Happy Birthday, Cyd Charisse
From the moment I first saw Cyd Charisse outdance Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain, I adored her. Cyd, who would have been 90 years-old today, passed in 2008, but the legacy of her style and her great contribution to the Hollywood musical lives on. Cyd began as a ballerina in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but at the outbreak of World War II she got a job at MGM as the legendary Freed unit's Read more

