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.

Filmography

• 2008Empire State Building Murders — Vicky Adams
• HARDtalk
• Burke's Law — Amanda Richardson
• Frasier — Polly (voice)
• 1991Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking — (archive footage)
• 1990Dance Crazy in Hollywood — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 1989Swimsuit — Mrs. Allison
• 1985That's Dancing!
• Crazy like a Fox — Barbara Carlisle
• Glitter — Ethel Woodley
• Murder, She Wrote — Myrna Montclair
• 1980Portrait of an Escort — Sheilah Croft
• Fantasy Island — Queen Delphia
• 1978Warlords of Atlantis — Atsil
• The Love Boat — Eve Mills
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — President's Girl 4
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1972Fol-de-Rol — Various Characters
• Hawaii Five-O — Alicia Warren
• Medical Center
• 1967Maroc 7 — Louise Henderson
• 1966The Silencers — Sarita
• 1965Assassination in Rome — Shelley North
• 1963Marilyn — archive footage
• 1962Two Weeks in Another Town — Carlotta
• 1961Black Tights — The Widow
• 1961Five Golden Hours — Baroness Sandra
• 1958Party Girl — Vicki Gaye
• 1958Twilight for the Gods — Charlotte King
• 1957Silk Stockings — Ninotchka Yoschenko
• 1956Meet Me in Las Vegas — Maria Corvier
• 1955It's Always Fair Weather — Jackie Leighton
• 1954Brigadoon — Fiona Campbell
• 1954Deep in My Heart — Performer (segment "The Desert Song")
• 1953Easy to Love — Model (uncredited)
• 1953Sombrero — Lola de Torrano
• 1953The Band Wagon — Gabrielle Gerard
• 1952Singin' in the Rain — Dancer
• 1952The Wild North — Indian girl
• 1951The Mark of the Renegade — Manuella de Vasquez
• 1949East Side, West Side — Rosa Senta
• 1949Tension — Mary Chanler
• 1948On an Island with You — Yvonne Torro
• 1948The Kissing Bandit — Dancer
• 1948Words and Music — Margo Grant
• 1947Fiesta — Conchita
• 1947The Unfinished Dance — Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
• 1946The Harvey Girls — Deborah Andrews
• 1946Three Wise Fools — Rena Fairchild
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Dance Specialty
• 1945Ziegfeld Follies — Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
• 1944In Our Time — Ballerina (uncredited)
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
• 1943Something to Shout About — Lily
• 1943Thousands Cheer — Dancer (uncredited)
• 1942The Gay Parisian — Dancer (uncredited)
• 1942This Love of Mine — Dancer (uncredited)
• 1941Escort Girl — Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
• 1941Rhumba Serenade

Appearances as themselves (27)

• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 2006It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' — Self
• 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Self
• 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk — Self - Hostess
• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self
• 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' — Self
• 2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days — Self
• 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1995Inside the Dream Factory — Self
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — Self - Host
• 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• Donny & Marie — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)
• Film '72 — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1966Christmas with Crosby & Kate — Herself
• The Hollywood Palace — Self - Dancer
• Startime — Self
• 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• MGM Parade — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self