Actor
Cyd Charisse
March 8, 1922 · Amarillo, 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Gene Kelly
6 titles together
Singin' in the Rain, Brigadoon, It's Always Fair Weather
Fred Astaire
5 titles together
The Band Wagon, That's Entertainment!, Silk Stockings
Judy Garland
4 titles together
Ziegfeld Follies, The Harvey Girls, That's Entertainment, Part II
Angela Lansbury
3 titles together
Murder, She Wrote, The Harvey Girls, Till the Clouds Roll By
Colin Kenny
3 titles together
The Band Wagon, Brigadoon, It's Always Fair Weather
Frank Sinatra
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, That's Entertainment, Part II, Till the Clouds Roll By
Full filmography · 57
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
as (archive footage)
1991
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1990
Swimsuit
as Mrs. Allison
1989
That's Dancing!
cast
19856.9
Portrait of an Escort
as Sheilah Croft
1980
Warlords of Atlantis
as Atsil
19785.7
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as President's Girl 4
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
19767
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
Fol-de-Rol
as Various Characters
1972
Maroc 7
as Louise Henderson
1967
The Silencers
as Sarita
19666