Cyd Charisse
Age: N/A | From: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Lily Norwood , Tula Ellice Finklea
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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 of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Alicia Warren
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Myrna Montclair
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Glitter
(1984) Ethel Woodley
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(1973) Self
Brigadoon
(1954) Fiona CampbellActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vicky Adams | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| 1994 | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | |
| 1993 | Polly (voice) | |
| 1991 | (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Self | |
| Various Roles (archive footage) | ||
| 1989 | Mrs. Allison | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Barbara Carlisle | |
| Myrna Montclair | ||
| Ethel Woodley | ||
| 1980 | Sheilah Croft | |
| 1978 | Atsil | |
| 1977 | Eve Mills | |
| 1976 | President's Girl 4 | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1972 | Various Characters | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| 1968 | Alicia Warren | |
| 1967 | Louise Henderson | |
| 1966 | Herself | |
| Sarita | ||
| 1965 | Shelley North | |
| 1964 | Self - Dancer | |
| 1963 | Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | Carlotta | |
| 1961 | The Widow | |
| Baroness Sandra | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1958 | Vicki Gaye | |
| Charlotte King | ||
| 1957 | Ninotchka Yoschenko | |
| 1956 | Self | |
| Maria Corvier | ||
| 1955 | Self | |
| Jackie Leighton | ||
| 1954 | Performer in The Desert Song | |
| Fiona Campbell | ||
| 1953 | Model | |
| Gabrielle Gerard | ||
| Lola de Torrano | ||
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Dancer | |
| Indian girl | ||
| 1951 | Manuella de Vasquez | |
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1949 | Rosa Senta | |
| Mary Chanler | ||
| 1948 | Margo Grant | |
| Dancer | ||
| Self | ||
| Yvonne Torro | ||
| 1947 | Mlle. Ariane Bouchet | |
| Conchita | ||
| 1946 | Dance Specialty | |
| Rena Fairchild | ||
| Deborah Andrews | ||
| 1945 | Ballerina | |
| 1944 | Ballerina (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) | |
| Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited) | ||
| Lily | ||
| 1942 | Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Flamenco Dancer (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
