U-Astaire uthole indondo ye-Academy Award ngo-1950 “ngobuciko bakhe obuyingqayizivele namagalelo akhe endleleni yezithombe zomculo.” Uphethe amakhredithi e-choreography ezingoma zakhe eziyishumi zefilimu ekhishwe phakathi kuka-1934-1961, okuhlanganisa "Isigqoko Esiphezulu", "Ubuso Obuhlekisayo", kanye "Nenjabulo Yenkampani Yakhe". Uwine ama-Emmy amahlanu ngomsebenzi wakhe kuthelevishini, okuhlanganisa namathathu emidlalo yakhe eyahlukene, i-An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959, ewine ama-Emmy ayisishiyagalolunye angakaze abonwe sebebonke!) kanye ne-Other Evening noFred Astaire (1960).

Eminyakeni yakhe yakamuva, waqhubeka nokubonakala kumabhayisikobho, kufaka phakathi i- “Finian's Rainbow” (1968), ne- “The Towering Inferno” (1974) eyamenza waqokwa njengo-Oscar. Ubuye walingisa emidlalweni yethelevishini ezinhlelweni ezinjenge Kuthatha Isela, futhi Battlestar Galactica (athe uvumile, ngenxa yethonya labazukulu bakhe). U-Astaire uphinde waveza izwi lakhe kokukhethekile kwezingane ze-TV ezikhethekile, ikakhulukazi, USanta Claus Uza Edolobheni (1970), kanye I-Easter Bunny iComin 'eya eKapa (1977). U-Astaire wathola i-Lifetime Achievement Award ngo-1981 evela e-American Film Institute, okwathi ngo-2011, futhi wamqamba ngokuthi “Umlingisi Wesihlanu Omkhulu Kunabo Bonke” (phakathi kwaboIzinganekwane ezingama-50 ezinhle kakhulu zesikrini”Uhlu).

UFred Astaire washona ngo-1987 ebulawa yinyumoniya, eneminyaka engama-88. Ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, izwe lalahlekelwa yinganekwane yangempela yokudansa. Ukukhanya kwakhe okungenamsebenzi nomusa kungenzeka kungaphinde kubonwe. Njengoba uMikhail Baryshnikov abona ngesikhathi sokushona kukaFred Astaire, "Akekho umdansi ongabuka uFred Astaire futhi angazi ukuthi sonke bekufanele sibe kwelinye ibhizinisi."