ASTAIRE, FRED AND ADELE. The leading dance team of the 1920s and the best-known of all Broadway dance teams, celebrated for their mix of sophistication and humor, combined with their grace and technical virtuosity; b. Adele Austerlitz, Omaha, Nebraska, ; d. Phoenix, ; and Frederick E. Austerlitz Jr., b. Omaha, Nebraska, ; d. Los Angeles, California, .
In 1904 Ann Geilus Austerlitz , Fred and Adele’s mother, packed up herself and her...