"charming figure" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe someone who is attractive or pleasing in appearance. For example, "He had a very charming figure, and a kind demeanor."
In Unsworth's novel, he cuts an even less charming figure.
Saad Hariri does not cut the bullish, charming figure that his father did.
One particularly charming figure in the show is a painted female tomb figure on horseback.
Katharine M. Rogers, a scholar and a lifelong Oz devotee, has written one, and a charming figure Baum turns out to be.
At the first swearing-in, the consultant thought, Ah, finally I'm getting to see the famous loose, funny Gore, the genuinely attractive and charming figure.
A popular and charming figure, O'Connor was the life and soul of any party and was well known for his fine singing voice, which he could be persuaded to show off after a drink or two in the evenings.
Morris interviews two likeable and charming figures.
And in Pontallier, who has been running Margaux since 1983, it has one of the Médoc's most charming figures; he is also one of the most intelligent and wellrounded winemakers on the planet.
When the Circus was first installed on the ground floor of the Whitney, I waited patiently to get his signature on the small brochure; the squiggly, red A C reminds me exactly of the wires of the charming figures he so expertly created and then personally animated in the ring.
Mandela was a charming, charismatic figure with a passion for boxing and an eye for women.
The characters include a master designer, "a charming, ruthless figure", his top model – "a working-class, unconventional beauty who becomes the iconic face of the House of Sabine … and ultimately his captive" – and his younger brother, "a reckless hedonist".
