Cyd Charisse
Known for: Actress
Born: 8 March 1922, Amarillo, Texas, USA
Died: 16 June 2008
Credits: 60+ titles
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.
Filmography
Empire State Building Murders
HARDtalk
Burke's Law
Frasier
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Swimsuit
That's Dancing!
Crazy like a Fox
Murder, She Wrote
Glitter
Portrait of an Escort
Warlords of Atlantis
Fantasy Island
The Love Boat
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment!
Fol-de-Rol
Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O
Maroc 7
The Silencers
Assassination in Rome
Marilyn
Two Weeks in Another Town
Black Tights
Five Golden Hours
Party Girl
Twilight for the Gods
Silk Stockings
Meet Me in Las Vegas
MGM Parade
It's Always Fair Weather
Deep in My Heart
Brigadoon
Easy to Love
The Band Wagon
Sombrero
Singin' in the Rain
The Wild North
The Mark of the Renegade
East Side, West Side
Tension
Words and Music
The Kissing Bandit
On an Island with You
The Unfinished Dance
Fiesta
Till the Clouds Roll By
Three Wise Fools
The Harvey Girls
Ziegfeld Follies
In Our Time
Thousands Cheer
Mission to Moscow
Something to Shout About
This Love of Mine
The Gay Parisian
Escort Girl