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Cyd Charisse Television Appearances

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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