Cyd Charisse
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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.
Known for
Credits
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Dancer
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
as Self
Party Girl (1958)
as Vicki Gaye
The Silencers (1966)
as Sarita
The Band Wagon (1953)
as Gabrielle Gerard
Tension (1949)
as Mary Chanler
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
as Atsil
Brigadoon (1954)
as Fiona Campbell
In Our Time (1944)
as Ballerina (uncredited)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Silk Stockings (1957)
as Ninotchka Yoschenko
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Deborah Andrews
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as Dance Specialty
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
Words and Music (1948)
as Margo Grant
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Carlotta
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Performer in The Desert Song
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Jackie Leighton
Fiesta (1947)
as Conchita
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Maria Corvier
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Easy to Love (1953)
as Model (uncredited)
Marilyn (1963)
as archive footage
The Wild North (1952)
as Indian girl
Swimsuit (1989)
as Mrs. Allison
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as President's Girl 4
The Mark of the Renegade (1951)
as Manuella de Vasquez
Sombrero (1953)
as Lola de Torrano
Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
Fol-de-Rol (1972)
as Various Characters
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self
Maroc 7 (1967)
as Louise Henderson
On an Island with You (1948)
as Yvonne Torro
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
as Dancer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
Assassination in Rome (1965)
as Shelley North
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self
Something to Shout About (1943)
as Lily
Five Golden Hours (1961)
as Baroness Sandra
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Portrait of an Escort (1980)
as Sheilah Croft
Escort Girl (1941)
as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self
East Side, West Side (1949)
as Rosa Senta
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
as Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood (1990)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Black Tights (1961)
as The Widow
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Three Wise Fools (1946)
as Rena Fairchild
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)
as Self - Hostess
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as Charlotte King
Rhumba Serenade (1941)
Actor
This Love of Mine (1942)
as Dancer (uncredited)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking (1991)
as (archive footage)
Empire State Building Murders (2008)
as Vicky Adams
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note (2006)
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Gay Parisian (1942)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Christmas with Crosby & Kate (1966)
as Herself