Post by Denisa on Jun 18, 2008 2:22:24 GMT -5
Grace, style and class: Cyd Charisse, dead at 87
Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse has died of a heart attack at the age of 87.
The long-stemmed Texas beauty danced with the greats: Fred Astaire, Ricardo Montalban and Gene Kelly, and she made some amazing cinematic history in solo dances of her own.
Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea, from Amarillo, Texas.
I met her in 1980 in Houston at the Foleys in the Greenspoint Mall where she was signing books. Her beauty and stature was still in full force. She was an amazingly striking and gracious woman.
Charisse was a student of ballet in Los Angeles before joining the Ballets Russes under the name Siderova. World War II saw her returned to Califonia where her fate took a turn for Hollywood, she was snapped up by MGM.
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Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse has died of a heart attack at the age of 87.
The long-stemmed Texas beauty danced with the greats: Fred Astaire, Ricardo Montalban and Gene Kelly, and she made some amazing cinematic history in solo dances of her own.
Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea, from Amarillo, Texas.
I met her in 1980 in Houston at the Foleys in the Greenspoint Mall where she was signing books. Her beauty and stature was still in full force. She was an amazingly striking and gracious woman.
Charisse was a student of ballet in Los Angeles before joining the Ballets Russes under the name Siderova. World War II saw her returned to Califonia where her fate took a turn for Hollywood, she was snapped up by MGM.
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