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Adele Astaire Douglass [1] (born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896 – January 25, 1981) was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger brother, Fred ...
Cavendish was first introduced to dancer and actress Adele Astaire in London in 1927, on the closing night of her show Funny Face. [3] He courted her while he worked for the bank J.P. Morgan & Co. in New York City. [4] Adele proposed to Lord Charles at the 21 Club in Manhattan. [5]
Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith.When it opened on Broadway on November 22, 1927, as the first show performed in the newly built Alvin Theatre, it starred Fred Astaire and his sister Adele Astaire.
Fred and Adele Astaire perform "Swiss Miss" in the London production. Lady, Be Good premiered on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on December 1, 1924 and closed on September 12, 1925, after 330 performances. The musical was staged by Felix Edwardes with musical staging by Sammy Lee and scenic design by Norman Bel Geddes.
The Grade II listed mansion served as a pied-à-terre for the actor-dancer siblings during the roaring Twenties where they entertained royalty, celebrities and politicians including, Winston ...
The plot of the film version is drastically different from that of the Broadway musical, and only four of the songs remain. Astaire also starred in the stage version alongside his sister, Adele Astaire. The film plot is actually adapted from another Broadway musical, Wedding Bells, by Leonard Gershe. The original title for the film was Wedding Day.
The cast included Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, and Frank Morgan. [1] According to Steven Suskin, "very few people are around who saw The Band Wagon, but they all seem to insist that it was the finest Broadway revue ever."
December 7, 2023: Adele opens up about getting emotional while reading Rich’s memoir. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Adele reveals her emotional reaction to reading certain parts ...