Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s.
Her roles usually featured her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon (1954), and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992 made her Broadway debut.
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Known for
Great Performances
Self
Frasier
Polly (voice)
Burke's Law
Amanda Richardson
Murder, She Wrote
Myrna Montclair
Medical Center
The Love Boat
Eve Mills
Hawaii Five-O
Alicia Warren
Crazy like a Fox
Barbara Carlisle
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Dancer
The Oscars
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Glitter
Ethel Woodley
MGM Parade
Self
Startime
Singin' in the Rain
Dancer
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
Black Tights
The Widow
The Harvey Girls
Deborah Andrews
The Band Wagon
Gabrielle Gerard
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Party Girl
Vicki Gaye
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Deep in My Heart
Performer in The Desert Song
Warlords of Atlantis
Atsil
The Silencers
Sarita
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
President's Girl 4
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Maria Corvier
Brigadoon
Fiona Campbell
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Silk Stockings
Ninotchka Yoschenko
Words and Music
Margo Grant
Ziegfeld Follies
Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Mission to Moscow
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self
Thousands Cheer
Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
The Wild North
Indian girl
Easy to Love
Model (uncredited)
Marilyn
Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
It's Always Fair Weather
Jackie Leighton
On an Island with You
Yvonne Torro
Swimsuit
Mrs. Allison
The Kissing Bandit
Dancer
In Our Time
Ballerina (uncredited)
East Side, West Side
Rosa Senta
Tension
Mary Chanler
Two Weeks in Another Town
Carlotta
Escort Girl
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
The Mark of the Renegade
Manuella de Vasquez
Fiesta
Conchita
Sombrero
Lola de Torrano
Twilight for the Gods
Charlotte King
Assassination in Rome
Shelley North
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Self
Five Golden Hours
Baroness Sandra
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
Maroc 7
Louise Henderson
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
Something to Shout About
Lily
The Gay Parisian
Dancer (uncredited)
Something's Got to Give
Bianca Russell Arden
Empire State Building Murders
Vicky Adams
Fol-de-Rol
Various Characters
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Portrait of an Escort
Sheilah Croft
Three Wise Fools
Rena Fairchild
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Self
The Unfinished Dance
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
(archive footage)
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Herself
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Self - Hostess
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
This Love of Mine
Dancer (uncredited)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
Self (Archive Footage)
Rhumba Serenade
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Donny & Marie
Self