Cyd's television appearances, again by Ray
Hagen.
(Note from Ray: This list is doubtless incomplete. Additions
and corrections are welcome.)
1950s
MILTON BERLE SHOW (NBC - 2/21/56)
SPRING HOLIDAY (CBS - 3/21/56)
Variety special w. Tony Martin, Polly Bergen, Jack E. Leonard
1957 ACADEMY AWARDS (NBC - 3/26/58)
Presenter w. Ernest Borgnine: Documentary award
1958 ACADEMY AWARDS (NBC - 4/6/59)
Presenter w. Robert Stack: Foreign Film award
MEET CYD CHARISSE (NBC - 12/29/59)
w. Eve Arden, James Mitchell, Tony Martin
1960s
1960 ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC - 4/17/61)
Presenter w. Tony Martin: Cinematography award
1961 ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC - 4/9/62)
Presenter w. Tony Martin: Scoring award
CHECKMATE: "Dance of Death"
(CBS - 4/22/61)
w. Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, John Emery
DINAH SHORE SPECIAL (NBC - 12/30/62)
"Femme Fatale" ballet / "Love with a Capital U"
(w. Jack Lemmon)
PERRY COMO SPECIAL (NBC - 10/3/63)
w. June Allyson, George Burns, Allan Sherman, Ray Charles Singers
THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC-TV - 11/28/64)
Charisse: "Sadie Thompson" / "An Occasional Man"
THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC-TV - 1/16/65)
w. Bing Crosby, Tony Martin
THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC-TV - 2/4/66)
LES POUPEE DE PARIS (BBC-TV - unknown
date)
Charisse: Opening number, "Les Poupee de Paris"
THE CYD CHARISSE SPECIAL (Syndicated
- 5/67) Solo concert special
CENTER STAGE: CYD CHARISSE (Syndicated
- 9/67) Solo concert special
DANNY THOMAS SPECIAL: THE WONDERFUL
WORLD OF BURLESQUE (NBC - 9/11/67)
BOB HOPE SPECIAL (NBC - 9/25/68)
HAWAII FIVE-O: "Death Mask"
(CBS - c.1968)
w. Rory Calhoun, Jack Lord, James MacArthur
BOB HOPE SPECIAL (NBC - 2/17/69)
SOMETHING SPECIAL (NBC - 9/18/69)
w. The Electric Prunes, The Kroft Puppets
1970s
CALL HER MOM (ABC - 2/15/72)
w. Van Johnson, Connie Stevens
FOL-DE-ROL (ABC - 2/27/72)
Variety special w. Ann Sothern, Yma Sumac, Rick Nelson, Mickey
Rooney
MEDICAL CENTER: "No Way Home"
(CBS - 1/6/75)
w. Chad Everett, James Daly, Joseph Campenella
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8 (British TV - 12/77)
w. Tony Martin. Charisse: "MGM Dance Music Medley"
GENE KELLY; AN AMERICAN IN PASADENA
- 1977 (CBS - 3/13/78)
"Nice & Easy" (w. Kelly) / "Lucky with Leading
Ladies"-"Singin' in the Rain" (w. Cyd, Gloria
DeHaven, Betty Garrett, Kathryn Grayson, Janet Leigh, Lucille
Ball)
1980s
PORTRAIT OF AN ESCORT (CBS TV Movie
- 10/8/80)
w. Susan Anspach, Tony Bill, Edie Adams, Kevin McCarthy, Gretchen
Wyler, Mary Frann
AFI SALUTE TO FRED ASTAIRE (4/10/81)
w. Astaire, Cyd, Eleanor Powell, James Cagney, Gene Kelly, Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Barrie Chase, Audrey Hepburn, Bob Fosse, Hermes
Pan, George Stevens Jr., Charlton Heston, David Niven
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (CBS - 12/25/82)
Tribute to Gene Kelly
FANTASY ISLAND: "The Big Show"
(ABC - 1983)
w. Ricardo Montalban, Cesar Romero
THE FALL GUY: "The Huntress"
(ABC - 1/11/84)
w. Lee Majors
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEYS Hosts: Cyd and
Tony Martin (PBS - 3/17/84)
w. Kay Starr, Georgia Gibbs, Vivian Blaine, Nancy Wilson, Margaret
Whiting, Julius LaRosa, Max Morath
GLITTER: "Queen of the Soaps"
(ABC - 9/27/84)
w. Ginger Rogers, David Birney, Morgan Brittany
CRAZY LIKE A FOX: "Hyde-and-Seek"
(CBS - 12/84)
w. John Rubenstein, Jack Warden
MURDER, SHE WROTE: "Widow, Weep
for Me" (CBS - 9/29/85)
w. Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Mel Ferrer, Howard Hesseman,
John Philip Law
1985 ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC - 3/24/86)
"The MGM Girls" w. Howard Keel, Cyd, June Allyson,
Leslie Caron, Marge Champion, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Jane
Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (4/2/87)
"The MGM Girls" at Joffrey Ballet Company Gala w Cyd,
Leslie Caron, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Debbie Reynolds, Esther
Williams
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLYWOOD (ABC- 5/18/87)
"Heroines of the Silver Screen" tribute w. Cyd, J.
Allyson, D. Barrymore, A. Dahl, A. Dickinson, A. Faye, L. Gish,
S. Jones, R. Keeler, D. Lamour, M. O`Sullivan, J. Powell, L.
Rainer, D. Reynolds, G. Rogers, E.M. Saint, L. Turner, E. Williams
LERNER AND LOWE: BROADWAY'S LAST ROMANTICS
(PBS - 3/10/88)
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (3/16/88)
Blue Mercedes: "I Want to Be Your Property" music video
ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR (ABC - 3/9/89)
1988 ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC - 3/29/89)
Tribute to Musicals w. Cyd, Merv Griffin, Alice Faye, Tony Martin,
film montage
SWIMSUIT (TV Movie - 1989)
w. William Katt, Catherine Oxenberg, Nia Peeples
1990s
YOU'RE THE TOP: THE COLE PORTER STORY
(PBS - 1990)
JANET JACKSON: "Alright" Music
video (1990)
AMERICA'S DANCE HONORS Jan., 1990 (ABC - 7/5/90)
HERMES PAN; DANCE CRAZY IN HOLLYWOOD
(1990; shown on A&E - 4/21/94)
Pan's tribute to Charisse, including Charisse film clips and
1941-42 Soundies clips
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (1/30/92): "Grand
Hotel" interview
MGM: THE LION'S ROAR Host: Patrick Stewart
(TNT - 1992)
SHOWBIZ TODAY (CNN - 1/31/92) "Grand
Hotel" interview
THIS MORNING (CBS - 2/3/92) "Grand Hotel" interview
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (10/27/92) Tony
Martin's Ella Award
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS: GINGER ROGERS
(CBS - 12/30/92)
Dancers salute Rogers: Cyd, Maria Tallchief, Ann Reinking, Edward
Villela, Jacques D'Amboise, Cynthia Gregory
GOLDEN GLOBES 50th ANNIVERSARY (NBC
- 1/8/94)
Salute to musical stars w. Cyd, Jane Russell, Tony Martin, Howard
Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Connie Stevens, George Chakiris, Russ
Tamblyn, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Donald O'Connor, Carol Channing,
Esther Williams
CYD CHARISSE (A&E - 4/21/94)
Profile and interview plus film clips.
BURKE'S LAW: "Who Killed the Highest
Bidder?" (CBS - 1994)
w. Gene Barry, Loni Anderson, Margot Kidder, Doug McClure
CHARLES GRODIN SHOW (CNBC - 5/11/95) Interview
FRASIER: "Adventures of Bad Boy
and Dirty Girl" (NBC - 11/21/95)
(caller voice only) w. Kelsey Grammer, Peri Gilpin, Mercedes
Ruhl
MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS: THE ARTHUR FREED UNIT AT MGM (Great
Performances, PBS - 12/4/96)
w. Cyd, Ann Miller, Leslie Caron, Stanley Donen, Michael Kidd,
Andre Previn, Comden & Green, Saul Chaplin, Mickey Rooney,
Hugh Fordin
INSIDE THE ACADEMY AWARDS (TNT - 3/19/97)
Michael Kidd feature w. Cyd, Kidd, Stanley Donen, Howard Keel,
Jane Powell, Robert Osborne
STAR OF THE MONTH: CYD CHARISSE (TCM
- 10/98)
Charisse dance montage and three Charisse interview clips
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