Cyd Charisse

Known for ActingBorn 1922-03-08Died 2008-06-16Amarillo, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cyd Charisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

HARDtalk

MGM Parade

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

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Inside the Dream Factory

Something's Got to Give

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Frasier

Singin' in the Rain

Murder, She Wrote

That's Entertainment!

Marilyn

Crazy like a Fox

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

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

Five Golden Hours

That's Entertainment! III

That's Dancing!

Donny & Marie

Hawaii Five-O

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Band Wagon

Burke's Law

East Side, West Side

It's Always Fair Weather

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Wild North

Silk Stockings

Party Girl

Startime

The Ed Sullivan Show

Deep in My Heart

Tension

Black Tights

Brigadoon

The Love Boat

The Harvey Girls

Medical Center

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Something to Shout About

This Love of Mine

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking

Dance Crazy in Hollywood