Cyd Charisse

Birthday: 1921-03-08
Deathday: 2008-06-16
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
2008-08-14 Empire State Building Murders Vicky Adams
1989-02-19 Swimsuit Mrs. Allison
1985-01-18 That's Dancing!
1980-10-08 Portrait of an Escort Sheilah Croft
1978-05-01 Warlords of Atlantis Atsil
1976-07-26 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood President's Girl 4
1972-02-27 Fol-de-Rol Various Characters
1967-03-22 Maroc 7 Louise Henderson
1966-02-18 The Silencers Sarita
1965-06-07 Assassination in Rome Shelley North
1962-08-17 Two Weeks in Another Town Carlotta
1962-01-01 Something's Got to Give Bianca Russell Arden
1961-09-07 Black Tights The Widow
1961-02-01 Five Golden Hours Baroness Sandra
1958-10-28 Party Girl Vicki Gaye
1958-08-04 Twilight for the Gods Charlotte King
1957-06-28 Silk Stockings Ninotchka Yoschenko
1956-03-09 Meet Me in Las Vegas Maria Corvier
1955-08-30 It's Always Fair Weather Jackie Leighton
1954-12-09 Deep in My Heart Performer in The Desert Song
1954-09-08 Brigadoon Fiona Campbell
1953-11-26 Easy to Love Model (uncredited)
1953-08-07 The Band Wagon Gabrielle Gerard
1953-04-22 Sombrero Lola de Torrano
1952-04-09 Singin' in the Rain Dancer
1952-01-28 The Wild North Indian girl
1951-07-24 The Mark of the Renegade Manuella de Vasquez
1949-12-22 East Side, West Side Rosa Senta
1949-11-25 Tension Mary Chanler
1948-12-31 Words and Music Margo Grant
1948-11-14 The Kissing Bandit Dancer
1948-05-03 On an Island with You Yvonne Torro
1947-09-19 The Unfinished Dance Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
1947-06-12 Fiesta Conchita
1946-12-05 Till the Clouds Roll By Dance Specialty
1946-09-26 Three Wise Fools Rena Fairchild
1946-01-18 The Harvey Girls Deborah Andrews
1945-08-26 Ziegfeld Follies Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
1944-02-19 In Our Time Ballerina (uncredited)
1943-09-13 Thousands Cheer Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
1943-04-29 Mission to Moscow Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
1943-02-25 Something to Shout About Lily
1942-02-02 This Love of Mine Dancer (uncredited)
1942-01-10 The Gay Parisian Dancer (uncredited)
1941-11-04 Escort Girl Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
1941-01-01 Rhumba Serenade