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.
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Cyd Charisse Biography / Wiki
| Name | Cyd Charisse |
| Also Know | Lily Norwood, Tula Ellice Finklea |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Amarillo, Texas, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1921-03-08 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 87 |
| Deathday | 2008-06-17 |
Cyd Charisse Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Assassination in Rome | Shelley North | 1965-06-07 | In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate … |
| Fol-de-Rol | Various Characters | 1972-02-27 | A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft’s 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series…. |
| Party Girl | Vicki Gaye | 1958-10-28 | Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It’s not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realiz… |
| The Band Wagon | Gabrielle Gerard | 1953-08-07 | A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop…. |
| Silk Stockings | Ninotchka Yoschenko | 1957-06-28 | After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is … |
| Two Weeks in Another Town | Carlotta | 1962-08-17 | After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and profess… |
| Five Golden Hours | Baroness Sandra | 1961-02-01 | A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely barones… |
| That’s Entertainment! III | Herself – Co-Host / Narrator | 1994-07-01 | Some of MGM’S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G… |
| Twilight for the Gods | Charlotte King | 1958-08-04 | An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board…. |
| The Unfinished Dance | Mlle. Ariane Bouchet | 1947-09-19 | A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn’t like…. |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | Maria Corvier | 1956-03-09 | Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he’s lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn’t lik… |
| The Mark of the Renegade | Manuella de Vasquez | 1951-08-02 | An agent of Mexico poses as a pirate to foil a would-be emperor in 1820s California…. |
| What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ | Cyd Charisse | 2002-01-01 | Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of “Singin’ in the Rain”. The short documentary includes Donald O’Connor, who played the comical… |
| Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking | (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 | Events of strange and serious nature mark the invention and the manufacture of the nylon stockings. For example inhuman exploitation of workers in art… |
| Warlords of Atlantis | Atsil | 1978-05-01 | Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition’s ship, attrac… |
| Tension | Mary Chanler | 1949-11-25 | Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, … |
| The Wild North | Indian girl | 1952-01-28 | A trapper is accused of a crime and is tracked doggedly through the mountains by a lawman…. |
| It’s Always Fair Weather | Jackie Leighton | 1955-08-30 | Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart t… |
| Something’s Got to Give | Bianca Russell Arden | 1962-01-01 | Unfinished remake of “My Favorite Wife”, due to the firing of Marilyn Monroe from the film. She was eventually re-hired, but died in August, 1962. Fil… |
| Brigadoon | Fiona Campbell | 1954-09-08 | Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village – Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order… |
| Portrait of an Escort | Sheilah Croft | 1980-10-07 | Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and… |
| Empire State Building Murders | Vicky Adams | 2008-08-14 | A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York i… |
| Maroc 7 | Louise Henderson | 1967-04-07 | The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue…. |
| Christmas with Crosby & Kate | Herself | 1966-12-24 | The holidays just wouldn’t be the holidays without Mr. White Christmas himself – Bing Crosby. His seemingly effortless, easygoing singing style and go… |
| Inside the Dream Factory | Self | 1995-11-01 | Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine…. |
| This Love of Mine | Dancer (uncredited) | 1942-02-02 | Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform “This Love of Mine” with Cyd Charisse and other dancers… |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 | … |
| On an Island with You | Yvonne Torro | 1948-05-03 | A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done… |
| East Side, West Side | Rosa Senta | 1949-12-22 | A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend…. |
| Sombrero | Lola de Torrano | 1953-04-22 | Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter’s sister and lovers from feuding villages…. |
| Black Tights | The Widow | 1962-02-20 | Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de diamants… |
| Marilyn | 1963-04-18 | This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe’s death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,… | |
| You’re the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self | 1990-07-23 | Biographical portrait of one of Broadway’s most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famo… |
| Singin’ in the Rain | Dancer | 1952-04-09 | In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound…. |
| Fiesta | Conchita | 1947-06-12 | When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring…. |
| Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer | Herself | 2002-09-24 | American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first “blue collar dancer”) and develop… |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | herself | 2001-11-13 | The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special was a 2001 New York City revue show by Michael Jackson. It took place on September 7, 2001 and September… |
| Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days | Self | 2001-06-01 | Marilyn Monroe’s final project, “Something’s Got to Give”, has become one of the most talked about unfinished films in history. The story of the film … |
| The Gay Parisian | Dancer (uncredited) | 1942-01-10 | The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. … |
| Something to Shout About | Lily | 1943-02-25 | A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway…. |
| Swimsuit | Mrs. Allison | 1989-02-19 | Mrs. Allison is the owner of the Saltare Swimsuit company. Her top man Brian, and his not so bright assitant Willard have to find men and women that c… |
| In Our Time | Ballerina (uncredited) | 1944-02-19 | It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine,… |
| The Silencers | Sarita | 1966-02-18 | Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III…. |
| Words and Music | Margo Grant | 1948-12-31 | Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, … |
| Three Wise Fools | Rena Fairchild | 1946-09-26 | An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men…. |
| The Harvey Girls | Deborah Andrews | 1946-01-18 | On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a “Harvey House” restaurant … |
| Easy to Love | Model | 1953-11-26 | Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star…. |
| The Kissing Bandit | Dancer | 1948-11-14 | Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father’s… |
| Escort Girl | Flamenco Dancer (uncredited) | 1941-11-04 | A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the “companionship” of young women. The district attorney sends an underco… |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | Dance Specialty | 1946-12-05 | Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists,… |
| Ziegfeld Follies | Ballerina | 1945-08-26 | The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style…. |
| That’s Dancing! | 1985-01-01 | A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it’s orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30… | |
| That’s Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 | Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio’s 50 year history…. |
| Deep in My Heart | Performer in The Desert Song | 1954-12-09 | Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg…. |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | President’s Girl 4 | 1976-07-26 | A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s…. |
| Thousands Cheer | Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) | 1943-01-01 | Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel’s pretty daughter. Their romance hits a fe… |
| That’s Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 | Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num… |
| Mission to Moscow | Galina Ulanova – Ballerina (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 | Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism…. |
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