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Birth Name |
Adele
Astaire |
Adele
Marie Austerlitz |
Adele's father left Austria for the USA in 1895.
He married a young woman ten years younger than he named Ann Gelius
whose parents were from Alsace. Frederic and Ann Austerlitz's
first child was Adele, who was born in 1897 and later her brother
Fred on May 10, 1899.
Later in 1904, Adele (age 7,) her Brother
(age 5) and mother moved to New York with their father
to follow them later to start a show business career. It was here
in New York that they would start their vaudeville journey. Adele
was about a year older than her little brother 'Fred
Astaire'.
The Astaire's were home schooled and their mother
was manager, promoter and chaperone except for about a year or
so when they had to take a year off because Adele had matured
and Fred was to small for Adele to perform with. During this time
they actually went to school in Highwood, NJ.
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Adele and Fred started
dancing at an early age in Vaudeville around 1905 (She was
eight) and would later tour as part of a successful dance
team with her brother on the Orpheum Circuit. The family decided
it would be wise to change their name to Astaire, rather than
Austerlitz and took their Uncle's name of L' Astaire and would
be billed as 'Fred and Adele Astaire' making their vaudeville
debut in Keyport, N.J. in 1905 with Adele being the star of the
team for many years.
By 1916 they made their professional Broadway
debut in the musical comedy 'Over The Top' and would become stars
of the Vaudeville and Broadway Stages. Life magazine (8/25/1941)
reported that Adele became difficult to work with as she became
more interested in her male suitors. Adele learned many of her
routines from her routines from Fred but when Ziegfeld partnered
her brother up with Marilyn Miller in the Broadway show 'Smiles',
she went to Buddy
Bradley for her solo routine in the show. Adele would continue
learning different dances from Bradley until Bradley left for
England and was replaced by Herbie Harper, she would learn the
steps from Harper and later show them to Fred.
Adele sang and danced with her brother Fred up till
the time Fred started to gain more attention than herself, she
then announced her retirement in 1932 and married one of her many
suitors 'Lord
Charles Francis Cavendish' which lasted till his death in
1942, later marrying Kingman Douglass. Fred and Adele's career
lasted 28 years. Fred continued on his own and went on to become
a super star in Movies. Adele Astaire died of a stroke in Tucson,
Arizona in 1981 and interned at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth,
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Music Titles / Songs |
1916 - My Croony Melody |
1922 - Every Day in Every Way |
1930 -
Be Good to Me |
1917 - Justine Johnson
Rag |
1922 - How Do You Do, Katinka? |
1930 - If I Were You,
Love |
1917 - Where is the
Language to Tell |
1922 - Oom-Pah (Trot-One
Step) |
1931 - Hoops |
1918 - Bring on the
Girls |
1922 - Pale Venetian
Moon |
1931 - I Love Louisa |
1918 - Quick Service
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1922 - Peach Girl |
1931 - Sweet Music |
1918 - Twit, Twit,
Twit |
1922 - Stairway to
Paradise |
1931 - White Heat |
1921 - Dreaming |
1922 - The Whichness
of the Whatness |
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A Portrait of Fred Astaire |
1921 - I'll Say I
Love You |
1922 - Time Square |
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Gerswhin: Fascinating Rhythm |
1921 - Upside Down |
1924 - Hang onto Me |
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Gerswhin Plays Greatest Hits |
1922 - All to Myself |
1924 - Oh, Lady be
Good! |
Hang on to Me |
1924 - Fascinating
Rhythm |
1927 - Funny Face |
I Love to Quarrel
With You |
1924 - I'd Rather
Charleston |
1927 - Let's Kiss
and Make Up |
So am I |
1927 - S' Wonderful |
1930 - Babbitt and the Bromide,
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Swiss Miss |
1922 - Oh Gee, Oh
Gosh! |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
Trocadero
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44th St. Roof Garden (1917) |
1914-1917
- New Songs & Smart Dances (act) |
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Alvin Theater (1927) |
1917 -
Over The Top (w/Fred) |
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Empire Theater (1926) |
1918 -
Passing Show of 1918 (w/Fred) |
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Globe Theater (1919) |
1919 -
Apple Blossoms (w/Fred) |
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Liberty Theater (1924) |
1921 -
Love Letters (w/Fred) |
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Lyric Theater (1921) |
1922 -
Punch and Judy (w/Fred) |
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New Amsterdam Theatre (1931) |
1922 -
For Goodness Sake (w/Fred) |
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Queen's Theater (1924) |
1923 -
Stop Flirting (w/Fred) |
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Shaftesbury Theater (1923) |
1924 -
Lady Be Good (w/Fred) |
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Strand Theater (1924) |
1927 -
Funny Face (w/Fred) |
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Winter Garden Theater (1918) |
1930 -
Smiles (w/Fred) |
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Ziegfeld Theater (1930) |
1931 -
Band Wagon (w/Fred) |
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