Age 87.
I never, ever do RIPs. But this one really got to me, for several reasons.
She was a beautiful dancer and a beautiful lady.
RIP Cyd Charisse
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She was my idol. When I was about 12, I realized how tall she was, and how tall I wasn't, which meant I'd never achieve the wonderful lines she could create with her body. Sigh. Just the thought of her still gives me better posture, however.
I always will think of her as one of the most extraordinarily beautiful people ever to be on the planet.
I always will think of her as one of the most extraordinarily beautiful people ever to be on the planet.
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She was so beautiful and so glamorous, just wonderful to watch.
Makes me want to watch Singin in the Rain again.
Makes me want to watch Singin in the Rain again.
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And Brigadoon. I'd like to watch that again too.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
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Tell me about it. Screw Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen, to me Cyd Charisse was the female star of Singin' in the Rain.mellytu74 wrote:And a wonderful partner for our boy, Gene Kelly.
Let's a do a couple of leg kicks while wearing poison green dancing dresses.
When I was a kid I used to use a knitting needle in place of the cigarette holder and do the CC dance. I wanted a flapper dress with a skirt made out of jeweled straps SO badly!
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From the obit of Tula Ellice Finkleasilvercamaro wrote:She was my idol. When I was about 12, I realized how tall she was, and how tall I wasn't, which meant I'd never achieve the wonderful lines she could create with her body. Sigh. Just the thought of her still gives me better posture, however.
I always will think of her as one of the most extraordinarily beautiful people ever to be on the planet.
She regularly partnered Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire on screen and was famous for the length and shapeliness of her legs, which were insured in her prime for $10 million.
They were so long and lissome that they gave the impression of a woman over six foot tall, though in fact she was a surprisingly petite 5ft 6in.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: RIP Cyd Charisse
fanny,fantine33 wrote:Age 87.
I never, ever do RIPs. But this one really got to me, for several reasons.
She was a beautiful dancer and a beautiful lady.
One of my favorite roles that Cyd portrayed was in "The Harvey Girls" she played Deborah from Rhode Island - the dancer.
She exuded elegance, grace, and beauty!
I feel fortunate that we (our generation) actually knew who she was! I hope that other generations are lucky enough to watch her dance on celluloid!
All I can say is WOW...she was magnificent!
I hope that TCM does a Cyd Charisse tribute soon!
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I am astonished. If I had known I had only to stretch a few inches more, I would have spent my early adolescence hanging from the top of a door.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:She regularly partnered Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire on screen and was famous for the length and shapeliness of her legs, which were insured in her prime for $10 million.
They were so long and lissome that they gave the impression of a woman over six foot tall, though in fact she was a surprisingly petite 5ft 6in.
This also tells me that some of her dancing partners were shorter than I had realized.
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A few months ago, I saw the Dean Martin/Matt Helm movie The Silencers on DVD. It was one of those I hadn't seen since I was a kid, and, frankly, what I thought was cool as a junior high school student hadn't aged very well.
However, Charisse, who was 44 or 45 when the film was made, did a dance over the title credits and another one later in the movie (she played a night club entertainer). Terrific moves and very sexy (especially for the era when the film was made). It turned out to be the only really entertaining five minutes of the entire film.
Great entertainer and a classy lady.
However, Charisse, who was 44 or 45 when the film was made, did a dance over the title credits and another one later in the movie (she played a night club entertainer). Terrific moves and very sexy (especially for the era when the film was made). It turned out to be the only really entertaining five minutes of the entire film.
Great entertainer and a classy lady.
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And when she danced with pea, bite marks.nitrah55 wrote:The NYTimes obit quotes her as saying her husband, Tony Martin, could always tell who'd she'd been dancing with when she came home from the studio.
If she had bruises, Gene Kelly. When she danced with Astaire, not a scratch.
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