FrameThrower · Actors · Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
4 films · 260 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1936–1959
Born 10 May 1899 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA · died 22 June 1987
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor and choreographer. He is widely regarded as the most influential dancer in the history of film. Born as Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 10, 1899, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz, a brewer, he entered show business at age 5. He was successful in vaudeville and on Broadway as well as in London's West End together with his sister Adele, a partnership that lasted 27 years. 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 Flying Down to Rio (1933).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 260 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1936–1959
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1974
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1960
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1950
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1976
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1978
- Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program1961
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series1959
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1959
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Grammy Hall of Fame2008
- Grammy Hall of Fame2006
- Grammy Hall of Fame2005
How their films are shot
Measured across 260 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Fred takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 41% of their frames are night, 52% high key — the look of the work Fred takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 260 frames from Fred Astaire's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.