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361 relations: A Couple of Song and Dance Men, A Couple of Swells, A Damsel in Distress (1937 film), A Family Upside Down, A Fine Romance (song), A Foggy Day, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards, Academy Honorary Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Accordion, Adele Astaire, AFI Life Achievement Award, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, Al Jolson, Alcoa Premiere, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., Alsace, American Broadcasting Company, American Film Institute, American Theater Hall of Fame, An Evening with Fred Astaire, Ann Miller, Anne Jeffreys, Arlene Croce, Arthur Freed, Arthur Schwartz, Artie Shaw, Audrey Hepburn, Austria-Hungary, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Ballroom dance, Barbara Eden, Barbara Walters, Barrie Chase, Battle of Austerlitz, Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), BBC Television, Begin the Beguine, Ben-Hur (1959 film), Benny Goodman, Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Biographical film, Blue Skies (1946 film), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Boston, Box Office Poison (magazine article), British Academy Film Awards, ... Expand index (311 more) »
- AFI Life Achievement Award recipients
- American crooners
- Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners
- Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
- Dancers from Nebraska
- Film choreographers
- Singers from Nebraska
A Couple of Song and Dance Men
A Couple of Song and Dance Men is a 1975 vinyl album made by Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby for United Artists.
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A Couple of Swells
"We're a Couple of Swells" is an American comedy duet song performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the film Easter Parade (1948).
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A Damsel in Distress (1937 film)
A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 American English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Joan Fontaine.
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A Family Upside Down
A Family Upside Down is a 1978 American drama television film directed by David Lowell Rich and written by Gerald Di Pego.
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A Fine Romance (song)
"A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936.
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A Foggy Day
"A Foggy Day" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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Academy Honorary Award
The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States.
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Accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).
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Adele Astaire
Adele Astaire Douglass (born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896 – January 25, 1981) was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire are American people of Austrian descent, American people of Austrian-Jewish descent, American vaudeville performers, Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery and dancers from Nebraska.
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AFI Life Achievement Award
The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the board of directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973, to honor a single individual for their lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history and is the second list of the AFI 100 Years... series.
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Al Jolson
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson,; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. Fred Astaire and al Jolson are American male musical theatre actors, California Republicans, Decca Records artists, members of The Lambs Club and Traditional pop music singers.
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Alcoa Premiere
Alcoa Premiere (also known as Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire) is an American anthology drama series sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation that aired from October 10, 1961, to September 12, 1963, on ABC.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a British-born member of the prominent Vanderbilt railroad family, and a noted figure of American thoroughbred horse racing. Fred Astaire and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. are American racehorse owners and breeders.
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Alsace
Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.
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American Theater Hall of Fame
The American Theater Hall of Fame was founded in 1972 in New York City.
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An Evening with Fred Astaire
An Evening with Fred Astaire is a one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958.
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Ann Miller
Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American actress and dancer. Fred Astaire and ann Miller are American tap dancers, California Republicans, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and RKO Pictures contract players.
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Anne Jeffreys
Anne Jeffreys (born Annie Jeffreys Carmichael; January 26, 1923 – September 27, 2017) was an American actress and singer. Fred Astaire and Anne Jeffreys are California Republicans and RKO Pictures contract players.
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Arlene Croce
Arlene Louise Croce (born May 5, 1934) is an American dance critic.
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Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. Fred Astaire and Arthur Freed are American vaudeville performers.
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Arthur Schwartz
Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz.
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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Fred Astaire and Artie Shaw are American people of Austrian-Jewish descent, Brunswick Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and RCA Victor artists.
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn are Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film. Fred Astaire and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role are best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners.
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Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects.
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Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970).
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.
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Barrie Chase
Barrie Chase (born October 20, 1933) is an American actress and dancer.
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Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson that aired on the ABC network from September 17, 1978, to April 29, 1979.
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BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC.
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Begin the Beguine
"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter.
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Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character.
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Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Fred Astaire and Benny Goodman are American vaudeville performers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Kennedy Center honorees and RCA Victor artists.
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Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton are RCA Victor artists.
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman. Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby are American crooners, American racehorse owners and breeders, American vaudeville performers, Brunswick Records artists, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Decca Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, MGM Records artists, RCA Victor artists and Traditional pop music singers.
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Biographical film
A biographical film or biopic is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people.
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Blue Skies (1946 film)
Blue Skies is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Joan Caulfield.
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Box Office Poison (magazine article)
Box Office Poison is the title given in popular culture to a trade magazine advertisement taken out on May 4, 1938, in The Hollywood Reporter by the Independent Theatre Owners Association.
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British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.
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Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film).
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.
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Brunswick Records
Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916.
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Burns and Allen
Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen.
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Burton Lane
Burton Lane (Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores.
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Busby Berkeley
Berkeley William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Fred Astaire and Busby Berkeley are American choreographers and film choreographers.
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Carefree (film)
Carefree is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Ralph Bellamy.
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Carnage (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis album)
Carnage is a 2021 studio album by Australian musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
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Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. Fred Astaire and Cary Grant are American vaudeville performers, Kennedy Center honorees and RKO Pictures contract players.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Change Partners
"Change Partners" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, in which it was introduced by Fred Astaire.
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Charleston (dance)
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Chatsworth, Los Angeles
Chatsworth is a suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley.
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Cheek to Cheek
"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for the star of his new musical, Fred Astaire.
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Claire Luce
Claire Luce (October 15, 1903 – August 31, 1989) was an American stage and screen actress, dancer and singer.
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Clarice Falcão
Clarice Franco de Abreu Falcão is a Brazilian actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and comedian.
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Clarinet
The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Fred Astaire and Clark Gable are California Republicans and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Classical Hollywood cinema
Classical Hollywood cinema is a term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking that first developed in the 1910s to 1920s during the later years of the silent film era.
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Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
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Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse are California Republicans and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Daddy Long Legs (1955) is a musical comedy film set in France, New York City, and the fictional college town of Walston, Massachusetts.
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Dance Magazine
Dance Magazine is an American trade publication for dance published by the Macfadden Communications Group.
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Dancing House
The Dancing House (Tančící dům), or Ginger and Fred, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and his Stooges (later the Three Stooges).
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David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (The Academy of Italian Cinema).
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David Niven
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. Fred Astaire and David Niven are best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners.
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David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick (born David Selznick: May 10, 1902June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. Fred Astaire and David O. Selznick are California Republicans.
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Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
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Dirt Devil
Dirt Devil is a brand name originally introduced (or debuted) in 1981 by the Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co, an American vacuum cleaner and floor care company.
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Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río, was a Mexican actress. Fred Astaire and Dolores del Río are metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Donald P. Bellisario
Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983), Airwolf (1984–1987), Quantum Leap (1989–1993), JAG (1995–2005), and NCIS (2003–present).
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II.
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Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr.
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East Prussia
East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.
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Easter Parade (film)
Easter Parade is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett from a story by Goodrich and Hackett, and starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, and Ann Miller.
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Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell are American tap dancers, American vaudeville performers and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Ellis Island
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.
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Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.
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Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere.
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Eric Maschwitz
Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE (10 June 1901 – 27 October 1969), sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, editor, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.
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Fanchon the Cricket
Fanchon the Cricket is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Fascinating Rhythm
"Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
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Film at Lincoln Center
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) until 2019,Aridi, Sara (April 28, 2019).
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Finian's Rainbow (1968 film)
Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 American musical fantasy film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and adapted by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy from the 1947 stage musical of the same name.
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Flying Down to Rio
Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing.
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Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 American RKO musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their fifth collaboration as dance partners.
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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born 7 April 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra are American crooners, best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, California Republicans, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Kennedy Center honorees, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players, RCA Victor artists and Traditional pop music singers.
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Fred Astaire Dance Studios
Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Inc. is a ballroom dance franchise chain of studios in the United States and Canada, named after and co-founded by famous dancer Fred Astaire.
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Fred Stone
Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Fred Astaire and Fred Stone are American vaudeville performers.
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Funny Face
Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin.
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Funny Face (1927 song)
"Funny Face" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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Funny Face (musical)
Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith.
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Gay Divorce
Gay Divorce is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Dwight Taylor, adapted by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein.
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Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly are AFI Life Achievement Award recipients, American choreographers, American male dancers, American male musical theatre actors, American tap dancers, American vaudeville performers, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, film choreographers, Kennedy Center honorees, MGM Records artists, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and Traditional pop music singers.
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General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television.
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George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York.
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Fred Astaire and George Gershwin are American vaudeville performers.
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Ghost Story (1981 film)
Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige.
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Ghost Story (Straub novel)
Ghost Story is a horror novel by American writer Peter Straub.
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Ginger and Fred
Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred) is a 1986 comedy-drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.
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Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are American ballroom dancers, American tap dancers, American vaudeville performers, Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, California Republicans, Kennedy Center honorees, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players, RKO Pictures contract players and Traditional pop music singers.
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Glossary of partner dance terms
This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances.
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Fred Astaire and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy are best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners.
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. Fred Astaire and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture are best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners.
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Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television.
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". Fred Astaire and Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award are Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners.
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Gottlieb Storz House
The Gottlieb Storz House is located in the Blackstone neighborhood of Midtown Omaha, Nebraska.
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
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Grammy Hall of Fame
The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a special Grammy Award that is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers. Fred Astaire and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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Grauman's Chinese Theatre
The TCL Chinese Theatre, commonly referred to as Grauman's Chinese Theatre (its official name for much of its history), is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined canon of significant 20th-century American jazz standards, popular songs, and show tunes.
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Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. Fred Astaire and Gregory Peck are AFI Life Achievement Award recipients, American racehorse owners and breeders, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Deaths from pneumonia in California, Kennedy Center honorees and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras. Fred Astaire and Greta Garbo are metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England.
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Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. Fred Astaire and Harold Arlen are American vaudeville performers and Brunswick Records artists.
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Harry Warren
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film.
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Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 82 years. Fred Astaire and Helen Hayes are American vaudeville performers, California Republicans, Kennedy Center honorees and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan (born Hermes Joseph Panagiotopoulos, December 10, 1909 – September 19, 1990) was an American dancer and choreographer, principally remembered as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire and Hermes Pan are American choreographers.
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Heywood Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist.
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Hit parade
A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay.
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Holiday Inn (film)
Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel.
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Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California.
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Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes
The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.
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Howard Dietz
Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz.
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Hozier
Andrew John Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known professionally as Hozier, is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter.
I'm Old Fashioned
"I'm Old Fashioned" is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer.
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I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Imagine (1972 film)
Imagine is a 1972 feature-length music film by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, filmed at their Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, England, and in various locations in London and New York between May and September 1971.
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International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List
The International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time.
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Interpol (band)
Interpol is an American rock band from Manhattan, New York.
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Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century.
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and songwriter. Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin are American vaudeville performers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and members of The Lambs Club.
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Isn't This a Lovely Day?
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire in the scene where his and Ginger Rogers' characters are caught in a gazebo during a rainstorm.
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It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)
It Takes a Thief is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for three seasons between 1968 and 1970.
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Jack Buchanan
Walter John Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director.
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James (band)
James are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 1982. Fred Astaire and James (band) are Decca Records artists.
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James Franciscus
James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in six television series: Mr. Novak, Naked City, The Investigators, Longstreet, Doc Elliot, and Hunter.
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Jane Powell
Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s and 50s. Fred Astaire and Jane Powell are metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Fred Astaire and Jennifer Jones are California Republicans.
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Jerome H. Remick
Jerome Hosmer Remick (15 November 1867 – 15 July 1931) was an American music publisher, businessman and philanthropist in Detroit, Michigan.
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Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
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Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Fred Astaire and Jerome Robbins are Kennedy Center honorees.
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Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? was an American actress. Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford are Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Joan Fontaine
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fred Astaire and Joan Fontaine are 20th-century American Episcopalians and RKO Pictures contract players.
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Joan Leslie
Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress and vaudevillian, who during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in such films as High Sierra (1941), Sergeant York (1941), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie are American vaudeville performers, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and RKO Pictures contract players.
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John Guillermin
John Guillermin (11 November 192527 September 2015) was a French-British film director, writer and producer who was most active in big-budget, action-adventure films throughout his lengthy career.
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John Mueller
John E. Mueller (born June 21, 1937) is an American political scientist in the field of international relations as well as a scholar of the history of dance.
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Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. Fred Astaire and Johnny Mercer are Traditional pop music singers.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Fred Astaire and Judy Garland are 20th-century American Episcopalians, American tap dancers, American vaudeville performers, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Decca Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and Traditional pop music singers.
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Jukebox the Ghost
Jukebox the Ghost is an American three-piece power pop band formed in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
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Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. Fred Astaire and Katharine Hepburn are Kennedy Center honorees, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and RKO Pictures contract players.
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Kay Thompson
Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink; November 9, 1909"In the St. Louis Registry of Births, in the volume covering the period July 1909 – January 1910, on page 85, is the following entry: "Catherine Louise Fink, November 9, 1909.", kaythompsonwebsite.com; accessed July 26, 2015.
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Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
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Keyport, New Jersey
Keyport is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Kinescope
Kinescope, shortened to kine, also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor.
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Lady, Be Good (musical)
Lady, Be Good! (title sometimes presented with an exclamation point) is a musical written by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson with music by George and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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Lee Hall (playwright)
Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English writer and lyricist.
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Leo Sayer
Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s.
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Leslie Caron
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (born 1 July 1931) is a French and American actress and dancer. Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron are MGM Records artists and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates.
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Let's Dance (1950 film)
Let's Dance is a 1950 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Norman Z. McLeod starring Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire and Roland Young.
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Let's Face the Music and Dance
"Let's Face the Music and Dance" is a song published in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Lew Grade
Lew Grade, Baron Grade, (born Lev Winogradsky; 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a Russian-born British media proprietor and impresario.
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Liberty (general interest magazine)
Liberty was an American weekly general-interest magazine, originally priced at five cents and subtitled, "A Weekly for Everybody." It was launched in 1924 by McCormick-Patterson, the publisher until 1931, when it was taken over by Bernarr Macfadden until 1941.
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Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Linda, Be Good
Linda, Be Good is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Elyse Knox, John Hubbard and Marie Wilson.
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Linz
Linz (Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria.
Lismore, County Waterford
Lismore is a historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Ireland.
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List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars
This list of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars includes all actors who have been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of motion pictures.
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List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 characters
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson that aired on the ABC network from September 17, 1978, to April 29, 1979.
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List of lifetime achievement awards
Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions.
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Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish
Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (5 August 1905 – 23 March 1944) was the second son of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice.
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Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lucille Bremer
Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 – April 16, 1996) was an American film actress and dancer. Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer are metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Lucky Boys Confusion
Lucky Boys Confusion is an American rock band from the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Mary Pickford
Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter, and film studio founder. Fred Astaire and Mary Pickford are California Republicans.
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Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Fred Astaire and Melvyn Douglas are best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players and outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners.
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MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films.
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Michael Kidd
Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Fred Astaire and Michael Kidd are American choreographers and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson (28 March 1935 – 16 August 2023) was an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author.
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Michael Penn
Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. Fred Astaire and Michael Penn are RCA Records artists.
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Midas Run
Midas Run (UK title A Run on Gold) is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood and, in one of his final big-screen roles, Fred Astaire.
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Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)
Mistaken Identity is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on August 23, 1991, by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records.
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Motion Picture Daily
Motion Picture Daily was an American daily magazine focusing on the film industry.
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Musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.
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Nanette Fabray
Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer and dancer. Fred Astaire and Nanette Fabray are American vaudeville performers and California Republicans.
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National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, in the Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, New York, was established in 1986.
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New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.
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New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in 1874 (and incorporated in 1875).
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Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor.
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Night and Day (song)
"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce.
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Noah Pink
Noah Pink is a Canadian screenwriter, television producer, and director.
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Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.
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Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California.
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Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.
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On the Beach (1959 film)
On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins.
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One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire.
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Oriel College, Oxford
Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.
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Orpheum Circuit
The Orpheum Circuit was a chain of vaudeville and movie theaters.
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Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian, and actor.
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Fred Astaire and Oscar Peterson are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and RCA Victor artists.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pandro S. Berman
Pandro Samuel Berman (March 28, 1905July 13, 1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer.
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Parkinson (TV series)
Parkinson was a British television chat show presented by Michael Parkinson.
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Paul King (director)
Paul Thomas King (born July 1978) is a British writer and director.
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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. Fred Astaire and Paul McCartney are Decca Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and Kennedy Center honorees.
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Paul McCartney and Wings
Paul McCartney and Wings, often billed simply as Wings, were an English-American rock band formed in 1971 in London by former Beatles songwriter, bassist, guitarist; and singer Paul McCartney; his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards; session drummer Denny Seiwell; and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.
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Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy; June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American actress and socialite. Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard are American vaudeville performers and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991.
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Peter Lawford
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford (Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor. Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford are metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Peter Straub
Peter Francis Straub (March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet.
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Petula Clark
Petula Clark CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. Fred Astaire and Petula Clark are Decca Records artists and MGM Records artists.
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Piano
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.
Pick Yourself Up
"Pick Yourself Up" is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Fred Astaire and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie are outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) is a category at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry.
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Puttin' On the Ritz
"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin.
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Randolph Scott
George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 to 1962. Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott are California Republicans.
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RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
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RealPlayer
RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks.
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Red Skelton
Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. Fred Astaire and Red Skelton are American vaudeville performers, California Republicans, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Deaths from pneumonia in California and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Richard Schickel
Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic.
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Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth are American racehorse owners and breeders and American tap dancers.
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RKO Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Robert Benchley
Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and movie actor. Fred Astaire and Robert Benchley are American vaudeville performers and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Robert Wagner
Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television.
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Roberta (1935 film)
Roberta is a 1935 American musical film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by William A. Seiter.
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Robyn Smith
Robyn Smith Astaire (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
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Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
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Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer.
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San Cisco
San Cisco is an Australian indie pop band that formed in 2009 under the original name of King George, in Fremantle, Western Australia.
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San Juan Capistrano Stakes
The San Juan Capistrano Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of run on the turf track held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in June.
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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Second Chorus
Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt.
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Shall We Dance (1937 film)
Shall We Dance is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich.
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Silk Stockings (1957 film)
Silk Stockings is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
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Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation.
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So Near and yet So Far
"So Near and Yet So Far" is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1941 film You'll Never Get Rich, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire, and accompanied a dance with Astaire and Rita Hayworth, choreographed by Robert Alton.
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Something's Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer song)
"Something's Gotta Give" is a popular song with words and music by Johnny Mercer in 1954.
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Song plugger
A song plugger or song demonstrator was a vocalist or piano player employed in the early 20th century by department stores, music stores and song publishers to promote and help sell new sheet music, which was how hits were advertised before good-quality recordings were widely available.
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Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms.
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Speech disorder
Speech disorders, impairments, or impediments, are a type of communication disorder in which normal speech is disrupted.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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Stairway to Paradise
"Stairway to Paradise", also known as "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", is a song composed in 1922 by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (under the name Arthur Francis) and Buddy DeSylva (under the name of B. G. De Sylva) for the Broadway revue George White's Scandals.
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Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen (April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. Fred Astaire and Stanley Donen are American choreographers, American male dancers, American male musical theatre actors, American tap dancers and film choreographers.
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Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor of Ulster Scottish descent. Fred Astaire and Stephen Boyd are best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners and Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Storz Brewing Company
The Storz Brewing Company was located at 1807 North 16th Street in North Omaha, Nebraska.
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Swing Time (film)
Swing Time is a 1936 American musical comedy film, the sixth of ten starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, New York.
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Tap dance
Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music.
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Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.
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Television Hall of Fame
The Television Academy Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. television.
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That's Dancing!
That's Dancing! is a 1985 American compilation film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that looked back at the history of dancing in film.
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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! is a 1974 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 50th anniversary.
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That's Entertainment! (song)
"That's Entertainment!" is a popular song with music written by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz.
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That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III is a 1994 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 70th anniversary.
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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II is a 1976 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a sequel to That's Entertainment! (1974).
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The Amazing Dobermans
The Amazing Dobermans (re-titled Lucky for its 1978 re-release) is a 1976 American crime comedy film starring Fred Astaire, James Franciscus and Barbara Eden.
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The Astaire Story
The Astaire Story is a 1952 album by Fred Astaire.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.
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The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
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The Band Wagon (musical)
The Band Wagon is a musical revue with book by George S. Kaufman and Howard Dietz, lyrics also by Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz.
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The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Fred Astaire and The Beatles are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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The Belle of New York (1952 film)
The Belle of New York is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood musical comedy film set in New York City circa 1900 and stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Marjorie Main, Gale Robbins, and Keenan Wynn, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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The Bunch and Judy
The Bunch and Judy is a musical comedy in two acts with book by Anne Caldwell and R. H. Burnside, lyrics by Anne Caldwell, and music by Jerome Kern.
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The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show is the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including.
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town is a 1977 American-Japanese musical Easter television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, using their "Animagic" stop motion animation.
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The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Hollywood Palace
The Hollywood Palace is an hourlong American television variety show broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Tuesday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970.
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit is a 1979 American made-for-television Christmas fantasy drama film starring Fred Astaire (in his final television film role), Gary Burghoff, John Byner, Bert Convy, and Majel Barrett about three different men (a fugitive tramp, a lonely schoolteacher and a divorced father) who all purchase Santa Claus suits for various reasons.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Notorious Landlady
The Notorious Landlady is a 1962 American comedy mystery film starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire.
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again starring Walter Brennan and Fred Astaire is a 1970 ABC Movie of the Week sequel to the Western comedy The Over-the-Hill Gang.
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The Passing Show of 1918
The Passing Show of 1918 is a Broadway musical revue featuring music of Sigmund Romberg and Jean Schwartz (and other songwriters), with book and lyrics by Harold Atteridge.
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The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds and Tab Hunter directed by George Seaton and released by Paramount Pictures.
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The Purple Taxi
The Purple Taxi (Un taxi mauve) is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Déon.
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The Sky's the Limit (1943 film)
The Sky's The Limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter.
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The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.
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The Triplets of Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet.
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The Way You Look Tonight
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.
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They Can't Take That Away from Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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They Can't Take These Away from Me
They Can't Take These Away from Me is a 1976 studio album by Fred Astaire recorded in London.
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This Heart of Mine
"This Heart of Mine" is a 1944 song written by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Arthur Freed, and featured in the musical score of the film, Ziegfeld Follies.
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Three Little Words (film)
Three Little Words is a 1950 American musical film biography of the Tin Pan Alley songwriting partnership of Kalmar and Ruby.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor.
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Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 American musical screwball comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American tap dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton).
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire.
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Triplicate (horse)
Triplicate (foaled 1941) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
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United States Bullion Depository
The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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Upper Austria
Upper Austria (Oberösterreich; Obaöstareich, Horní Rakousy) is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria.
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Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.
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Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen (born Vera-Ellen Rohe; February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981) was an American dancer and actress. Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen are American tap dancers, California Republicans and metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players.
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Vernon and Irene Castle
Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. Fred Astaire and Vernon and Irene Castle are American ballroom dancers.
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Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada.
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Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. Fred Astaire and Vincente Minnelli are Deaths from pneumonia in California.
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Vogue (Madonna song)
"Vogue" is a song by American singer Madonna from her soundtrack album I'm Breathless (1990).
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Warren Ellis (musician)
Warren Ellis (born 14 February 1965) is an Australian musician and composer.
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West End theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
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Yolanda and the Thief
Yolanda and the Thief is a 1945 American Technicolor MGM musical-comedy film set in a fictional Latin American country.
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You Gave Me the Answer
"You Gave Me the Answer" is a song by Wings.
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You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier is a 1942 American musical romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth.
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You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich is a 1941 American musical comedy film with a wartime theme directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
Ziegfeld Follies (film)
Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over.
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11th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 11th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 6, 1959, to honor the best in television of the year.
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12th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 12th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on June 20, 1960, to honor the best in television of the year.
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13th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 13th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 13th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 16, 1961, to honor the best in television of the year.
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17th Golden Globe Awards
The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.
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18th Golden Globe Awards
The 18th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on March 16, 1961.
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19th Golden Globe Awards
The 19th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1961, were held on March 5, 1962.
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20/20 (American TV program)
20/20 (stylized as 2020) is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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20th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 20th Emmy Awards, later known as the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1968.
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22nd Academy Awards
The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949.
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26th Golden Globe Awards
The 26th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1968, were held on February 24, 1969.
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29th British Academy Film Awards
The 29th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 17 March 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1975.
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30th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 30th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 17, 1978.
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32nd Golden Globe Awards
The 32nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1974, were held on January 25, 1975.
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42nd Academy Awards
The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
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47th Academy Awards
The 47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1974.
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8th Golden Globe Awards
The 8th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1950 films, were held on February 28, 1951, in the Ciro's nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip.
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See also
AFI Life Achievement Award recipients
- Al Pacino
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Barbra Streisand
- Bette Davis
- Billy Wilder
- Clint Eastwood
- David Lean
- Denzel Washington
- Diane Keaton
- Dustin Hoffman
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Frank Capra
- Fred Astaire
- Gene Kelly
- George Clooney
- George Lucas
- Gregory Peck
- Harrison Ford
- Henry Fonda
- Jack Lemmon
- Jack Nicholson
- James Cagney
- James Stewart
- Jane Fonda
- John Ford
- John Huston
- John Williams
- Kirk Douglas
- Lillian Gish
- Martin Scorsese
- Mel Brooks
- Meryl Streep
- Michael Douglas
- Mike Nichols
- Morgan Freeman
- Orson Welles
- Robert De Niro
- Robert Wise
- Sean Connery
- Shirley MacLaine
- Sidney Poitier
- Steve Martin
- Steven Spielberg
- Tom Hanks
- Warren Beatty
- William Wyler
American crooners
- Al Martino
- Andy Russell (singer)
- Andy Williams
- Art Gillham
- Barry Manilow
- Bing Crosby
- Bobby Darin
- Bobby Vinton
- Buddy Clark
- Cliff Edwards
- Dean Martin
- Duke Mitchell
- Earl Holliman
- Ed Ames
- Eddie Fisher
- Frank Sinatra
- Frankie Laine
- Fred Astaire
- Freddie Stewart (actor)
- Gene Austin
- Gene Autry
- Glenn Danzig
- Greg London
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Houston (singer)
- Jack Jones (American singer)
- Jack Whiting (actor)
- Jerry Vale
- Jimmy Roselli
- Johnny Mathis
- Julius La Rosa
- Justin Hayford
- Kyle Vincent
- Luther Vandross
- Mel Tormé
- Nat King Cole
- Pat Boone
- Paul Anka
- Perry Como
- Regis Philbin
- Robert Goulet
- Rudy Vallée
- Russ Columbo
- Scott Walker (singer)
- Seth MacFarlane
- Tony Bennett
- Vaughn Monroe
- Vic Damone
Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners
- Alan Arkin
- Alan Rickman
- Arthur Lowe
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Barkhad Abdi
- Barry Keoghan
- Ben Johnson (actor)
- Benicio del Toro
- Bill Nighy
- Brad Dourif
- Brad Pitt
- Christoph Waltz
- Christopher Plummer
- Christopher Walken
- Clive Owen
- Colin Welland
- Daniel Auteuil
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Denholm Elliott
- Dev Patel
- Edward Fox (actor)
- Fred Astaire
- Gene Hackman
- Geoffrey Rush
- Heath Ledger
- Ian Holm
- J. K. Simmons
- Jack Nicholson
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Javier Bardem
- Jim Broadbent
- John Gielgud
- John Hurt
- Jude Law
- Laurence Olivier
- Mahershala Ali
- Mark Rylance
- Michael Palin
- Paul Scofield
- Ralph Fiennes
- Ray McAnally
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Robert Duvall
- Salvatore Cascio
- Sam Rockwell
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Tim Roth
- Tom Wilkinson
- Troy Kotsur
Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
- Adele Astaire
- Adele Jergens
- Al Jennings
- Dehl Berti
- Derya Arbaş
- Floyd Roberts
- Fred Astaire
- Ginger Rogers
- Gloria Grahame
- Grace Cunard
- Henry Victor
- Ida Moore
- Jack Ingram (actor)
- Kelly Freas
- Ken Spears
- Ken Terrell
- Lloyd G. Davies
- Mark Schaeffer
- Milton Kibbee
- Raymond Greenleaf
- Reggie Lanning
- Robert Sampson (actor)
- Russell Hayden
- Scott Bradley (composer)
- Stephen Boyd
- Ted Snyder
- Virgil Miller
- Walter Tetley
Dancers from Nebraska
- Adele Astaire
- Flora Wiegmann
- Fred Astaire
- JoJo Siwa
- Sono Osato
Film choreographers
- Alan Johnson (choreographer)
- Allen Kaeja
- Anne Fletcher
- Barry Lather
- Bob Anderson (fencer)
- Bob Fosse
- Busby Berkeley
- Darshan Singh Bhuller
- Deney Terrio
- Don Crichton
- Dona Massin
- Eleanor Fazan
- Elizabeth Aldrich
- Fred Astaire
- Gene Kelly
- Harold Hecht
- Jeffrey Hornaday
- José Navas
- Nick Gillard
- Onna White
- Pappu Samrat
- Patsy Swayze
- Paul Harris (choreographer)
- Robert Alton
- Stanley Donen
- Tré Armstrong
Singers from Nebraska
- Annunciata Garrotto
- Beth Malone
- Bill Lee (singer)
- Deane Janis
- Emily Kinney
- Ethel Dovey
- Fred Astaire
- Jeri Southern
- JoJo Siwa
- Joe Feeney
- Lauren Ward
- Max Carl
- Qveen Herby
- Rita Bell
- Robin Ward (singer)
- Ruth Etting
- Samantha Marie Ware
- Thurl Ravenscroft
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