Cyd Charisse
AKA: Lily Norwood
Birthday: 1921-03-08
Died: 2008-06-16
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Character: Gabrielle Gerard
Character: President's Girl 4
Character: Ninotchka Yoschenko
Character: Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
Character: Jackie Leighton
Character: Dance Specialty
Character: Fiona Campbell
Character: Baroness Sandra
Character: Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Character: Charlotte King
Character: Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Character: Various Characters
Character: Louise Henderson
Character: Lola de Torrano
Character: Manuella de Vasquez
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Deborah Andrews
Character: Self - Hostess
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Character: Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Performer in The Desert Song
Character: Bianca Russell Arden
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Ballerina (uncredited)
Character: Rena Fairchild
Character: Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
Character: Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Model (uncredited)