Cyd Charisse
Actor
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.
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Filmography
The Band Wagon
as Gabrielle Gerard 1953
Brigadoon
as Fiona Campbell 1954
Warlords of Atlantis
as Atsil 1978
It's Always Fair Weather
as Jackie Leighton 1955
Party Girl
as Vicki Gaye 1958
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) 1974
Silk Stockings
as Ninotchka Yoschenko 1957
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Self 2001
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Carlotta 1962
Ziegfeld Follies
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty") 1945
Tension
as Mary Chanler 1949
The Harvey Girls
as Deborah Andrews 1946
The Silencers
as Sarita 1966
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 1976
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator 1994
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance Specialty 1946