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Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea) was one of the leading dancers at MGM in the heyday of the Hollywood musical. She regularly partnered Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire on screen and was famous for the length and shapeliness of her legs, which were insured in her prime for $10 million.

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  • Born In Amarillo, Texas, USA
  • Born March 8, 1922
  • Died June 17, 2008
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AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire

1999

Assassination in Rome

1964
as Shelley North

Black Tights

1962
as The Widow

Brigadoon

1954
as Fiona Campbell

Deep in My Heart

1954
as Cyd Charisse

East Side, West Side

1949
as Rosa Senta

Empire State Building Murders

2008
as Vicky Adams

Fiesta

1947
as Conchita

Film Portrait

1970
as Cyd Charisse

Five Golden Hours

1961
as Baroness Sandra

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002
as Herself

In Our Time

1944
as Ballerina

It's Always Fair Weather

1955
as Jackie Leighton

Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996

1995
as Self (segment "Alright")

Janet Jackson: The Rhythm Nation Compilation

1990
as Self (segment "Alright")

Marilyn

1963

Maroc 7

1967

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956
as Maria Corvier

Mission to Moscow

1943
as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina

Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit At MGM

1996
as Cyd Charisse

On an Island with You

1948
as Yvonne Torro

Party Girl

1958
as Vicki Gaye

Portrait of an Escort

1980
as Sheilah Croft

Silk Stockings

1957
as Ninotchka Yoschenko

Singin' in the Rain

1952
as Dancer

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

1997
as Fiona Campbell in 'Brigadoon'

Sombrero

1953
as Lola de Torrano

Something to Shout About

1943
as Lily (as Lily Norwood)

Something's Got to Give

1962
as Bianca Russell Arden

Swimsuit

1989
as Mrs. Allison

Tension

1949
as Mary Chanler

That's Entertainment!

1974
as Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain' (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994
as Herself - Co-Host / Narrator

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
as (archive footage)

The Band Wagon

1953
as Gabrielle Gerard

The Harvey Girls

1946
as Deborah Andrews

The Kissing Bandit

1948
as Dancer

The Mark of the Renegade

1951
as Manuella de Vasquez

The Silencers

1966
as Sarita

The Unfinished Dance

1947
as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

The Wild North

1952
as Indian girl

Three Wise Fools

1946
as Rena Fairchild

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946
as Dance Specialty

Twilight for the Gods

1958
as Charlotte King

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962
as Carlotta

Visioni private

1989
as Cyd Charisse

Warlords of Atlantis

1978
as Atsil

Won Ton Ton: the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976
as President's Girl 4

Words and Music

1948
as Margo Grant

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990
as Cyd Charisse

Ziegfeld Follies

1945
as Ballerina

Guest Star

Episode Checkmate
Dance of Death 		1961
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Death Mask 		1978
Episode The Dean Martin Show
Episode #70 		1967
Episode The Hollywood Palace
Hosts: Cyd Charisse & Tony Martin / Buffalo Springfield 		1967
Episode Frasier
The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl (2) 		1995
Episode Fantasy Island
The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird / The Island of Lost Women 		1978
Episode Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Highest Bidder? 		1995
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Widow, Weep for Me 		1985