Proper noun
A female given name
A male given name
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExcept for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war. Fred Astaire
For this series Diana Rigg's stunt double was stuntwoman Cyd Child, though stuntman Peter Elliot doubled for Rigg in a stunt dive in "The Bird Who Knew Too Much". Source: Internet
Gene Kelly discovered her in the Roland Petit company "Ballet des Champs ElyséesSUBST" and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical An American in Paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant Cyd Charisse was originally cast. Source: Internet