Born Again Redneck's Daily Duh!: Movie stars I loved as a kid

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Movie stars I loved as a kid - Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse (March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008):

After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focussed 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).

Last year I did a post on Charisse. Sadly she died at the age of 86 soon after I did that post.

I used to be completely in love with Charisse when I was a kid. She was born on 8th March 1921 in Amarillo, Texas and was married to the same husband, singer Tony Martin, for 60 years.

The beauty I fell in love with when I was a boy.

Cyd Charisse, 86, with husband Tony Martin, 94.

With the Bushes in 2006 when they presented her with the National Arts Medal.

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From Fred Thompson's blog, Fred08 on November 26th, 2007:

More Praise for Fred’s Tax Relief Plan - Patrick Joubert Conlon at Born Again Redneck called the plan, “music to a businessman’s ears.”

C.D. Jewell,

Liberalstein,

"This blog interested me first because of the title. But the quality of Patrick Joubert Conlon's writing has kept me coming back. His style is not presumptuous or pompous or condescending; it's plain and simple. Good old American English. Which is funny because Mr. Conlon was born and lived in South Africa for his first twenty one years and after that spent eight years in England before finding his home here in the U. S. His blog provides a rare outsider/insider perspective on the U. S. of A. He's been linked to by CNN on a couple of occasions and one of his posts was cited by the official Fred08 website. He does a lot of politics but also some lighter fare as well. He frequently posts spectacular photos taken on his Oregon farm."