American jockey who was the first woman to win a stakes race. "Thank God it was dark those mornings and nobody really saw what I looked like on a horse," said Smith. The retired jockey was born on 14 August 1944 in San Francisco, California, US. I admitted I didn't, but he stuck with me and I gradually learned what I was doing.". ``Word's out: Don't even think of using Astaire without permission.'. He said he was tired of being used.. In 1980, he married Robyn Smith. She was described as obsessive about her work, often tactless and strung so tightly that the least irritation would set her crying. White notes, however, that Turner is free to use trailers and posters under Fred Astaire's agreements with the studios. United States. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps, Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. If they're not, the price paid by Fred Astaire's estate may be higher than anyone intended - obscurity. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Astaire's romantic tendencies extended beyond the Silver Screen, however, to his first wife, Phyllis Potter (pictured below), to whom Astaire would remain married for more than two decades. I got a kick out of it.. //