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Cyd Charisse
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 of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Singin' in the Rain
as Dancer
The Band Wagon
as Gabrielle Gerard
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance Specialty
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Brigadoon
as Fiona Campbell
The Harvey Girls
as Deborah Andrews
Silk Stockings
as Ninotchka Yoschenko
Warlords of Atlantis
as Atsil
Ziegfeld Follies
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
