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Robyn Smith Astaire (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey. Active from 1969 to 1980, Smith accumulated 247 wins in California and New York race tracks, and became the first female jockey to win a stakes race in 1973.
Jun 9, 1988 · In 1980, Fred Astaire, who had been a widower since 1954 and who had just turned 81, married Robyn Smith, who was 35 and one of the first and most successful woman jockeys in the country.
Jan 26, 2023 · In 1980, he married Robyn Smith. According to Biography, Robyn Smith was 45 years younger than Fred Astaire when they met and got married, and the couple enjoyed golf and watching movies together. Fred Astaire's second marriage would last up until Astaire's death in 1987 from pneumonia.
Aug 17, 1997 · Robyn Smith Astaire was always a woman without a past, so for years she invented one, she says. There was something about mounting her first horse at 2 on the family ranch.
Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B1qz/ Famed Jockey Robyn Smith recounts her horse racing days on the 1985 television special, "Once A Star," which...
American jockey who was the first woman to win a stakes race. Name variations: Melody Dawn Miller; Caroline Smith; Robyn Caroline Smith; Robyn Astaire. Born Melody Dawn Miller in San Francisco, California, on August 14, 1942; daughter of Constance Miller; married Fred Astaire (the actor and dancer), in 1980 (died 1987).
Female jockey. Won her first career race at Ferndale on August 2, 1969. Stepmother of Fred Astaire Jr. and Ava Astaire-McKenzie. When Ginger Rogers received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1992, Robyn Smith, widow of Fred Astaire, withheld all rights to clips of Rogers' scenes with Astaire, demanding payment.
