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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-03-08

Deathday

2008-06-16 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Lily Norwood
Tula Ellice Finklea
سید شریس

Cyd Charisse

Biography

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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Acting

2008

Empire State Building Murders as Vicky Adams

2006

It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note as Self (Archive Footage)

2005

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' as Self

2004

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk as Self - Hostess

2002		Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self
2002		What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' as Self

2001		Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2001		Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days as Self

1995

Inside the Dream Factory as Self

1994		That's Entertainment! III as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994		Burke's Law as Amanda Richardson

1993

Frasier as Polly (voice)

1991

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking as (archive footage)

1990		Star Life as Self (archive footage)
1990		You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
1990		Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)

1989

Swimsuit as Mrs. Allison

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1985

That's Dancing!

1984		Crazy like a Fox as Barbara Carlisle
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Myrna Montclair
1984		Glitter as Ethel Woodley

1980

Portrait of an Escort as Sheilah Croft

1978

Warlords of Atlantis as Atsil

1977

The Love Boat as Eve Mills

1976		Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as President's Girl 4
1976		That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976		Donny & Marie as Self

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)

1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973		The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

1972

Fol-de-Rol as Various Characters

1971

Great Performances as Self

1969

Medical Center

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Alicia Warren

1967

Maroc 7 as Louise Henderson

1966		Christmas with Crosby & Kate as Herself
1966		The Silencers as Sarita
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1965

Assassination in Rome as Shelley North

1964

The Hollywood Palace as Self - Dancer

1963

Marilyn as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962		Two Weeks in Another Town as Carlotta
1962		Something's Got to Give as Bianca Russell Arden

1961		Black Tights as The Widow
1961		Five Golden Hours as Baroness Sandra

1959

Startime

1958		Party Girl as Vicki Gaye
1958		Twilight for the Gods as Charlotte King

1957

Silk Stockings as Ninotchka Yoschenko

1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		Meet Me in Las Vegas as Maria Corvier

1955		MGM Parade as Self
1955		It's Always Fair Weather as Jackie Leighton

1954		Deep in My Heart as Performer in The Desert Song
1954		Brigadoon as Fiona Campbell

1953		Easy to Love as Model (uncredited)
1953		The Band Wagon as Gabrielle Gerard
1953		Sombrero as Lola de Torrano
1953		The Oscars as Self

1952		Singin' in the Rain as Dancer
1952		The Wild North as Indian girl

1951

The Mark of the Renegade as Manuella de Vasquez

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		East Side, West Side as Rosa Senta
1949		Tension as Mary Chanler

1948		Words and Music as Margo Grant
1948		The Kissing Bandit as Dancer
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		On an Island with You as Yvonne Torro

1947		The Unfinished Dance as Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
1947		Fiesta as Conchita

1946		Till the Clouds Roll By as Dance Specialty
1946		Three Wise Fools as Rena Fairchild
1946		The Harvey Girls as Deborah Andrews

1945

Ziegfeld Follies as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

1944

In Our Time as Ballerina (uncredited)

1943		Thousands Cheer as Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited)
1943		Mission to Moscow as Galina Ulanova - Ballerina (uncredited)
1943		Something to Shout About as Lily

1942		This Love of Mine as Dancer (uncredited)
1942		The Gay Parisian as Dancer (uncredited)

1941		Escort Girl as Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)
1941		Rhumba Serenade