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(83)
Polly (voice)
1993
Myrna Montclair
1984
Eve Mills
1977
Alicia Warren
1968
Self
1971
1969
Self
1956
Self
1948
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Amanda Richardson
1994
Barbara Carlisle
1984
Dancer
1952
1959
Self
1976
Self
1973
Self - Dancer
1964
Ninotchka Yoschenko
1957
Mary Chanler
1949
Sarita
1966
Jackie Leighton
1955
Atsil
1978
Ethel Woodley
1984
Fiona Campbell
1954
Rosa Senta
1949
(archive footage)
1974
Dance Specialty
1946
Self
2001
Manuella de Vasquez
1951
Maria Corvier
1956
(archive footage)
1976
Self (Archive Footage)
2006
Gabrielle Gerard
1953
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
1943
Self
2002
Self
1995
Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
1945
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
Self
2004
Self - Hostess
2003
Self
1990
Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
Vicky Adams
2008
Self
1987
Carlotta
1962
Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
1943
1985
Sheilah Croft
1980
Mrs. Allison
1989
President's Girl 4
1976
Self
2001
Margo Grant
1948
Model (uncredited)
1953
Performer in The Desert Song
1954
The Widow
1961
Shelley North
1965
Lily
1943
Baroness Sandra
1961
Vicki Gaye
1958
Yvonne Torro
1948
Various Characters
1972
Indian girl
1952
Charlotte King
1958
Deborah Andrews
1946
Louise Henderson
1967
Dancer
1948
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
Self
1955
Herself
1966
Lola de Torrano
1953
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
Conchita
1947
Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
1941
Self
2005
Bianca Russell Arden
1962
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
1947
1941
Self (archive footage)
1973
Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
(archive footage)
1991
Rena Fairchild
1946
Ballerina (uncredited)
1944
Self
2002