Cyd Charisse
Actor
Born March 8, 1922 in Amarillo, Texas, USA
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
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Self - Hostess
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Self
HARDtalk
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Burke's Law
Amanda Richardson
Frasier
Polly (voice)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
Swimsuit
Mrs. Allison
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
That's Dancing!
Crazy like a Fox
Barbara Carlisle
Murder, She Wrote
Myrna Montclair
Glitter
Ethel Woodley
Portrait of an Escort
Sheilah Croft
Warlords of Atlantis
Atsil
Fantasy Island
Queen Delphia
The Love Boat
Eve Mills
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
President's Girl 4
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Donny & Marie
Self
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Fol-de-Rol
Various Characters
Great Performances
Self
Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O
Alicia Warren
Maroc 7
Louise Henderson
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Herself
The Silencers
Sarita
Assassination in Rome
Shelley North
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Dancer
Marilyn
archive footage
Two Weeks in Another Town
Carlotta
Black Tights
The Widow
Five Golden Hours
Baroness Sandra
Startime
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Party Girl
Vicki Gaye
Twilight for the Gods
Charlotte King
Silk Stockings
Ninotchka Yoschenko
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Maria Corvier
MGM Parade
Self
It's Always Fair Weather
Jackie Leighton
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "The Desert Song")
Brigadoon
Fiona Campbell
Easy to Love
Model (uncredited)
The Band Wagon
Gabrielle Gerard
Sombrero
Lola de Torrano
The Oscars
Self
Singin' in the Rain
Dancer
The Wild North
Indian girl
The Mark of the Renegade
Manuella de Vasquez
What's My Line?
Self
East Side, West Side
Rosa Senta
Tension
Mary Chanler
Words and Music
Margo Grant
The Kissing Bandit
Dancer
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
On an Island with You
Yvonne Torro
The Unfinished Dance
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Fiesta
Conchita
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
Three Wise Fools
Rena Fairchild
The Harvey Girls
Deborah Andrews
Ziegfeld Follies
Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
In Our Time
Ballerina (uncredited)
Thousands Cheer
Dancer (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
Something to Shout About
Lily
This Love of Mine
Dancer (uncredited)
The Gay Parisian
Dancer (uncredited)
Escort Girl
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)