# List of awards and nominations received by Fred Astaire

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. |
| 1950 | Academy Honorary Award | Academy Honorary Award | Won | |
| 1974 | Best Supporting Actor | The Towering Inferno | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 1975 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Towering Inferno | Won | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1959 | Best Single Performance by an Actor | An Evening with Fred Astaire | Won |
| 1960 | Outstanding Performance in a Variety Program | Another Evening with Fred Astaire | Nominated |
| 1961 | Outstanding Performance in a Variety Program | Astaire Time | Won |
| 1968 | Outstanding Musical or Variety Program | The Fred Astaire Show | Nominated |
| 1978 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | A Family Upside Down | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 1950 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Three Little Words | Won |
| 1959 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | On the Beach | Nominated |
| 1960 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | — | Won |
| 1961 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | The Pleasure of His Company | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Finian's Rainbow | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Towering Inferno | Won |

## 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, Hollywood
* 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 Magazine
* 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 Moonwalk
* 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 Omaha
* 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.