Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

08/03/1922

Day of Death

16/06/2008
(86) years old

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Biography

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2006

It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a...

as Self (Archive Footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1990

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1989

Swimsuit

as Mrs. Allison

1980

Portrait of an Escort

as Sheilah Croft

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Mi...

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Fol-de-Rol

as Various Characters

1967

Maroc 7

as Louise Henderson

1966

The Silencers

as Sarita

1965

Assassination in Rome

as Shelley North

1963

Marilyn

as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archiv...

1962

Something's Got to Give

as Bianca Russell Arden

1961

Black Tights

as The Widow

1961

Five Golden Hours

as Baroness Sandra

1958

Party Girl

as Vicki Gaye

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as Charlotte King

1957

Silk Stockings

as Ninotchka Yoschenko

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Maria Corvier

1955

It's Always Fair Weather

as Jackie Leighton

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Performer in The Desert Song

1954

Brigadoon

as Fiona Campbell

1953

Easy to Love

as Model (uncredited)

1953

The Band Wagon

as Gabrielle Gerard

1953

Sombrero

as Lola de Torrano

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Dancer

1952

The Wild North

as Indian girl

1951

The Mark of the Renegade

as Manuella de Vasquez

1949

East Side, West Side

as Rosa Senta

1949

Tension

as Mary Chanler

1948

Words and Music

as Margo Grant

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Dancer

1948

On an Island with You

as Yvonne Torro

1947

The Unfinished Dance

as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

1947

Fiesta

as Conchita

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Dance Specialty

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Rena Fairchild

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Deborah Andrews

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

1944

In Our Time

as Ballerina (uncredited)

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)

1942

This Love of Mine

as Dancer (uncredited)

1942

The Gay Parisian

as Dancer (uncredited)

1941

Escort Girl

as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)