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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.
As actor
Something's Got to Give
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Empire State Building Murders
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Inside the Dream Factory
That's Entertainment! III
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Swimsuit
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
That's Dancing!
Portrait of an Escort
Warlords of Atlantis
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment!
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Fol-de-Rol
Maroc 7
The Silencers
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Assassination in Rome