In this Sept. 17, 2004 file photo actress Cyd Charisse, is shown with her husband Tony Martin in Los Angeles. Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and ...

Musical star Cyd Charisse has died of a heart attack, aged 87. The actress-dancer passed away in hospital in LA after falling ill on Monday, her publicist said. Charisse was best known for dancing ...

She also got a new name, the exotic "Cyd" instead of her lifelong nickname Sid to go with her first husband's last name. "Singin' in the Rain" marked a breakthrough. When Freed was dissatisfied with ...

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 ...