No less of an icon than Fred Astaire once said about Cyd Charisse, “When you’ve danced with Cyd, you stay... (Learn more)
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Cyd Charisse’s Milestones
| Continued for several years thereafter in non-musicals which sometimes included a dance number or two | |
| Moved to Hollywood in her early teens | |
| Toured Europe with the Ballet Russe in the late 1930s | |
| 1935 | Toured the U.S. with Ballet Russe's corp de ballet |
| 1943 | Offered dancing roles in Gregory Ratoff's "Something to Shout About" and "Mission to Moscow" |
| 1944 | Signed to MGM contract |
| 1945 | Danced (unbilled) in a ballet around Fred Astaire in "Ziegfeld Follies" |
| 1946 | Film acting debut in "The Harvey Girls" |
| 1948 | Offered second lead role in "Easter Parade"; broke leg and role went to Ann Miller |
| 1949 | First dramatic film role in "East Side, West Side" |
| 1951 | Lost lead role opposite Gene Kelly in "An American in Paris" because of pregnancy |
| 1951 | Played first romantic lead opposite Ricardo Montalban in "Mark of the Renegade" |
| 1952 | Achieved star status as Gene Kelly's dance partner in the climactic 'Broadway Melody' number of "Singin' in the Rain" |
| 1953 | First female lead, opposite Fred Astaire, in the musical "The Band Wagon" |
| 1957 | Played last starring role, opposite Fred Astaire, in the musical "Silk Stockings" |
| 1959 | Hosted the TV variety special, "Meet Cyd Charisse" |
| 1963 | Made her nightclub debut with husband Tony Martin |
| 1967 - 1968 | Starred in two TV concert performance specials, "The Cyd Charisse Special" and "Center Stage: Cyd Charisse" |
| 1976 | Published dual autobiography with Tony Martin, The Two of Us |
| 1991 | Made Broadway debut as a replacement for Liliane Montevecchi in the musical, "Grand Hotel" |
| 1994 | Co-hosted the documentary, "That's Entertainment III," a salute to MGM musicals from the late 1920s through the 50s |
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