Cyd Charisse


Trivia of Cyd Charisse (8 March 1922 – 17 June 2008)
*First started taking dance lessons at the encouragement of her father, Ernest. She was frail and sickly at the time and had a bout with polio. Dance lessons were encouraged to build up her strength and she took to it quickly.
*Her birth name was Tula Ellice Finklea.Took her name Cyd from a nickname originated from her brother. Initially, he could not say sister and called her Sid. She took the nickname and convinced her agent to keep the name with the present spelling. He feared that Sid was too masculine.
*Her first credited film role was “Lily” in the 1943 musical Something to Shout About.
*Appeared with Gene Kelly in eight films: Thousands Cheer (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Words and Music (1948), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954), Deep in My Heart (1954), It's Always Fair Weather (1955) and That's Entertainment! III (1994).
*In 1952, she had a $5-million insurance policy accepted on her legs.
*Was "the other woman" in Marilyn Monroe's last and unfinished film Something's Got to Give (1962).
*She had a cameo in Janet Jackson’s music video for “Alright” in 1990.

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