--
1930		Golden Age of Musicals	Actor	--
		Fabulous Fred Astaire	Actor	--
		Fred Astaire - V. 2	Actor	--
		Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure	Actor	--
		Fred Astaire - V. 1	Actor	--

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Quotes from Fred Astaire's Characters

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1. Penelope "Penny" Carrol: Your RIGHT foot!
2. John "Lucky" Garnett: Sorry, I'm left handed.
From Swing Time. Submitted by Michael B (6 months ago)

1. Dick Avery: You are mad, aren't you?
2. Jo Stockton: No, I'm not mad. I'm hurt, and disappointed, and... and mad.
From Funny Face. Submitted by Kevin L (9 months ago)