One of the greatest dancers of all time.
[1] An Episcopalian, though a branch of the Austerlitz family is from the Jewish quarter in Eisenstadt, Austria.
Sister: Adele Astaire (dancer, b. 1896, d. 1981)
Wife: Phyllis Livingston Potter (m. 12-Jul-1933, d. 13-Sep-1954, one son, one daughter)
Son: Fred, Jr. (b. 1936)
Daughter: Ava (b. 1942)
Wife: Robyn Smith (m. 27-Jun-1980, until his death)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under contract
Oscar (honorary) 1950
Golden Globe 1951 for Three Little Words
Golden Globe 1975 for The Towering Inferno
Emmy 1978 for A Family Upside Down
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1981
Kennedy Center Honor 1978
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6756 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Kentucky Colonel
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
Austrian Ancestry
TELEVISION
It Takes a Thief Alistair Mundy (1968-70)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Ghost Story (15-Dec-1981)
The Amazing Dobermans (24-Nov-1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (16-May-1976) Himself
The Towering Inferno (10-Dec-1974)
That's Entertainment! (23-May-1974) Himself
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (14-Dec-1970) Narrator [VOICE]
Finian's Rainbow (9-Oct-1968)
The Notorious Landlady (13-Apr-1962)
The Pleasure of His Company (1-Jun-1961)
On the Beach (17-Dec-1959)
Silk Stockings (18-Jul-1957)
Funny Face (13-Feb-1957)
Daddy Long Legs (5-May-1955)
The Band Wagon (7-Aug-1953)
The Belle of New York (22-Feb-1952)
Royal Wedding (8-Mar-1951)
Let's Dance (29-Nov-1950)
Three Little Words (12-Jul-1950)
The Barkleys of Broadway (4-May-1949)
Easter Parade (30-Jun-1948)
Blue Skies (16-Oct-1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (8-Apr-1946)
Yolanda and the Thief (20-Nov-1945)
The Sky's the Limit (13-Jul-1943)
You Were Never Lovelier (5-Oct-1942)
Holiday Inn (4-Aug-1942)
You'll Never Get Rich (25-Sep-1941)
Second Chorus (3-Dec-1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (9-Feb-1940)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (29-Mar-1939)
Carefree (2-Sep-1938)
A Damsel in Distress (19-Nov-1937)
Shall We Dance (7-May-1937)
Swing Time (28-Aug-1936)
Follow the Fleet (20-Feb-1936)
Top Hat (30-Aug-1935)
Roberta (8-Mar-1935)
The Gay Divorcee (12-Oct-1934)
Flying Down to Rio (22-Dec-1933)
Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933) Himself
Author of books:
Steps in Time (1959, memoir)
AKA Frederick Austerlitz, Jr.