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.
Filmography
2017
- The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self (archive)
2008
- Empire State Building Murders as Vicky Adams
2006
- It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note as Self (Archive Footage)
2005
- Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' as Self
2003
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk as Self - Hostess
2002
2001
1997
1995
- Inside the Dream Factory as Self
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
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
- Fantasy Island as Queen Delphia
- 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) (uncredited)
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
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
1961
- Five Golden Hours as Baroness Sandra
- Black Tights as The Widow
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
- Easy to Love as Model (uncredited)
- Sombrero as Lola de Torrano
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
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
- Till the Clouds Roll By as Dance Specialty
- The Harvey Girls as Deborah Andrews
- Three Wise Fools as Rena Fairchild
1945
- Ziegfeld Follies as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
1944
- In Our Time as Ballerina (uncredited)
1943
- Thousands Cheer as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (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