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Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse

Birthday: 1921-03-08 | Place of Birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cyd Charisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Empire State Building Murders

as    Vicky Adams

1994
That's Entertainment! III

as    Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1989
Swimsuit

as    Mrs. Allison

1978
Warlords of Atlantis

as    Atsil

1968
Maroc 7

as    Louise Henderson

1966
The Silencers

as    Sarita

1965
Assassination in Rome

as    Shelley North

1963
Marilyn

as    Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962
Something's Got to Give

as    Bianca Russell Arden

1958
Twilight for the Gods

as    Charlotte King

1958
Party Girl

as    Vicki Gaye

1957
Silk Stockings

as    Ninotchka Yoschenko

1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas

as    Maria Corvier

1955
It's Always Fair Weather

as    Jackie Leighton

1954
Brigadoon

as    Fiona Campbell

1953
The Band Wagon

as    Gabrielle Gerard

1953
Sombrero

as    Lola de Torrano

1952
Singin' in the Rain

as    Dancer

1952
The Wild North

as    Indian girl

1949
Tension

as    Mary Chanler

1949
East Side, West Side

as    Rosa Senta

1948
Words and Music

as    Margo Grant

1948
On an Island with You

as    Yvonne Torro

1947
Fiesta

as    Conchita

1944
In Our Time

as    Ballerina (uncredited)

1943
Something to Shout About

as    Lily