Actor and dancer Fred Astaire arriving at the "Bistro" restaurant in Los Angeles on Nov. 12, 1965 for a party in the honor of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowden. (AP Photo)

Dancer and actor Fred Astaire is seen in 1965. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire, center, and his daughter, Ava, arrive for the Emmy Awards in Hollywood Ca., May 16, 1961. At right is actor Peter Falk. (AP Photo)

Actor Fred Astaire and actress Loretta Young pose at the TV Guide television awards show in Hollywood, Ca., March 25, 1960. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire and Dinah Shore embrace as they hold their Emmy statuettes at the annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Ca., May 6, 1959. Astaire won for his show

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire, center, musical director David Rose, left, and Bud Yorkin, director, pose with a collection of Emmy statuettes at the annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Ca., May 6, 1959. They won nine awards for the show

Fred Astaire arrives with his daughter, Ava, and his mother, Ann Astaire, at the annual Primetime Emmy Awards presentations at the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, Ca., May 6, 1959. Astaire is nominated for best single performance by an actor for his show

Dancing master Fred Astaire, who had just won more golden statuettes than he could carry, holds some of his unprecedented nine Emmys in Hollywood, Los Angeles on May 6, 1959, after the annual Television Academy awards ceremony. He won the shower of Emmys for "An Evening With Fred Astaire," acclaimed as one of TV's all-time great shows. (AP Photo)

Dancing star Fred Astaire, who dominated the 11th annual Television Academy awards ceremony by winning an unprecedented nine Emmys, gets a pat on the shoulder from actor Robert Young as Astaire accepted the final statuette. Young, an old friend, dashed from his seat in the Moulin Rouge audience in Hollywood, Los Angeles on May 6, 1959 to present the golden Emmy when Astaire found himself announced on stage for the final Emmy, but with no presenter. He won the multitude of honors for his show "AN Evening With Fred Astaire". (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire, film actor, stands beside a 222-pound Marlin on May 25, 1953 which he landed during a fishing trip to Guaymas, Mexico, with Mrs. Astaire and their son, Fred Jr., on May 17. It took the actor one and one-half hours to land the big fish and his son, Fred Jr., caught his first Marlin, a 141-pounder, in one hour and fifteen minutes. Mrs. Astaire got her share also, landing two sailfish with one weighing 100 pounds. (AP Photo)

Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire / The Band Wagon 1953 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Left to right Fred Astaire, master of Ceremonies, Joe Makiewicz, who was a two time winner for director and writing ('All About Eve'), Dr. Ralph Bunche, who made an award, Darryl Zanuck, who won an Oscar and the Thalberg Award, and President of the academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Charles Brackett. Awards were made in Hollywood, Los Angeles on March 29, 1951. (AP Photo)

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire, center, points out on his program his choice of the winner in the feature horse race at Santa Anita park in Arcadia, Ca., Feb. 10, 1951. Sharing his box at the race track are Clark Gable, left, and Gable's wife, Sylvia Ashley. (AP Photo)

Actor-dance Fred Astaire, who was in New York during the Academy Awards presentations held in Hollywood, receives his special Oscar statuette from George Murphy in Los Angeles, Ca., in April 1950. Astaire received the honorary Oscar on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions to the industry. (AP Photo)

Dancing actor Fred Astaire saves time when going to lunch by riding between sound stage and studio commissary on Feb. 17, 1950. He is wearing a towel around his neck to keep makeup from rubbing off on his clothes. (AP Photo)