Cyd Charisse
Acting • Born 1922-03-08 – Died 2008-06-16
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cyd Charisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
85 credits
Singin' in the Rain
Movie • 1952
Dancer
Warlords of Atlantis
Movie • 1978
Atsil
The Silencers
Movie • 1966
Sarita
Party Girl
Movie • 1958
Vicki Gaye
Tension
Movie • 1949
Mary Chanler
The Band Wagon
Movie • 1953
Gabrielle Gerard
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie • 1976
President's Girl 4
Silk Stockings
Movie • 1957
Ninotchka Yoschenko
On an Island with You
Movie • 1948
Yvonne Torro
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie • 1962
Carlotta
Fiesta
Movie • 1947
Conchita
The Wild North
Movie • 1952
Indian girl
It's Always Fair Weather
Movie • 1955
Jackie Leighton
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Dance Specialty
Brigadoon
Movie • 1954
Fiona Campbell
Empire State Building Murders
Movie • 2008
Vicky Adams
Five Golden Hours
Movie • 1961
Baroness Sandra
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Twilight for the Gods
Movie • 1958
Charlotte King
The Unfinished Dance
Movie • 1947
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
East Side, West Side
Movie • 1949
Rosa Senta
Something to Shout About
Movie • 1943
Lily
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie • 1956
Maria Corvier
Fol-de-Rol
Movie • 1972
Various Characters
The Kissing Bandit
Movie • 1948
Dancer
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2001
Self
Maroc 7
Movie • 1967
Louise Henderson
Sombrero
Movie • 1953
Lola de Torrano
Rhumba Serenade
Movie • 1941
Black Tights
Movie • 1961
The Widow
The Mark of the Renegade
Movie • 1951
Manuella de Vasquez
Words and Music
Movie • 1948
Margo Grant
This Love of Mine
Movie • 1942
Dancer (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Movie • 2001
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Movie • 1990
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Movie • 2005
Self
The Harvey Girls
Movie • 1946
Deborah Andrews
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Movie • 2003
Self - Hostess
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
Movie • 2006
Self (Archive Footage)
Swimsuit
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Allison
Escort Girl
Movie • 1941
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
Portrait of an Escort
Movie • 1980
Sheilah Croft
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1954
Performer in The Desert Song
Something's Got to Give
Movie • 1962
Bianca Russell Arden
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self
The Gay Parisian
Movie • 1942
Dancer (uncredited)
In Our Time
Movie • 1944
Ballerina (uncredited)
Three Wise Fools
Movie • 1946
Rena Fairchild
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Movie • 2002
Self
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Movie • 1966
Herself
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
Movie • 1991
(archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Assassination in Rome
Movie • 1965
Shelley North
Inside the Dream Factory
Movie • 1995
Self
Easy to Love
Movie • 1953
Model (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Myrna Montclair
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Eve Mills
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Alicia Warren
Frasier
TV • 1993
Polly (voice)
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Barbara Carlisle
Glitter
TV • 1984
Ethel Woodley
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Dancer
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self
Startime
TV • 1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Amanda Richardson
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
HARDtalk
TV • 1997