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.

Nov 22, 2022 · Robyn Smith married to Fred Astaire on 1980 and divorce on 1987. Robyn Smith is an American Former Jockey. She is known for being 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.

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. The Kennedy Center refused and Rogers received her honor without a video display of the retrospectives in question.

Smith, Robyn (1942—) American jockey who was the first woman to win a stakes race. Name variations: Melody Dawn Miller; Caroline Smith; Robyn Caroline Smith; Robyn Astaire.

Aug 17, 1997 · Robyn Smith eventually made her MGM connection, but not according to the usual star-is-born script. By the late ‘70s, she was Fred Astaire’s final dance partner, the one he whirled around...

Apr 5, 2010 · Robyn Astaire was the world’s first successful woman jockey and was honored on the cover of Sports Illustrated (July 31, 1972). But she was not satisfied being the best female jockey; she wanted to be the best jockey, period. And Astaire—nee Robyn Smith—was on her way to that lofty goal.

Sep 5, 1997 · Is Robyn Astaire the greedy ogre her critics contend, condemning her husband's image to obscurity in her misguided craving for money?

Nov 30, 2021 · She tied the wedding knot with his long-time boyfriend turned husband Fred Astaire on 24 June 1980 in Astaire’s house at Beverly Hills, California, which they announce on a Barbara Walters TV special.

She became the first woman to win a major race in the USA. At 5' 7", she was taller and heavier than most jockeys. She retired from racing in 1980. That same year, she married former actor and famed dancer extraordinaire Fred Astaire. She was 45 years his junior. She remained married to Astaire until his death in 1987.