One of the greatest dancers of all time.
[1] An Episcopalian, though a branch of the Austerlitz family is from the Jewish quarter in Eisenstadt, Austria.
Sister: Adele Astaire (dancer, b. 1896, d. 1981)
Wife: Phyllis Livingston Potter (m. 12-Jul-1933, d. 13-Sep-1954, one son, one daughter)
Son: Fred, Jr. (b. 1936)
Daughter: Ava (b. 1942)
Wife: Robyn Smith (m. 27-Jun-1980, until his death)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under contract
Oscar (honorary) 1950
Golden Globe 1951 for Three Little Words
Golden Globe 1975 for The Towering Inferno
Emmy 1978 for A Family Upside Down
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1981
Kennedy Center Honor 1978
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6756 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Kentucky Colonel
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
Austrian Ancestry
TELEVISION
It Takes a Thief Alistair Mundy (1968-70)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (25-Sep-1984) · Himself
Ghost Story (15-Dec-1981) · Ricky Hawthorne
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (23-Dec-1979)
The Purple Taxi (21-May-1977)
The Amazing Dobermans (24-Nov-1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (16-May-1976) · Himself
The Towering Inferno (10-Dec-1974) · Harlee Claiborne
That's Entertainment! (23-May-1974) · Himself
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (14-Dec-1970) [VOICE]
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (17-Nov-1970)
Midas Run (7-May-1969)
Finian's Rainbow (9-Oct-1968) · Finian McLonergan
The Notorious Landlady (13-Apr-1962)
The Pleasure of His Company (1-Jun-1961) · Biddeford Poole
On the Beach (17-Dec-1959)
Silk Stockings (18-Jul-1957) · Steve Canfield
Funny Face (13-Feb-1957)
Daddy Long Legs (5-May-1955) · Jervis Pendleton
The Band Wagon (7-Aug-1953) · Tony Hunter
The Belle of New York (22-Feb-1952) · Charles Hill
Royal Wedding (8-Mar-1951) · Tom Bowen
Let's Dance (29-Nov-1950) · Donald Elwood
Three Little Words (12-Jul-1950) · Bert Kalmar
The Barkleys of Broadway (4-May-1949) · Josh Barkley
Easter Parade (30-Jun-1948) · Don Hewes
Blue Skies (16-Oct-1946) · Jed Potter
Ziegfeld Follies (8-Apr-1946) · Imposter
Yolanda and the Thief (20-Nov-1945) · Johnny Parkson Riggs
The Sky's the Limit (13-Jul-1943) · Fred Atwell
You Were Never Lovelier (5-Oct-1942) · Robert Davis
Holiday Inn (4-Aug-1942)
You'll Never Get Rich (25-Sep-1941) · Robert Curtis
Second Chorus (3-Dec-1940) · Danny O'Neill
Broadway Melody of 1940 (9-Feb-1940) · Johnny Brett
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (29-Mar-1939) · Vernon Castle
Carefree (2-Sep-1938) · Tony Flagg
A Damsel in Distress (19-Nov-1937) · Jerry Halliday
Shall We Dance (7-May-1937) · Petrov
Swing Time (28-Aug-1936) · John Garnett
Follow the Fleet (20-Feb-1936) · Bake Baker
Top Hat (30-Aug-1935) · Jerry Travers
Roberta (8-Mar-1935) · Huck
The Gay Divorcee (12-Oct-1934) · Guy Holden
Flying Down to Rio (22-Dec-1933) · Fred Ayres
Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933) · Himself
Author of books:
The Fred Astaire Dance Book and Record: Rumba and Basic Mambo (1955, performance art)
Steps in Time: An Autobiography (1959, memoir)
AKA Frederick Austerlitz, Jr.