Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire ( born May 10, 1899 in Omaha, Nebraska, † June 22, 1987 in Los Angeles, California; actually Frederick Austerlitz ) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He was selected by the American Film Institute ranked 5 of the list of the 25 greatest male movie legends. He is best known for his tap dancing numbers in numerous film productions.
Life
Astaire came to Omaha (Nebraska ), the son of Joan ( " Ann " ) Austerlitz, born Geilus, ( 1878-1975 ) and Friedrich Emanuel ( "Fritz" ) Austerlitz ( 1868-1924 ) to the world. Astaire's mother was born in the U.S. as the daughter of Protestant German immigrants who originally came from East Prussia and Alsace. His father was a native of Linz in what was then Austria -Hungary, immigrants of Jewish origin. As a child, he began to dance. He attended two dance schools and performed with sister Adele (1896-1981) on cabaret, vaudeville and concert hall stages. 1915 debuted the siblings Astaire in the film Fanchon the Cricket by Mary Pickford; Broadway conquered it in 1917 with the piece over the top.
As Adele 1931 Lord Charles Cavendish married, she ended the artistic career. Fred was forced to act alone. After the first auditions in Hollywood, the criticism should have been: " Can not sing, can not act, is slightly balding, but can dance a little. " ( Engl.: " Can not sing, can not act, gets a little bald, but can dance a little. ").
The film company RKO took him under contract in 1933 and initially loaned him out for the film Dancing Lady with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable at MGM. After RKO turned in the same year with him and Ginger Rogers in supporting roles the movie Flying Down to Rio, Dolores del Rio in size turned out to be a success at the box office and has represented the real breakthrough in Astaire's film career. Astaire and Rogers turned a total of nine films together and secured a place among the top ten most bankable movie stars. Towards the end of the decade, Ginger Rogers concentrated more and more on her solo career, and Astaire turned with other partners: Rita Hayworth in two films, including You were never bewitching, Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1940, Judy Garland in Easter Parade, Lucille Bremer in Yolanda and the thief, Betty Hutton, Cyd Charisse in the Band Wagon and finally Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. Astaire was now next to Gene Kelly, with whom he worked together only once ( Ziegfeld Follies ), considered the greatest dancers of his time.
In 1962 he founded the AVA Records ( member of ASCAP ), named after the name of his daughter.
Astaire worked not only all his choreography from himself, he also brought new ideas in terms of camera movements during his often breakneck and weightless dancing. His dance style was characterized by an apparent ease, great elegance of movement and by its ability to quick change in the character of the music dance adequately implement.
Astaire sang always himself and leaned in contrast to many colleagues from voting doubles consistently. Although his dancing talent be sängerisches towered over it, he recorded numerous records.
As Astaire grew older, his presence in the cinema was limited to the spectacle. In 1968 he came to the golden rainbow on the side of Petula Clark in Francis Ford Coppola's work. In 1974 he rescued in The Towering Inferno, the little cat by Jennifer Jones. In addition to his small film appearances, he also appeared in television series in appearance: In It Takes a Thief, he played Robert Wagner's father. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fred Astaire was married from 1933 until her death in 1954 with Phyllis Livingston Potter. The marriage was considered extremely happy. They had two children together. From 1980 until his death, the entertainer was married to Robyn Smith.
Fred Astaire died on June 22, 1987 at the age of 88 years from the effects of pneumonia. He found his final resting place in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California, USA.
Synchronization
In most cases, has been dubbed Fred Astaire by Eckart Dux. Other speakers who represented him were, for example, Erik Ode and Frederick W. Bauschulte.