Cyd Charisse, who died on Tuesday aged 87, was one of the leading dancers at MGM in the heyday of the Hollywood musical. 18 June 2008 • 12:15pm She regularly partnered Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire on ...

LOS ANGELES — Cyd Charisse, who with her long-legged beauty brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in classic movie musicals such as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Silk Stockings,” died Tuesday. She ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, the impossibly long-legged movie musical star who gained fame for her on-screen pairings with Hollywood dance greats Fred Astaire and Gene ...

Singin' in the Rain star Cyd Charisse dies age 86 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 ...

Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in such classic movie musicals as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Silk Stockings,” died Tuesday. She was 86. Charisse died at Cedars-Sinai ...

Actress Cyd Charisse, who found fame as the dance partner of legendary Hollywood figures such as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, has died aged 87. Her agent Scott Stander said she died at her home in Los ...

A publicist for Cyd Charisse says the actress-dancer has died in Los Angeles at age 86. Publicist Gene Schwam says Charisse died early today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering an apparent ...

Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in classic movie musicals such as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Silk Stockings,” died Tuesday. She was 86. Ms. Charisse died at Cedars-Sinai ...

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 Tuesday. By Duane Byrge, The Associated ...

Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, in 1921, she took up dancing at age six as exercise to assist her recovery from polio. She was just 14 when she was hired by the famed Ballet Russe.

Cyd Charisse danced with Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain Cyd Charisse danced with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in some of Hollywood's finest musicals - The Band Wagon and Silk Stockings with Astaire, ...