Cyd Charisse died today at Cedars-Sinai in LA. Obviously, I’ve been a fan forever because I love the MGM musicals that brought her international fame — entertainments to which our current popular culture can’t hold a candle — but I learned someting new from the AP obit: she was only 5′ 6″. She certainly looks taller in this amazing clip from Singin’ in the Rain, offered here as a tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEObZxQ8dG0
And for those of you who can’t stand to watch only half, here’s the first part.