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who?
Wow! She was great.
I used to watch those movies on bbc2!!!
At least she wasnt young and she has had a successful career.
I did click and saw some old romantics holding hands.
Who?
Is she important to dance?
As a kid, I remember countless occasions on which a film would come on the telly (they never advertised 'future attractions' then) and my dad would say:
"Ooh. Cyd Charisse is in this. She had great legs, you know."
Dep you crack me up - clearly there is some persistent bubble round the borders are you sure you don't live in Brigadoon. Mind you if you did you'd know her, she starred in that movie
In that period where dance was a regular feature in the successful movies of the day her name was up there along people like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly etc. Should put her in perspective.
Just in case, see the attached link to get a better idea of why people might think the dance world has lost one of its greats
CYD CHARISSE
Thanks Agent for that link.
I suppose it's akin to saying I've heard of The Beatles but never heard any of their songs.
Was Cyd important to dance was a question - If you ask that question then the answer really has to be "not at all - to your dancing anyway"
Anyway I think she was fab a great dancer and one heck of a good looking woman - If I'd stood on Andy McG's shoulders we might have just about been as tall as her though!
From her imdb entry:
Her little brother couldn't pronounce the word 'sis' and said 'sid' instead. This became her nickname. Her agent refused to allow her to use the stage name Sid because it was 'too masculine' so they feminised it to 'Cyd'.
And Charisse was her first husband's surname (with a teeny spelling change).
She would have had the lead in Easter Parade but she damaged her knee; she would have had the lead in An American in Paris but she was pregnant.
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