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1899–1987 United States

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and stage dancer, actor, singer and choreographer.

United States
Actors
Dancers
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Singers

Also known as: Astaire, Fred

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The history of dance on film begins with Astaire.

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire.

P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster in Joy in the Morning (1947)

Either the camera will dance, or I will.

I once said that fifty years from now, the only one of today's dancers who will be remembered is Fred Astaire.

I have no desire to prove anything by it. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance.

You can get dancers like this for $75 a week.

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.

Come on, Fred, I'm not your sister, you know.

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.

He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time.

He's a genius...a classical dancer like I never saw in my life.

I have had to do most of my choreography. I would say most of it, with help from various choreographers I have worked with.

Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war.

I'd never seen him out front before. It was also the first time I realized that Fred had sex appeal. Fred. Wherever did he get it?

I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.

A four wood I hit on the 13th hole at Bel Air Country Club in June of 1945. It landed right on the green and rolled into the cup for a hole in one.

Can't act, slightly bald, also dances.

The girls always think we're going to throw them over a table or toss them in the air. Their muscles tense up right away. So Fred and I go and sit in a corner and pretend we're talking business.

Me? I play Gene Kelly...It's a guy who produces, directs, sings, and dances. who else could it be but Kelly?

It's unmatched perfection. It's a taste, understanding of his strength, and weaknesses in a way. He was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Fred Astaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.