Cyd Charisse
Acting
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.
As actor 87
Frasier
1993
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Fantasy Island
1978
Great Performances
1971
Film '72
1971
What's My Line?
1950
Medical Center
1969
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Oscars
1953
Singin' in the Rain
1952
HARDtalk
1997
MGM Parade
1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Startime
1959
Burke's Law
1994
Donny & Marie
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Harvey Girls
1946
Glitter
1984
The Silencers
1966
Fiesta
1947
Warlords of Atlantis
1978
Sombrero
1953
That's Dancing!
1985
Silk Stockings
1957
Party Girl
1958
The Band Wagon
1953
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
Brigadoon
1954
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
Thousands Cheer
1943
On an Island with You
1948
That's Entertainment!
1974
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
Easy to Love
1953
That's Entertainment! III
1994
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Kissing Bandit
1948
Deep in My Heart
1954
Words and Music
1948
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The Wild North
1952
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Tension
1949
Three Wise Fools
1946
Swimsuit
1989
Mission to Moscow
1943
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
Twilight for the Gods
1958
East Side, West Side
1949
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
In Our Time
1944
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001
Empire State Building Murders
2008
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
Assassination in Rome
1965
Five Golden Hours
1961
Black Tights
1961
Marilyn
1963
Maroc 7
1967
Something to Shout About
1943
The Unfinished Dance
1947
Fol-de-Rol
1972
Portrait of an Escort
1980
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
Escort Girl
1941
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
2006
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
This Love of Mine
1942
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
1991
The Gay Parisian
1942
Rhumba Serenade
1941