Adele Astaire
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American dancer and entertainer (1896-1981)
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Adele was born Adele Marie Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska; the daughter of Johanna "Ann" (née Geilus), an American Lutheran-native of German descent, and Frederic "Fritz" Emanuel Austerlitz (September, 1868–1924), an Austrian Roman Catholic brewer from Vienna. Adele became an Episcopalian like her younger brother. In 1905 Adele Astaire had a successful vaudeville act with her younger brother Fred Astaire. They developed it into a celebrated adult career on Broadway and on the London stage. <a hr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Omaha
- Place of death
- Scottsdale
- Sibling
- Fred Astaire
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- musical
- Image
- Adele Astaire in 1919.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Adele Astaire
- date of birth
- 1896-09-10
- date of death
- 1981-01-25
- cause of death
- stroke
- place of burial
- Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
- birth name
- Adele Marie Austerlitz
- manner of death
- natural causes
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