U-Astaire ufumene imbasa ye-Academy ehloniphekileyo ngo-1950 ngenxa "yobugcisa obukhethekileyo kunye negalelo lakhe kubuchule bemifanekiso yomculo." Uphethe iikhredithi zomculo we-choreography ezilishumi zomculo wakhe bhanyabhanya owakhutshwa phakathi ko-1934-1961, kubandakanya "umnqwazi oPhezulu", "Ubuso obuhlekisayo", kunye "nolonwabo lweNkampani Yakhe". Uphumelele ii-Emmys ezintlanu ngomsebenzi wakhe kumabonwakude, kubandakanywa ezintathu kwiinkqubo zakhe ezahlukeneyo, Ubusuku kunye noFred Astaire (1959, ophumelele ii-Emmys ezilithoba ezingazange zibonwe zizonke!)

Kwiminyaka yakhe yamva, uqhubeke nokubonakala kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya, kubandakanya u "Finian's Rainbow" (1968), kunye ne "The Towering Inferno" (1974) eyamenza wonyulwa njengo-Oscar. Uye wadlala indima kumabonakude kwiinkqubo ezinje nge Kuthatha Isela, kwaye lactica (awathi wavuma, ngenxa yempembelelo yabazukulwana bakhe). I-Astaire ikwabolekisa ngelizwi layo kwizifundo ezininzi zabantwana zeTV, ngakumbi, USanta Claus Uza eKapa (1970) kunye I-Easter Bunny yiComin 'eKapa (1977). U-Astaire ufumene i-Lifetime Achievement Award ngo-1981 evela kwi-American Film Institute, eyathi ngo-2011, yamnika igama lokuba “nguGqirha wesihlanu oBalaseleyo” (phakathi kwaboAmabali ama-50 aBalaseleyo eScreen”Uluhlu).

UFred Astaire wasweleka ngo-1987 ngenxa yenyumoniya, eneminyaka engama-88 ubudala. Ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, ilizwe laphulukana nebali lokwenyani lokudanisa. Ukukhanya kwakhe okungapheliyo kunye nobabalo akunakuphinda kubonwe kwakhona. Njengoko uMikhail Baryshnikov waphawula ngexesha lokusweleka kukaFred Astaire, "Akukho mdanisi unokujonga uFred Astaire kwaye angazi ukuba sonke bekufanele ukuba sikwelinye ishishini."