Cyd Charisse

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". Image File history File links should be fair use source http://www. ... Image File history File links should be fair use source http://www. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Rotor City, USA Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

Cyd 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 and the "Girl Hunt Ballet" from The Band Wagon. Younger fans might remember her from her appearance in Janet Jackson's "Alright" music video. Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ... Singin in the Rain, a 1952 Gene Kelly musical film, chronicled Hollywoods transition from silent films to talkies. The movie has an extraordinarily intelligent plot, which greatly contributes to the work being systematically classified as the best musical comedy ever. ... The Band Wagon is a musical comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953, which tells the story of an aging musical star who wants to star in a Broadway play that will restart his career. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Cyd Charisse has been married to singer Tony Martin for more than 50 years, an almost unheard of milestone for a Hollywood marriage. Martin was previously married to musical actress Alice Faye and Cyd was previously married to Nico Charisse. Tony Martin (born December 25, 1912) is an American actor and traditional pop singer. ... ... Alice Faye, from her official Website, http://www. ...

She has two sons - Nico (Nicky) Charisse from her first marriage and Tony Martin Jr. from her marrage to Tony Martin. Her niece is actress Nana Visitor. Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress. ...

She has written a joint biography with Tony (and Dick Kleiner) called The Two of Us (1976).

Now in her 80s, Charisse still makes occasional appearances in documentaries on Hollywood musicals. When she was in her 60s, she produced a workout video.

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. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Tony Martin (born December 25, 1912) is an American actor and traditional pop singer. ...

Filmography

• Rhumba Serenade (1941) (soundie)
• Poeme (1941) (soundie)
• I Knew It Would Be This Way (1941) (soundie)
• Did Anyone Call? (1941) (soundie)
• Magic of Magnolias (1942) (soundie)
• This Love of Mine (1942) (soundie)
• 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)

Mission to Moscow is a 1943 movie directed by Michael Curtiz with a screen play by Howard Koch based on the book by Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. ... Thousands Cheer was an American musical-comedy released by MGM in 1943. ... The Harvey Girls is a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams about Fred Harveys famous Harvey Houses, which was subsequently made into a 1946 MGM musical. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... Till The Clouds Roll By is an American musical-biographical film released by MGM in 1946. ... Fiesta can mean: A festival or holiday. ... Words and Music was the title of a 1948 movie based on the lives of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ... East Side/West Side was an hour-long American television drama starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, and Cicely Tyson. ... Tension is a 1950 crime thriller film, considered film noir. ... Singin in the Rain is a 1952 musical film starring Gene Kelly and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen. ... Media:Example. ... The Band Wagon is a musical comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953, which tells the story of an aging musical star who wants to star in a Broadway play that will restart his career. ... DVD cover Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ... Party Girl is a 1995 a film which tells the story of a young woman, Mary, who is living a self-destructive life of drug taking and partying. ... Somethings Got To Give is one of the most notorious unfinished films in Hollywood history. ... Matt Helm, a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton, is a U.S. government counteragent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers. ... Warlords of Atlantis was a 1978 science fiction, fantasy film. ... 2004 DVD release Thats Entertainment! is a 1974 documentary released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. ...

External links

• Cyd Charisse at the Internet Movie Database
• Cyd Charisse at the Internet Broadway Database
• Legs - A tribute to Cyd Charisse
• The Official Cyd Charisse Web Site