Cyd Charisse, who died on Tuesday aged 87 ... a ballet film by Roland Petit in which she danced a version of The Merry Widow, offered her suitable material, but it was not widely seen.

Cyd Charisse returned to the nation’s screens in ‘The Band Wagon’, which aired on BBC Two at the weekend. This classic backstage musical, released in 1952, features Charisse in one of the ...