Cyd Charisse

Mar 08, 1922 - Jun 16, 2008 (86 years old) in 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.

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Known For

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Frasier

Polly (voice)

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The Love Boat

Eve Mills

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Hawaii Five-O

Alicia Warren

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Murder, She Wrote

Myrna Montclair

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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Great Performances

Self

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

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Medical Center

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Crazy like a Fox

Barbara Carlisle

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Burke's Law

Amanda Richardson

Credits

Empire State Building Murders 2008

Vicky Adams

★ NR
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note 2006

Self (Archive Footage)

★ NR
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' 2005

Self

★ NR
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies 2004

Self

★ 8
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk 2003

Self - Hostess

★ NR
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 2002

Self

★ 7.7
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' 2002

Self

★ NR
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration 2001

Self

★ 8
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days 2001

Self

★ 7
Inside the Dream Factory 1995

Self

★ 6
That's Entertainment! III 1994

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

★ 7
Burke's Law 1994

Amanda Richardson

★ 6.7
Frasier 1993

Polly (voice)

★ 7.7
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking 1991

(archive footage)

★ 4
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story 1990

Self

★ NR
Dance Crazy in Hollywood 1990

Various Roles (archive footage)

★ 6
Swimsuit 1989

Mrs. Allison

★ 3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987

Self

★ 7.5
That's Dancing! 1985

★ 7
Crazy like a Fox 1984

Barbara Carlisle

★ 7.1
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Myrna Montclair

★ 7.5
Glitter 1984

Ethel Woodley

★ 4.5
Portrait of an Escort 1980

Sheilah Croft

★ 3.5
Warlords of Atlantis 1978

Atsil

★ 5.7
The Love Boat 1977

Eve Mills

★ 6.3
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976

President's Girl 4

★ 4.1
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976

(archive footage)

★ 6.9
That's Entertainment! 1974

(archive footage)

★ 7.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

Self

★ 6.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Fol-de-Rol 1972

Various Characters

★ NR
Great Performances 1971

Self

★ 5.6
Medical Center 1969

★ 6.1
Hawaii Five-O 1968

Alicia Warren

★ 7.1
Maroc 7 1967

Louise Henderson

★ 5
Christmas with Crosby & Kate 1966

Herself

★ 10
The Silencers 1966

Sarita

★ 6
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show 1966

★ NR
Assassination in Rome 1965

Shelley North

★ 5.1
The Hollywood Palace 1964

Self - Dancer

★ 4.5
Marilyn 1963

Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6
Two Weeks in Another Town 1962

Carlotta

★ 5.9
Something's Got to Give 1962

Bianca Russell Arden

★ 8.5
Black Tights 1961

The Widow

★ 6.2
Five Golden Hours 1961

Baroness Sandra

★ 6
Startime 1959

★ 6
Party Girl 1958

Vicki Gaye

★ 6.8
Twilight for the Gods 1958

Charlotte King

★ 4.2
Silk Stockings 1957

Ninotchka Yoschenko

★ 6.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956

Self

★ 6
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956

Maria Corvier

★ 4.5
MGM Parade 1955

Self

★ NR
It's Always Fair Weather 1955

Jackie Leighton

★ 7
Deep in My Heart 1954

Performer in The Desert Song

★ 6.8
Brigadoon 1954

Fiona Campbell

★ 6.5
Easy to Love 1953

Model (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Band Wagon 1953

Gabrielle Gerard

★ 7.1
Sombrero 1953

Lola de Torrano

★ 4.2
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
Singin' in the Rain 1952

Dancer

★ 8.1
The Wild North 1952

Indian girl

★ 6.9
The Mark of the Renegade 1951

Manuella de Vasquez

★ 5.2
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
East Side, West Side 1949

Rosa Senta

★ 7
Tension 1949

Mary Chanler

★ 6.8
Words and Music 1948

Margo Grant

★ 5.7
The Kissing Bandit 1948

Dancer

★ 3
On an Island with You 1948

Yvonne Torro

★ 5.6
The Unfinished Dance 1947

Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

★ 6
Fiesta 1947

Conchita

★ 4.7
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946

Dance Specialty

★ 5.7
Three Wise Fools 1946

Rena Fairchild

★ 5
The Harvey Girls 1946

Deborah Andrews

★ 6.5
Ziegfeld Follies 1945

Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

★ 6
In Our Time 1944

Ballerina (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Thousands Cheer 1943

Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Mission to Moscow 1943

Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Something to Shout About 1943

Lily

★ 5.8
This Love of Mine 1942

Dancer (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Gay Parisian 1942

Dancer (uncredited)

★ 4.6
Escort Girl 1941

Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)

★ 3.2
Rhumba Serenade 1941

★ NR

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