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Cyd Charisse with Gene Kelly, from the ‘Broadway Melody Ballet’ sequence in 1952 film, ‘Singin’ in The Rain,’ MGM. In fact, rumor had it — as did at least one Guinness record book entry — that Charisse’s legs were insured for millions in the 1950s. However, Charisse later reported that this was an MGM-inspired publicity stunt.
Cyd Charisse grew up in Amarillo, Texas and spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons. She joined the Ballet Russe at age 13 touring with the company in the U.S. and Europe, using the stage names of Maria Istomina and Felia Sidorova. In 1939 she married Nico Charisse, a former dance teacher. Four years later, she appeared in her first ...
Jun 17, 2008 · Her second son, Tony Jr., was born in 1950. Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly ...
In her two-hour interview, Cyd Charisse (1922-2008) talks about her start as a dancer for the Ballet Russe. She describes in detail her fourteen-year tenure under contract at MGM studios, appearing as a dancer in such film classics as Ziegfeld Follies, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, and Silk Stockings. Charisse describes the comprehensive training ground MGM offered for nurturing the ...
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Jun 18, 2008 · Cyd Charisse, dancer and actress; born March 8 1921; died June 16 2008. <p>The camera seems to track forever along a pair of crossed female legs, extending almost beyond the frame. It moves up to ...
Jun 17, 2008 · Cyd Charisse in Singin' in the Rain; the dancer and actress has died at 87. Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse has died in Los Angeles, after suffering a heart attack. She was 86. Her career spanned ...
Jun 16, 2008 · 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 ...
