Cyd Charisse, famed dancer and actress, is dead at 86. She sang and danced with legends Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain, and Fred Astaire in Silk Stockings. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1921, Charisse began her career dancing with the Ballet Russe as a teenager. During a European tour she met Nico Charisse, a young French dancer with whom she had trained in Los Angeles. They married in Paris in 1939.
18 June 2008
Another great one gone
Cyd Charisse, famed dancer and actress, is dead at 86. She sang and danced with legends Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain, and Fred Astaire in Silk Stockings. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1921, Charisse began her career dancing with the Ballet Russe as a teenager. During a European tour she met Nico Charisse, a young French dancer with whom she had trained in Los Angeles. They married in Paris in 1939.
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