Cyd Charisse

Born: 1922-03-08 in Amarillo, Texas, USA

Died: 2008-06-16

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

1994

Burke's Law as Amanda Richardson
That's Entertainment! III as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1993

Frasier as Polly (voice)

1991

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking as (archive footage)

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)

1989

Swimsuit as Mrs. Allison

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1985

That's Dancing!

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Myrna Montclair
Crazy like a Fox as Barbara Carlisle
Glitter as Ethel Woodley

1980

Portrait of an Escort as Sheilah Croft

1978

Warlords of Atlantis as Atsil

1977

The Love Boat as Eve Mills

1976

Donny & Marie as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as President's Girl 4

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

1972

Fol-de-Rol as Various Characters

1971

Great Performances as Self
Film '72 as Self

1969

Medical Center

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Alicia Warren

1967

Maroc 7 as Louise Henderson

1966

The Silencers as Sarita
Christmas with Crosby & Kate as Herself

1965

Assassination in Rome as Shelley North

1964

The Hollywood Palace as Self - Dancer

1963

Marilyn as archive footage

1962

Two Weeks in Another Town as Carlotta
Something's Got to Give as Bianca Russell Arden

1961

Black Tights as The Widow
Five Golden Hours as Baroness Sandra

1959

Startime as Self

1958

Party Girl as Vicki Gaye
Twilight for the Gods as Charlotte King
The All-Star Christmas Show as Self

1957

Silk Stockings as Ninotchka Yoschenko

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas as Maria Corvier

1955

MGM Parade as Self
It's Always Fair Weather as Jackie Leighton

1954

Brigadoon as Fiona Campbell
Deep in My Heart as Performer in The Desert Song

1953

The Oscars as Self
The Band Wagon as Gabrielle Gerard
Sombrero as Lola de Torrano
Easy to Love as Model (uncredited)

1952

Singin' in the Rain as Dancer
The Wild North as Indian girl

1951

The Mark of the Renegade as Manuella de Vasquez

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Tension as Mary Chanler
East Side, West Side as Rosa Senta

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Words and Music as Margo Grant
On an Island with You as Yvonne Torro
The Kissing Bandit as Dancer

1947

Fiesta as Conchita
The Unfinished Dance as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

1946

The Harvey Girls as Deborah Andrews
Till the Clouds Roll By as Dance Specialty
Three Wise Fools as Rena Fairchild

1945

Ziegfeld Follies as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

1944

In Our Time as Ballerina (uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
Thousands Cheer as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
Something to Shout About as Lily

1942

The Gay Parisian as Dancer (uncredited)
This Love of Mine as Dancer (uncredited)

1941

Escort Girl as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
Rhumba Serenade