Cyd Charisse
Acting
🎂 1922-03-08
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.
Cast credits(84)
Self
1971
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Alicia Warren
1968
Polly (voice)
1993
Myrna Montclair
1984
Self - Dancer
1964
1969
Self
1956
Barbara Carlisle
1984
Eve Mills
1977
Amanda Richardson
1994
Self
1953
Self
1976
Self
1973
Ethel Woodley
1984
Self
1955
Dancer
1952
1959
Self (archive footage)
1990
Gabrielle Gerard
1953
Dance Specialty
1946
Atsil
1978
Fiona Campbell
1954
Vicki Gaye
1958
Ninotchka Yoschenko
1957
Deborah Andrews
1946
Maria Corvier
1956
(archive footage)
1976
Self
2001
Self
1987
Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
1945
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
(archive footage)
1974
Lola de Torrano
1953
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
1943
Dancer
1948
President's Girl 4
1976
Sarita
1966
Jackie Leighton
1955
Margo Grant
1948
Performer in The Desert Song
1954
1985
Self
1990
Vicky Adams
2008
Mary Chanler
1949
Self
2001
Model (uncredited)
1953
Self
2004
Carlotta
1962
Mrs. Allison
1989
Self
2002
Yvonne Torro
1948
Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
1943
Manuella de Vasquez
1951
Baroness Sandra
1961
Indian girl
1952
Lily
1943
Rosa Senta
1949
Self
1995
Charlotte King
1958
Ballerina (uncredited)
1944
Self
2002
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
1947
The Widow
1961
Self (archive footage)
1973
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
1941
Self
2005
Sheilah Croft
1980
Rena Fairchild
1946
Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
Self - Hostess
2003
Shelley North
1965
Louise Henderson
1967
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
Bianca Russell Arden
1962
Various Characters
1972
Conchita
1947
Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
(archive footage)
1991
Herself
1966
1941
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
Self (Archive Footage)
2006