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Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino.Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at a vacation resort.
His father was a Jewish immigrant from Hamburg, Germany. Orbach said his father was descended from Sephardic Jewish refugees from the Spanish Inquisition . [ 6 ] His mother, a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania , was a Roman Catholic of Polish - Lithuanian descent, and Orbach was raised in her faith (a religious background later replicated ...
After "Dirty Dancing," she appeared in several big films like "Flashdance" and "Staying Alive." Cynthia has stayed just about entirely out of the public eye since retiring from films in 1991.
Jennifer Grey was born on March 26, 1960, in New York City to former actress/singer Jo Wilder (née Brower) and stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor Joel Grey. [3] [4] Her paternal grandfather was comedian and musician Mickey Katz.
Gilmore Girls fans have caught their fair share of subtle references while rewatching the beloved series — including a few nods to one of its stars’ other projects. Lauren Graham and Alexis ...
Her most notable role was as dance instructor Penny Johnson in the hit 1987 motion picture Dirty Dancing with Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. Rhodes's final motion picture role was the character of Vickie Phillips, playing opposite Jameson Parker , in the sleeper action-adventure movie Curse of the Crystal Eye .
It’s been four years since a sequel to “Dirty Dancing” was announced, with Jennifer Grey set to reprise her role as Frances “Baby” Houseman from the 1987 original. The follow-up film was ...
During production, the producers cut an erotic dance scene from the script. That sparked Bergstein into writing a more extensive story, focusing on "dirty dancing". The movie Dirty Dancing was released in theaters in 1987. [6] In 2004, Bergstein also adapted the movie into a stage version of Dirty Dancing, which became a musical. [7]