This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Fred Astaire.
Fred Astaire was an American actor, dancer, and singer. Over his career he received several awards, including a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. He also received several honorary awards including the academy Honorary Award in 1950, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1960, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1970, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1981.
For his role as a flirty conman in The Towering Inferno (1974), he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for playing Bert Kalmar in the musical Three Little Words (1950).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. 1950Academy Honorary Award 1974 Best Supporting Actor The Towering Inferno
BAFTA Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. 1975 Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Towering Inferno
Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. Primetime Emmy Awards 1959 Best Single Performance by an Actor An Evening with Fred Astaire 1960 Outstanding Performance in a Variety Program Another Evening with Fred Astaire 1961 Astaire Time 1968 Outstanding Musical or Variety Program The Fred Astaire Show 1978 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special A Family Upside Down
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. 1950 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Three Little Words 1959 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture On the Beach 1960 Cecil B. DeMille Award 1961 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical The Pleasure of His Company 1968 Finian's Rainbow 1974 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The Towering Inferno
Honorary awards Organizations Year Notes Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960 Inducted into the with a motion pictures star at 6756 Hollywood Boulevard George Eastman House 1965 The George Eastman Award for "outstanding contributions to motion pictures" American Theater Hall of Fame 1972 Inducted Film Society at Lincoln Center 1973 Lincoln Center Gala Kennedy Center Honors 1978 First recipient of the award American National Theatre Association 1978 National Artist Award for "contributing immeasurably to the American Theatre" American Film Institute 1981 Lifetime Achievement Award National Museum of Dance 1987 Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame Recording Academy 1989 Posthumous award of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Television Hall of Fame 1989 Posthumous induction
Tributes 1938: Invited to place his hand and footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, HollywoodBillman, pp. 287–90 1959: Dance Magazine award 1961: Voted Champion of Champions – Best Television performer in annual television critics and columnists poll conducted by Television Today and Motion Picture Daily 1968: Inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List 1972: Named Musical Comedy Star of the Century by Liberty: The Nostalgia MagazineSimmons, Matty (Summer 1972). "About: Liberty's Musical Comedy Star of the Century!". Liberty: The Nostalgia Magazine. p. 10. via Google Books. Retrieved April 9, 2010. 1975: Won the David di Donatello Award for The Towering Inferno. 1975: "You Gave Me the Answer", a song by Wings written by Paul McCartney in Astaire's style and dedicated to him in concert. 1982: The Anglo-American Contemporary Dance Foundation announced creation of the Astaire Awards "to honor Fred Astaire and his sister Adele and to reward the achievement of an outstanding dancer or dancers" 1987: The Capezio Dance Shoe Award (co-awarded with Rudolf Nureyev) 1988: Posthumous dedication in Michael Jackson's autobiography MoonwalkMcDowell, Edwin. "Michael Jackson writes his story", The New York Times, April 18, 1988. 1990: "Vogue", a single by Madonna, mentions Astaire in its lyrics 1991: Posthumous induction into the Ballroom Dancer's Hall of Fame 1991: "Fred Astaire", a song by Donna Summer on her Mistaken Identity album 1992: The Dancing House in Prague is originally named "Fred and Ginger" 1999: Posthumous award of Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the 1952 album The Astaire Story 1999: "Just Like Fred Astaire", a single by the English rock band James 2000: Ava Astaire McKenzie unveiled a plaque in honor of her father, erected by the citizens of Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland 2000: "Fred Astaire", a song by Lucky Boys Confusion 2003: Referenced in the animated feature The Triplets of Belleville, in which Astaire is eaten by his shoes after a fast-paced dance act 2004: "Take You On A Cruise", a single by Interpol, references Astaire in its lyrics 2004: The "Adele and Fred Astaire Ballroom" added on the top floor of Gottlieb Storz Mansion in Astaire's hometown of OmahaWishart, D.J. (2004) Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. The University of Nebraska Pres., p. 259 2004: "I Am Fred Astaire", a song by Taking Back Sunday 2006: "Fred Astaire" single released by the California rock band Lamps 2008: Life and work honored at Oriel College, Oxford 2008: Posthumous induction into the Online Film & Television Association (Film Hall of Fame) 2011, 2013: "Fred Astaire", a song, in a Portuguese and a later English version by Clarice Falcão 2012: "Fred Astaire", a single and video by San Cisco 2018: "Fred Astaire", a single by Jukebox The Ghost 2018: Posthumous induction into the Online Film & Television Association (Television Hall of Fame) 2019: "Movement", a single by Hozier, references Astaire in its lyrics 2021: "Balcony Man", the final track on the album Carnage by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, references Astaire in its lyrics. TBA: An untitled biopic is in development at Sony Pictures, starring Tom Holland. Lee Hall is rewriting a script originally written by Noah Pink and Paul King will be the director. The project centers on the relationship between Fred and his sister Adele.
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