Cyd Charisse
Acting · Born 1922-03-08 · age 86 at death · Amarillo, Texas, USA
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.
Titles
Singin' in the Rain
Frasier
Murder, She Wrote
The Band Wagon
The Love Boat
Brigadoon
Hawaii Five-O
Fantasy Island
Warlords of Atlantis
It's Always Fair Weather
Party Girl
That's Entertainment!
Silk Stockings
Two Weeks in Another Town
Ziegfeld Follies
Tension
The Harvey Girls
The Silencers
That's Entertainment, Part II
Till the Clouds Roll By
East Side, West Side
That's Dancing!
Thousands Cheer
Words and Music
Mission to Moscow
Deep in My Heart
On an Island with You
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Gay Parisian
Medical Center
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Maroc 7
Sombrero
Escort Girl
Black Tights
The Mark of the Renegade
Assassination in Rome
The Wild North
Easy to Love
Crazy like a Fox
The Unfinished Dance
In Our Time
Twilight for the Gods
Something to Shout About
The Kissing Bandit
Swimsuit
Fiesta
Portrait of an Escort
Burke's Law
This Love of Mine
HARDtalk
Five Golden Hours
Three Wise Fools
Glitter
Marilyn
MGM Parade
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Fol-de-Rol