TCM tribute to Cyd Charisse
TCM will pay tribute to musical star Cyd Charisse with a three-film presentation Friday (June 27). The actress known for her dancing abilities died June 17 at age 86.
The special tribute will include 1952’s “Singin’ in the Rain” (7 p.m.), in which Charisse joins Gene Kelly for the famed “Broadway Melody Ballet” sequence; 1953’s “The Band Wagon” (9 p.m.), director Vincente Minnelli’s colorful backstage musical that pairs Charisse with Fred Astaire; and 1957’s “Silk Stockings” (11 p.m.), a musical remake of “Ninotchka” that features another Charisse-Astaire collaboration.
“Cyd Charisse was one of the few who managed to have it all: a great career, a place in movie history, respect from her peers and a husband who adored her,” TCM host Robert Osborne said. “My last time seeing her just a few months ago in New York said it all, with photographers snapping pictures of the movie star while she smiled brightly on the arm of her husband of 60 years, Tony Martin.”
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