Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (10 Mei 1899 – 22 Juni 1987) merupakan seorang aktor dan penyanyi berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia berkarier di dunia film sejak tahun 1933 sampai dia meninggal dunia pada tahun 1987 akibat pneumonia.

Filmografi

• Dancing Lady (1933)
• Flying Down to Rio (1933) (*)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934) (*)
• Roberta (1935) (*)
• Top Hat (1935) (*)
• Follow the Fleet (1936) (*)
• Swing Time (1936) (*)
• Shall We Dance (1937) (*)
• A Damsel in Distress (1937)
• Carefree (1938) (*)
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) (*)
• Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
• Second Chorus (1940)
• You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
• The Sky's the Limit (1943)
• Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• Blue Skies (1946)
• Easter Parade (1948)
• The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (*)
• Three Little Words (1950)
• Let's Dance (1950)
• Royal Wedding (1951)
• The Belle of New York (1952)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• Daddy Long Legs (1955)
• Funny Face (1957)
• Silk Stockings (1957)
• On the Beach (1959)
• The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
• The Notorious Landlady (1962)
• Finian's Rainbow (1968)
• Midas Run (1969)
• Santa Claus is Comin' To Town (voice of mailman)
• Just One More Time (1974) (short subject)
• That's Entertainment! (1974) (narrator)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• The Lion Roars Again (1975) (short subject)
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (narrator)
• The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
• The Purple Taxi (1977)
• Ghost Story (1981)
• George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985) (documentary)

(*) dengan Ginger Rogers.

Karya Televisi

• General Electric Theater (1953-1962)
  • Episode 147: "Imp on a Cobweb Leash" (December 1, 1957)
  • Episode 185: "Man on a Bicycle" (January 11, 1959)
• 30th Academy Awards (March 26, 1958)
• An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958) (dance special)
• Another Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) (dance special)
• Astaire Time (1960) (dance special)
• Alcoa Premiere (1961-1963) (as host)
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963-1967)
  • Episode 30: "Think Pretty" (October 2, 1964)
• 37th Academy Awards (April 5, 1965)
• Dr. Kildare (1961-1966)
  • Episode 153: "Fathers and Daughters" (November 22, 1965)
  • Episode 154: "A Gift of Love" (November 23, 1965)
  • Episode 155: "The Tent-Dwellers" (November 29, 1965)
  • Episode 156: "Going Home" (November 30, 1965)
• The Hollywood Palace (1964-1970)
  • Episode 60: (February 10, 1965)
  • Episode 74: (January 22, 1966)
  • Episode 81: (March 12, 1966)
  • Episode 88: (April 30, 1966)

• The Fred Astaire Show (1968) (dance special)
• It Takes a Thief (1968-1970)
  • Episode 46: "The Great Casino Caper" (October 16, 1969)
  • Episode 49: "The Three Virgins of Rome" (November 6, 1969)
  • Episode 53: "The Second Time Around" (December 4, 1969)
  • Episode 64: "An Evening with Alister Mundy" (March 9, 1970)
• 42nd Academy Awards (April 7, 1970)
• The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
• Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town (1970) (voice)
• Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
• Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men (1975)
• The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977) (voice)
• A Family Upside Down (1978)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980)
  • Episode 11: "The Man With Nine Lives" (January 28, 1979)
• The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)

Pranala luar

• Fred Astaire di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Fred Astaire biography at Allmovie Guide
• Fred Astaire tribute site.
• Fred Astaire biography at AlsoDances.Net
• Time.com: The Great American Flyer Fred Astaire:1899-1987
• Time Magazine archive: Astaire essay by Richard Corliss
• Astaire's religious views incl. many extracts from his biographers
• Ava Astaire discusses her father's legacy. (BBC Television - Realplayer required)
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1624 Fred Astaire] at Find-A-Grave
• "He's in Heaven..." - In Memoriam Fred Astaire