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Cyd Charisse

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Amarillo, Texas, USA, 1922-03-08

Died: 2008-06-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Rhumba Serenade		0
2	1941	Escort Girl	Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)	32
3	1942	The Gay Parisian	Dancer (uncredited)	46
4	1942	This Love of Mine	Dancer (uncredited)	65
5	1943	Something to Shout About	Lily	58
6	1943	Mission to Moscow	Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)	53
7	1943	Thousands Cheer	Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)	64
8	1944	In Our Time	Ballerina (uncredited)	64
9	1945	Ziegfeld Follies	Ballerina (segment "Beauty")	61
10	1946	The Harvey Girls	Deborah Andrews	65
11	1946	Three Wise Fools	Rena Fairchild	50
12	1946	Till the Clouds Roll By	Dance Specialty	57
13	1947	Fiesta	Conchita	47
14	1947	The Unfinished Dance	Mlle. Ariane Bouchet	60
15	1948	On an Island with You	Yvonne Torro	56
16	1948	The Kissing Bandit	Dancer	30
17	1948	Words and Music	Margo Grant	57
18	1949	Tension	Mary Chanler	68
19	1949	East Side, West Side	Rosa Senta	70
20	1951	The Mark of the Renegade	Manuella de Vasquez	52
21	1952	The Wild North	Indian girl	69
22	1952	Singin' in the Rain	Dancer	81
23	1953	Sombrero	Lola de Torrano	42
24	1953	The Band Wagon	Gabrielle Gerard	71
25	1953	Easy to Love	Model (uncredited)	61
26	1954	Brigadoon	Fiona Campbell	65
27	1954	Deep in My Heart	Performer in The Desert Song	68
28	1955	It's Always Fair Weather	Jackie Leighton	70
29	1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Maria Corvier	45
30	1957	Silk Stockings	Ninotchka Yoschenko	67
31	1958	Twilight for the Gods	Charlotte King	42
32	1958	Party Girl	Vicki Gaye	68
33	1961	Five Golden Hours	Baroness Sandra	60
34	1961	Black Tights	The Widow	62
35	1962	Something's Got to Give	Bianca Russell Arden	85
36	1962	Two Weeks in Another Town	Carlotta	59
37	1963	Marilyn	Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)	60
38	1965	Assassination in Rome	Shelley North	51
39	1966	The Silencers	Sarita	61
40	1966	Christmas with Crosby & Kate	Herself	100
41	1967	Maroc 7	Louise Henderson	50
42	1972	Fol-de-Rol	Various Characters	0
43	1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli	Self (archive footage)	0
44	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage)	73
45	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
46	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	President's Girl 4	41
47	1978	Warlords of Atlantis	Atsil	57
48	1980	Portrait of an Escort	Sheilah Croft	27
49	1985	That's Dancing!		70
50	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
51	1989	Swimsuit	Mrs. Allison	48
52	1990	Dance Crazy in Hollywood	Various Roles (archive footage)	60
53	1990	You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story	Self	0
54	1991	Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking	(archive footage)	40
55	1994	That's Entertainment! III	Self - Co-Host / Narrator	70
56	1995	Inside the Dream Factory	Self	60
57	2001	Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days	Self	70
58	2001	Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration	Self	80
59	2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self	77
60	2002	What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'	Self	0
61	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk	Self - Hostess	0
62	2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self	80
63	2005	Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'	Self	0
64	2006	It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note	Self (Archive Footage)	0
65	2008	Empire State Building Murders	Vicky Adams	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1955	MGM Parade	Self	0
5	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
6	1959	Startime		60
7	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Dancer	45
8	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Alicia Warren	71
9	1969	Medical Center		61
10	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
11	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
12	1976	Donny & Marie	Self	65
13	1977	The Love Boat	Eve Mills	63
14	1984	Glitter	Ethel Woodley	45
15	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Myrna Montclair	75
16	1984	Crazy like a Fox	Barbara Carlisle	71
17	1993	Frasier	Polly (voice)	77
18	1994	Burke's Law	Amanda Richardson	67