Cyd Charisse
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-03-08 (86 years old)
Deathday
2008-06-16
Place of Birth
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Also known As
Lily Norwood
Tula Ellice Finklea
سید شریس
Cyd Charisse
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 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...
Acting
1952
as Dancer
1978
as Atsil
1966
as Sarita
1958
as Vicki Gaye
1949
as Mary Chanler
1953
as Gabrielle Gerard
1976
as President's Girl 4
1957
as Ninotchka Yoschenko
1948
as Yvonne Torro
1943
as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
1962
as Carlotta
1947
as Conchita
1952
as Indian girl
1955
as Jackie Leighton
1946
as Dance Specialty
1954
as Fiona Campbell
2008
as Vicky Adams
1961
as Baroness Sandra
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1958
as Charlotte King
1947
as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
1949
as Rosa Senta
1943
as Lily
1956
as Maria Corvier
1972
as Various Characters
1948
as Dancer
1967
as Louise Henderson
1953
as Lola de Torrano
1941
1961
as The Widow
1951
as Manuella de Vasquez
1948
as Margo Grant
1942
as Dancer (uncredited)
2001
1990
1990
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1973
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Self
1946
as Deborah Andrews
2003
as Self - Hostess
1974
as (archive footage)
2006
as Self (Archive Footage)
1989
as Mrs. Allison
1941
as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
1980
as Sheilah Croft
1954
as Performer in The Desert Song
1962
as Bianca Russell Arden
2002
1942
as Dancer (uncredited)
1943
as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
1946
as Rena Fairchild
1944
as Ballerina (uncredited)
1945
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
1966
as Herself
1976
as (archive footage)
1963
as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
as (archive footage)
1985
1965
as Shelley North
1995
as Self
1953
as Model (uncredited)
1987
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