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Between 1958 and 1968, Fred made five TV variety shows
with Barrie Chase.
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| These might be from a practice session. |
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| A wide Butterfly Position |
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The four TV specials with Barrie Chase and some other TV
appearances:
- An Evening With Fred Astaire 10-17-58 (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, 2nd special with
Barrie, 11-4-59
- Astaire Time, 3rd special with Barrie, 9-28-60
- Bob Hope presents the Chrysler Theatre 'Think
Pretty,' with Barrie, 10-2-64
- The Hollywood Palace, Fred dancing to jazz organist
Jimmy Smith, 10-2-65
- The Hollywood Palace, Fred & Barrie as a
dressmaker's mannequin come to life, 1-22-66
- The Hollywood Palace, Fred singing with Ethel Merman,
3-12-66
- The Hollywood Palace, Fred dancing with Barrie,
4-30-66
- The Fred Astaire Show, 4th special with Barrie, 2-7-68
- The Academy Awards Telecast, Fred dancing with Bob
Hope, 4-7-70
- The Dick Cavett Show, interview and solo dancing,
11-11-70
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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 simply 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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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 Astaire McKenzie, 1976. |
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