SUPER HOLLYWOOD: Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin (guest hosts)

Friday, 22 June 2012

Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin (guest hosts)

Cyd Charisse (March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer.
After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focused on 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) and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992 made her Broadway debut.Tony Martin (born December 25, 1913) is an American actor and singer.Tony Martin was born on Christmas Day in the year 1913 as Alvin Morris in San Francisco, California to Jewish immigrant parents.