Cyd Charisse

Actor Mar 8 (died age 86) Amarillo, Texas, USA 1941–2008 (67 year career)

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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 fi…

Known For

Film

Singin' in the Rain

Dancer

Film

The Band Wagon

Gabrielle Gerard

Film

Brigadoon

Fiona Campbell

Film

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Self

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

It's Always Fair Weather

Jackie Leighton

Film

Party Girl

Vicki Gaye

Film

Silk Stockings

Ninotchka Yoschenko

Filmography

Acting (85)

Movies (66)

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Vicky Adams

It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note

2006

as Self (Archive Footage)

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

as Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

8.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

2003

as Self - Hostess

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self

7.6

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'

2002

as Self

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

2001

as Self

8.0

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

2001

as Self

6.8

Inside the Dream Factory

1995

as Self

6.0

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

7.0

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking

1991

as (archive footage)

4.0

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

1990

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

as Self

Swimsuit

1989

as Mrs. Allison

4.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

That's Dancing!

Portrait of an Escort

as Sheilah Croft

Warlords of Atlantis

as Atsil

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

as President's Girl 4

4.1

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Self (archive footage)

Fol-de-Rol

1972

as Various Characters

Maroc 7

1967

as Louise Henderson

4.6

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

as Herself

The Silencers

as Sarita

Assassination in Rome

1965

as Shelley North

5.1

Marilyn

1963

as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Something's Got to Give

1962

as Bianca Russell Arden

7.7

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Carlotta

Five Golden Hours

as Baroness Sandra

Black Tights

as The Widow

Party Girl

as Vicki Gaye

Twilight for the Gods

1958

as Charlotte King

3.8

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958

as Self

6.0

Silk Stockings

1957

as Ninotchka Yoschenko

6.8

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

as Maria Corvier

4.2

It's Always Fair Weather

as Jackie Leighton

Brigadoon

as Fiona Campbell

Deep in My Heart

as Performer in The Desert Song

The Band Wagon

as Gabrielle Gerard

Easy to Love

as Model (uncredited)

Sombrero

as Lola de Torrano

Singin' in the Rain

as Dancer

The Wild North

as Indian girl

The Mark of the Renegade

1951

as Manuella de Vasquez

Tension

as Mary Chanler

East Side, West Side

as Rosa Senta

The Kissing Bandit

as Dancer

Words and Music

as Margo Grant

On an Island with You

as Yvonne Torro

Fiesta

as Conchita

The Unfinished Dance

as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

6.0

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Dance Specialty

Three Wise Fools

as Rena Fairchild

The Harvey Girls

as Deborah Andrews

Ziegfeld Follies

as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

6.0

In Our Time

1944

as Ballerina (uncredited)

6.3

Thousands Cheer

1943

as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)

6.4

Mission to Moscow

1943

as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)

5.3

Something to Shout About

1943

as Lily

5.8

The Gay Parisian

1942

as Dancer (uncredited)

4.7

This Love of Mine

1942

as Dancer (uncredited)

6.5

Rhumba Serenade

1941

Escort Girl

1941

as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)

3.0

Television (19)

HARDtalk

Burke's Law

as Amanda Richardson

Frasier

as Polly (voice)

Murder, She Wrote

as Myrna Montclair

Crazy like a Fox

as Barbara Carlisle

Glitter

as Ethel Woodley

The Love Boat

as Eve Mills

Donny & Marie

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

Medical Center

Hawaii Five-O

as Alicia Warren

The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Dancer

Startime

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

MGM Parade

1955

as Self

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8