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Between 1958 and 1968, Fred made four TV variety shows with Barrie Chase.
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| A wide Butterfly Position |
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The four TV specials with Barrie Chase:
- An Evening With Fred Astaire 10-17-58 and 1-26-59 (It won Emmys for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year; Best Special Musical or Variety Program, One Hour or Longer; Best Direction of a Single Musical or Variety Program; Best Writing of a Single Musical or Variety Program; Best Live Camera Work; Best Art Direction in a Live Television Program; Best Musical Contribution to a Television Program; Best Choreography for Television; and Best Single Performance by an Actor; and the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting.)
- Another Evening With Fred Astaire 11-4-59
- Astaire Time 9-25-60
- The Fred Astaire Show 2-7-68
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| In the movies, he took more straight dramatic roles and danced little.
On the Beach (1959) with Ava Gardner.
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| In The Pleasure of His Company (1961), he did dance briefly with Debbie Reynolds. |
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| Semi-closed Position (but he may be leaving the room). |
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| The Notorious Landlady (1962) with Kim Novak. |
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| In Finian's Rainbow (1968) he frolicked with Petula Clark. |
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| Midas Run (1969) with Anne Heywood. |
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| The Towering Inferno (1974) with Jennifer Jones. |
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| In 1974 and 1976, Fred helped to host MGM's That's Entertainment! and That's Entertainment, Part II, and he danced with Gene Kelly. |
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| The Amazing Dobermans (1976) |
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| Un Taxi Mauve (1977) |
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| A Family Upside Down (1978) with Helen Hayes. |
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| The Man In the Santa Clause Suit (1979) |
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| Fred's last film was Ghost Story (1981) |
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| And finally a photo to show that Fred Astaire occasionally danced just for fun; here with his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1954. |
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| At the Santa Anita race track, 1948. |
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| With daughter, Ava Asaire McKenzie, 1976. |
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