LOS ANGELES -- Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.

The tall, graceful and exotic-looking Charisse made an impact despite having no lines in Rain and remained a star even as the movie musical was on the wane.Charisse, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles at ...

Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred inMGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86. Charisse was admitted to ...

LOS ANGELES — Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in classic movie musicals such as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Silk Stockings,” died Tuesday. She was 86. Charisse died at ...

Cyd Charisse, 86, an actress and dancer whose mile-long legs made her a memorable partner with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in several top musicals of the 1950s, died June 17 at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...

Even though musicals are almost always more than the sum of their parts, Vincente Minnelli’s Crayola-box wonder The Band Wagon enfolds more than its share of elegant truths. Fre ...

Dancer and movie star Cyd Charisse died of cardiac arrest Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her longtime business manager Stan Schneider disclosed. She was 86. Though only ...

More than a few readers wrote or called complaining that our newspaper did not publish any mention of actress Cyd Charisse's death earlier this week. One reader, Bernadette Adent of Highland, was ...

A publicist for Cyd Charisse says the actress-dancer has died in Los Angeles at age 86. Publicist Gene Schwam says Charisse died early today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering an apparent ...

Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. By Duane Byrge, The Associated ...

Charisse also danced with Kelly in "Brigadoon," "It's Always Fair Weather" and "Invitation to the Dance." She missed what might have been her greatest opportunity: to appear with Kelly in the 1951 ...

Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam. She appeared in dramatic films, but her fame came from the ...