ACTOR

Cyd Charisse

1922 - 2008

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Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson (1954), and Silk Stockings (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyd Charisse has received more than 3,619,354 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Cyd Charisse is the 1,486th most popular actor (down from 1,171st in 2019), the 2,521st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,095th in 2019) and the 689th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cyd Charisses by language

Over the past year Cyd Charisse has had the most page views in the with 449,471 views, followed by French (25,086), and Spanish (20,256). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (121.14%), Malagasy (111.11%), and Southern Azerbaijani (105.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cyd Charisse ranks 1,486 out of 13,578. Before her are Aleksander Krupa, Vera Fischer, Chaim Topol, Heather Locklear, Lynda Carter, and Bruce Spence. After her are Fernando Fernán Gómez, Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, Mikhail Ulyanov, George Chakiris, and Jane Darwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Cyd Charisse ranks 133. Before her are Alexander Zinoviev, Taro Kagawa, Yuri Averbakh, Ivry Gitlis, Luis Somoza Debayle, and Gershon Kingsley. After her are Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, András Hegedüs, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Russ Meyer, Dana Zátopková, and Vasili Mitrokhin. Among people deceased in 2008, Cyd Charisse ranks 84. Before her are Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Kiyosi Itô, Michael DeBakey, Leyla Gencer, Eva Dahlbeck, and Gerard Damiano. After her are Joseph M. Juran, Tommy Lapid, Henri Salvador, Manuel Marulanda, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, and Kon Ichikawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cyd Charisse ranks 2,521 out of 20,380. Before her are Gene Deitch (1924), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Bill Viola (1951), Heather Locklear (1961), Lynda Carter (1951), and David Julius (1955). After her are Richard Roundtree (1942), Pam Grier (1949), George Chakiris (1934), Jane Darwell (1879), Annie Sprinkle (1954), and Donald Judd (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cyd Charisse ranks 689. Before her are George Segal (1934), Elijah Wood (1981), Katherine Helmond (1929), Julie Newmar (1933), Heather Locklear (1961), and Lynda Carter (1951). After her are Richard Roundtree (1942), Pam Grier (1949), George Chakiris (1934), Jane Darwell (1879), James Franco (1978), and Dennis Farina (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Band Wagon
Gabrielle Gerard
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Aug 7o 19537.1 / 10
Brigadoon
Fiona Campbell
Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.
Sep 8o 19546.5 / 10
Singin' in the Rain
Dancer
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Apr 9o 19528.167 / 10