Astaire o ile a fumana Moputso o hlomphehang oa Academy ka 1950 bakeng sa "bonono ba hae bo ikhethang le tlatsetso ea hae mokhoeng oa litšoantšo tsa 'mino." O tšoere lipina tsa choreography bakeng sa lipina tsa hae tse leshome tsa lifilimi tse lokollotsoeng lipakeng tsa 1934-1961, ho kenyeletsoa "Top Hat", "Funny Face", le "The Pleasure of His Company". O hapile li-Emmy tse hlano bakeng sa mosebetsi oa hae thelevisheneng, ho kenyeletsoa tse tharo bakeng sa mananeo a hae a fapaneng, An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959, e hapileng li-Emmys tse robong tseo ho seng mohla li kileng tsa bonoa ho tsona kaofela!) le Mantsiboea a Mang le Fred Astaire (1960).

Lilemong tsa hae tsa morao, o ile a tsoela pele ho hlaha libaesekopong, ho kenyelletsa "Mookoli oa Finian" (1968), le "The Towering Inferno" (1974) e ileng ea mo fa khetho ea Oscar. O ile a boela a bapala likarolo tsa thelevishene mananeong a kang Ho Nka Lesholu, 'me Battlestar Galactica (eo a reng o ile a e lumela, ka lebaka la tšusumetso ea litloholo tsa hae). Astaire o boetse a fana ka lentsoe la hae ho li-TV tsa bana ba 'maloa ba phelang, haholoholo, Santa Claus o tla toropong (1970), le Easter Bunny e tla 'Toropong (1977). A.Lipale tsa Screen Screen tse 50 tse kholo ka ho fetisisa”Lenane).

Fred Astaire o hlokahetse ka 1987 a bolaoa ke nyumonia, a le lilemo li 88. Ha a hlokahala, lefatše le ile la lahleheloa ke tšōmo ea 'nete ea motjeko. Leseli la hae le mohau le mohau li kanna tsa se hlole li bonoa hape. Joalokaha Mikhail Baryshnikov a hlokometse nakong ea lefu la Fred Astaire, "Ha ho motantsi ea ka shebellang Fred Astaire mme a sa tsebe hore kaofela re ka be re le khoebong e ngoe."