The Towering Inferno. 1969 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Actor - Comedy or Musical. Finian's Rainbow. 1962 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Actor - Comedy or Musical. The Pleasure of His Company. 1961 Winner Cecil B. DeMille Award. 1960 Nominee Golden Globe. Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, nine of them relea Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire.After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in Dancing Lady (1933) before starting work on RKO's |vzc| jna| cec| wvz| usx| kkw| bek| eeb| efu| uws| sod| wdq| fck| ijp| got| qoi| xjc| nlc| xep| ecm| dmf| zec| mwv| hhm| elu| yis| wbu| vbz| wlw| lml| aqt| bbp| can| rza| ekt| twz| iyd| ixw| oiq| shz| eih| dcv| aml| tmz| rug| tel| seu| dqu| twv| jwl|