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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Chapters: Jim Thorpe, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Eve Torres, Lacey Schwimmer, Tony Dovolani, Mark Ballas, Louis van Amstel, Brian Fortuna, Karina Smirnoff, Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin, Vernon and Irene Castle, Kristina Rihanoff, Ashly DelGrosso, Anna Trebunskaya, Mary Murphy, Alec Mazo, James R. Lyons, Jonathan Roberts, Ken and Miye Ota, Grace Bradley, Corky Ballas, Heidi Groskreutz, Jared Murillo, Mike Sexton, Alec Lazo, Melanie LaPatin, Julia Powers, Ariella Rush, Nick Kosovich, Tony Meredith, Barbara Moore, Fabienne Liechti, Marjorie Parker Smith, Edward Simon, Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine, Hunter Johnson, Inna Brayer, Veloz and Yolanda. Excerpt: Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films. Gene Kelly, another major innovator in filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire". Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence. Fred and Adele Astaire, c.1906Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Johanna "Ann" (née Geilus) and Frederic "Fritz" Austerlitz (born September 8, 1868, as Friedrich Emanuel Austerlitz). Astaire's mother was born in the United States to Lutheran German immigrants from East Prussia and Alsace, while Astaire's father was born in Linz, Austria, to Jewish parents who had converted to Catholicism. After arriving in New York City at age 24 on October 26, 1892, and being processed at Ellis Island, Astaire's father, hoping to find work in his brewing trade, moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and landed a job with the Storz Brewing Company. Astaire's mother dreamed of escaping Omaha by virtue of her children's talents, after Astaire's sister, Adele Astaire, early on revealed herself to be an instinctive dancer and singer. She planned a "brother-and-sister act," which was common in vaudeville at the time. Although Astaire refused dance lessons at first, he easily mimicked his older sister's step and took up piano, accordion, and clarinet. When their father suddenly lost his job, the family moved to New York City to launch the show business career of the children. Despite Adele and Fred's teasing rivalry, they quickly
