Fridericus Astaire
Fridericus Astaire, nomine scaenico Fred Astaire, natus Frederick Austerlitz (1899–1987), fuit theatralis et pellicularius actor, cantor, choreographus, et saltator Americanus, qui Praemia Academica abstulit. Eius publicus vitae cursus annos septuaginta sex duravit, in quo triginta unas pelliculas musicas fecit. Praecipue usus est Ginger Rogers, cum quo decem pelliculas fecit.

Georgius Balanchine et Rudolphus Nureyev eum aestimaverunt optimum saeculi vicensimi saltator, et late habetur gravissimus in pelliculis musicis et spectaculis televisificis saltator. Optimarum centum stellarum masculinarum, American Film Institute eum nominavit quintum.

Biographia 

Astaire natus est Omahae in Nebraska die 10 Maii 1899, filius Ioannae "Ann" Geilus et Frederici "Fritz" Austerlitz (n. Lentiae in Austria die 8 Septembris 1868
), cervisiarii.

Astaire pneumonia mortuus est die 22 Iunii 1987, aetate 88. Sepultus est in Coemeterio Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth in California.

Pelliculae musicae 
 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)
 Finian's Rainbow (1968)
 That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (narrator et exsecutor)
*Cum Ginger Rogers.

Aliae pelliculae 
 *  The Towering Inferno (1974)

Notae

Fontes

Bibliographia
Astaire, Fred. 1959. Steps in Time.
Billman, Larry. 1997. Fred Astaire—A Bio-Bibliography. Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29010-5.
Boyer, G. Bruce. 2005. Fred Astaire Style. Assouline. ISBN 2-84323-677-0.
Croce, Arlene. 1974. The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book. Galahad Books. ISBN 0-88365-099-1.
Crouse, Jeffrey. 2003. "Letting His Wish Provide the Occasion: Fred Astaire in Top Hat." Film International 5.
Freeland, Michael. 1976. Fred Astaire An Illustrated Biography. Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0-448-14080-2.
Giles, Sarah. 1988. Fred Astaire—His Friends Talk. Londinii: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-0322-2.
Green, Benny. 1980. Fred Astaire. Bookthrift Co. ISBN 0-89673-018-2.
Green, Stanley, et Burt Goldblatt. 1973. Starring Fred Astaire. Dodd. ISBN 0-396-06877-4.
Hyam, Hannah. 2007. Fred and Ginger—The Astaire-Rogers Partnership 1934–1938. Pen Press Publications, Brighton. ISBN 978-1-905621-96-5.
Lamparski, Richard. 2006. Manhattan Diary. BearManor Media. ISBN 1-59393-054-2.
Mueller, John. 1985. Astaire Dancing—The Musical Films of Fred Astaire. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-51654-0.
Satchell, Tim. 1987. Astaire, The Biography. Londinii: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-173736-2.
Thomas, Bob. 1985. Astaire, the Man, The Dancer. Londinii: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-78402-1.
The Astaire Family Papers, The Howard Gotleib Archival Research Center, Boston University, MA, U.S.A.

Nexus externi 

 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)
"He's in Heaven..." - In Memoriam Fred Astaire
Radio Interview - Fred Astaire - 1968
Links to photos of Astaire
"Fred Astaire and the art of fun": an essay on the Oxford Fred Astaire conference from TLS, July 16 2008.

Actores Civitatum Foederatarum
Actores Germaniae
Cantores Civitatum Foederatarum
Choreographi
Episcopaliani Americani
Incolae Nebrascae
Iudaei
Praemia Academiae
Saltatores Civitatum Foederatarum