ACTOR

Fred Astaire

1899 - 1987

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Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time" He received an Honorary Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. As a dancer, he was known for his uncanny sense of rhythm, creativity, effortless presentation, and tireless perfectionism, which was sometimes a burden to co-workers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Astaire has received more than 11,313,631 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Fred Astaire is the 174th most popular actor (down from 167th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from United States (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Actor.

Fred Astaire is most famous for his dancing skills. He was born in 1899 and died in 1987. He was a dancer and actor who appeared in many musicals with Ginger Rogers.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fred Astaire ranks 174 out of 13,578. Before him are Russell Crowe, Geraldine Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Sharon Stone, Max von Sydow, and Julia Roberts. After him are Stellan Skarsgård, Ornella Muti, Peter Ustinov, Gary Oldman, Franco Nero, and Olivia Newton-John.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Fred Astaire ranks 13. Before him are Friedrich Hayek, Frederick IX of Denmark, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Humphrey Bogart, and László Bíró. After him are Duke Ellington, Francis Poulenc, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Adnan Menderes, and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. Among people deceased in 1987, Fred Astaire ranks 11. Before him are Primo Levi, John Howard Northrop, Louis de Broglie, Gunnar Myrdal, Rita Hayworth, and Marguerite Yourcenar. After him are Thomas Sankara, Walter Houser Brattain, Andrey Kolmogorov, Maria von Trapp, William P. Murphy, and Pola Negri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Astaire ranks 350 out of 20,380. Before him are Sharon Stone (1958), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Calvin Klein (1942), Paul Auster (1947), John Cage (1912), and Julia Roberts (1967). After him are Rachel Carson (1907), Jack Lemmon (1925), Spencer Tracy (1900), Oliver Stone (1946), Cliff Burton (1962), and Nicole Kidman (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fred Astaire ranks 87. Before him are Angelina Jolie (1975), Christopher Walken (1943), Jared Leto (1971), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Sharon Stone (1958), and Julia Roberts (1967). After him are Jack Lemmon (1925), Spencer Tracy (1900), Nicole Kidman (1967), Willem Dafoe (1955), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Romina Power (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Funny Face
Dick Avery
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Feb 13th 19577 / 10
Top Hat
Jerry Travers
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
Aug 29th 19357.3 / 10
Swing Time
Lucky Garnett
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
Aug 28th 19366.798 / 10