Cyd Charisse returned to the nation’s screens in ‘The Band Wagon’, which aired on BBC Two at the weekend. This classic backstage musical, released in 1952, features Charisse in one of the ...

Cyd Charisse, the U.S. dancer and actress who was paired with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in films such as The Band Wagon and Singin' in the Rain, has died. She was 86.

CYD CHARISSE experienced major health woes in her younger days as she suffered from polio, before she battled back from her "frail" childhood to become one of Hollywood's greatest dancers.

Los Angeles: 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, died on Tuesday. She was 86.

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 ...

From 1946 until 1952 Charisse was kept busy in a steady stream of movies, initially doing little more than a featured dance number in each. Among the best of her early films are the Judy Garland ...