Fred Astaire (1899 - 1987)

American dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor.

* May 10, 1899 Omaha, Nebraska
 as Frederick Austerlitz
 June 22, 1987 Los Angeles, California



Vintage magazines

Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 31 1939
Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, January 1936

Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, January 1936

Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, April 1936


Books by Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire
Steps in Time
New York, 1959

Books on Fred Astaire

Joseph Epstein Fred Astaire Joseph Epstein
Fred Astaire
New Haven & London, 2008

Edward Gallafent Astaire & Rogers Edward Gallafent
Astaire & Rogers, A Movie Book
Dumfriesshire, 2000

Larry Billman Fred Astaire Larry Billman
Fred Astaire, A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1997

Stephan Harvey Fred Astaire Stephan Harvey
Fred Astaire, Seine Filme - sein Leben
München, 1991

Sarah Giles
Fred Astaire, His Friends Talk
New York, 1988

Bill Adler
Fred Astaire, A wonderful life: a biography
New York, 1987

Peter Carrick
A Tribute to Fred Astaire
London, 1984

Bob Thomas
Astaire, the man, the dancer
New York, 1984

Gilles Cebe
Fred Astaire
Paris, 1981

Michael Freeland
Fred Astaire
New York, 1976

Stephen Harvey
Fred Astaire
New York, 1975

Stanley Green and Burt Goldblatt
Starring Fred Astaire
New York, 1973

Arlene Croce
The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book
New York, 1972

Milburn Smith (ed.)
Astaire and Rogers
New York, 1972

Alfons Hackl
Fred Astaire and His Work
Vienna, 1970

Howard Thompson
Fred Astaire, A Pictorial Treasury of His Films
New York, 1970

Books with substantial mentioning of Fred Astaire

David Fantle and Tom Johnson Hollywood heyday David Fantle and Tom Johnson
Hollywood heyday, 75 candid interviews with golden age legends
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

Adrienne L. McLean (ed.)
Glamour in a golden age, Movie stars of the 1930s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Richard Lamparski Manhattan Diary Richard Lamparski
Manhattan Diary
2006

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1982, A Survey of 1981 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Books with an entry on Fred Astaire

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1988, A Survey of the Films of 1987
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1988
pp. 477-479 info

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Fred Astaire

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975