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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.
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.
Cynthia Rhodes (born November 21, 1956) is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in Flashdance (1983), Jackie in Staying Alive (1983), officer Karen Thompson in Runaway (1984), and Penny in Dirty Dancing (1987).
Swayze went on to star in films such as Ghost and Point Break, but Dirty Dancing remained one of his best-known roles. The actor died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. He was 57.
Dirty Dancing might be a romance classic now, but Jennifer Grey actually had a lot of apprehensions before signing on.. On the Dec. 20 episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast ...
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.
Vestron Pictures Inc. was an American film studio and distributor, a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., that is best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing. [ 1 ] Vestron also has had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures , a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video, headed by Lawrence Kasanoff , who would later go ...
On Aug. 21, 1987, summer vacations changed forever when Dirty Dancing premiered.. The film told the stories of resort dance director Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze, then 34) and young guest Frances ...