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?.

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)