Cyd Charisse

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dancer film actress human stage actress television actress

Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

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instanceOf dancer ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
awardReceived National Medal of Arts ⓘ
birthName Tula Ellice Finklea ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-03-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-06-17 ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
ethnicGroup American of Scottish descent ⓘ
eyeColor green ⓘ
familyName Finklea ⓘ
genre musical film ⓘ
givenName Tula ⓘ
hairColor dark brown ⓘ
honouredIn Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movementSpecialty ballet ⓘ
jazz dance ⓘ
name Cyd Charisse self-link ⓘ
notableFor technically precise dance performances ⓘ
notableScene Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
surface form: Broadway Melody Ballet in Singin' in the Rain

Dancing in the Dark ⓘ
surface form: Dancing in the Dark number in The Band Wagon
notableWork Brigadoon ⓘ
It's Always Fair Weather ⓘ
surface form: It’s Always Fair Weather

Silk Stockings ⓘ
Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
The Band Wagon ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amarillo, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Amarillo, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Nico Charisse ⓘ
Tony Martin ⓘ
workedWith Fred Astaire ⓘ
Gene Kelly ⓘ
yearsActive 1940s–1990s ⓘ

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Singin' in the Rain → castMember → Cyd Charisse ⓘ
The Harvey Girls → featuresPerformer → Cyd Charisse ⓘ
Cyd Charisse → name → Cyd Charisse self-link ⓘ
Silk Stockings → starring → Cyd Charisse ⓘ
The Band Wagon → starring → Cyd Charisse ⓘ
Fred Astaire → workedWith → Cyd Charisse ⓘ