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Profile of Cyd Charisse
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Cyd Charisse |
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8th March 1921 |
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Amarillo, Texas, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. She was born "Tula Ellice Finklea" on March 8, 1921, in Amarillo, Texas. Reputedly, the name ‘Cyd’ was a nickname resulting from the inability of a sibling to pronounce the word ‘Sis’.
Charisse had celebrated on-screen pairings with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Her body of work includes two of the most acclaimed dance sequences in musical cinema, the “Broadway Melody Ballet†sequence from the movie Singin' in the Rain (movie) and the "Girl Hunt Ballet" from The Band Wagon. Younger fans might remember her from her appearance in Janet Jackson's "Alright" music video.
Ms. Charisse has been married to singer Tony Martin for more than 50 years, an almost unheard of milestone for a Hollywood marriage.
She has a son, Nico Charisse, by her first marriage. Her niece is actress Nana Visitor.
NOTE: She is often thought to be and incorrectly described as Jewish, possibly because of her birthname - although she is in fact not Jewish at all; however, her husband, Tony Martin, is Jewish.
Filmography
- Rhumba Serenade (1941) (short subject)
- Poeme (1941) (short subject)
- I Knew It Would Be This Way (1941) (short subject)
- Did Anyone Call? (1941) (short subject)
- Magic of Magnolias (1942) (short subject)
- This Love of Mine (1942) (short subject)
- Something to Shout About (1943)
- Mission to Moscow (1943)
- Thousands Cheer (1943)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- Three Wise Fools (1946)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- Fiesta (1947)
- The Unfinished Dance (1947)
- On an Island with You (1948)
- The Kissing Bandit (1948)
- Words and Music (1948)
- East Side, West Side (1949)
- Tension (1950)
- Mark of the Renegade (1951)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- The Wild North (1952)
- Sombrero (1953)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Easy to Love (1953) (cameo)
- Brigadoon (1954)
- 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) (short subject)
- It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
- Silk Stockings (1957)
- Twilight for the Gods (1958)
- Party Girl (1958)
- Black Tights (1960)
- Five Golden Hours (1961)
- Something's Got to Give (1962) (unfinished)
- Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
- Assassination in Rome (1965)
- The Silencers (1966)
- Maroc 7 (1967)
- Film Portait (1972) (documentary)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
- Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
- Private Screening (1989)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994)
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