Cyd Charisse
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Dancer
Brigadoon
1954
as Fiona Campbell
The Band Wagon
1953
as Gabrielle Gerard
The Silencers
1966
as Sarita
The Harvey Girls
1946
as Deborah Andrews
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
as Jackie Leighton
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Silk Stockings
1957
as Ninotchka Yoschenko
Party Girl
1958
as Vicki Gaye
Warlords of Atlantis
1978
as Atsil
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Tension
1949
as Mary Chanler
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
as Self
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Carlotta
Words and Music
1948
as Margo Grant