Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey at the 1988 Academy Awards
Born	March 26, 1960 (1960-03-26) (age 47) New York City, United States
Notable roles	Jeanie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Baby in Dirty Dancing Jennifer Grey in It's Like, You Know...

Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress, best known for playing Frances "Baby" Houseman in the 1987 hit film, Dirty Dancing. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... “New York, NY” redirects here. ... Ferris Buellers Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film directed by Emile Ardolino. ... Its Like, You Know. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film directed by Emile Ardolino. ...

Biography

Born in New York City, Jennifer Grey is the daughter of stage and screen actor Joel Grey and the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey Katz. She is an alumna of The Dalton School, an elite private school in Manhattan, and studied both dance and acting. Her commercial debut was at the age of 19, in an ad for the Dr Pepper soft drink. After other small roles, she landed the part of angry sister Jeanie in the hit 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The following year she reunited with Patrick Swayze, opposite whom she had played in Red Dawn, for her biggest role ever, Frances "Baby" Houseman in Dirty Dancing. “New York, NY” redirects here. ... Joel Grey (born Joel Katz on April 11, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American stage and screen actor, who graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1950. ... Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 - April 30, 1985) was a U.S. Jewish comedian who received his first moments as fame in the 1940s as a member of Spike Jones and His City Slickers where he was most famous for his glugging vocal sound effects on tunes like Cocktails for... The Dalton School, originally called the Childrens University School,[1] is a private college-preparatory school in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ferris Buellers Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. ... Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American dancer, actor, singer and songwriter. ... Red Dawn is a 1984 film by John Milius about an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, and the resulting guerrilla actions of a group of American high school students in the fictional town of Calumet, Colorado. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film directed by Emile Ardolino. ...

In the early 1990s, Grey submitted to a rhinoplasty that was so botched she required a second plastic surgery to repair the damage. The result was a face so altered that even close friends failed to recognize her, and the major change in her appearance negatively impacted her career. Of the experience she said, "I went in the operating theatre a celebrity - and come out anonymous. It was like being in a witness protection program or being invisible." [1] Rhinoplasty (Greek: , Nose + , to shape) is a type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a persons nose. ... “Facial reconstruction” redirects here. ...

After a few years out of the spotlight, Grey returned in the short-lived 1999 ABC sitcom It's Like, You Know... portraying a variation of herself, a struggling actress named Jennifer Grey. In an episode of the series, she poked fun at herself with a storyline about a much-publicized nose job that included the following exchange: The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. ... Its Like, You Know. ... Rhinoplasty is a type of cosmetic surgery that is used to improve the appearance of a persons nose. ...

• Arthur Garment: You know, you look different somehow.
• Jennifer Grey: Well, you see a movie ten years ago…
• Arthur Garment: I saw it just recently.
• Jennifer Grey: . . . on a small TV screen . . .
• Arthur Garment: This was a revival. Huge movie screen.
• Jennifer Grey: . . . sitting so far back . . .
• Arthur Garment: Front row. Right up close.
• Jennifer Grey: Nose job!
• Arthur Garment: Oh. (pauses) Just one?

Grey also appeared with Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, and Kathy Bates in the CBS television movie The West Side Waltz, adapted by Ernest Thompson from his play, an episode of Friends, and she had a small role in the 2000 film Bounce with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck. Her sole Broadway theatre credit is The Twilight of the Golds (1993). Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... The West Side Waltz was a Broadway play starring Katherine Hepburn written by the playwright Ernest Thompson. ... Ernest Thompson, (born November 6, 1949), in Bellows Falls, Vermont, is an American Playwright and actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Bounce is a 2000 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck, and directed by Don Roos. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... The Twilight of the Golds is a play by Jonathan Tolin. ...

Following engagements to Matthew Broderick and Johnny Depp, Grey married actor/director Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine) on July 21, 2001, and their daughter Stella was born in December of that year. The couple co-starred in the Lifetime movie Road to Christmas. Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated and SAG Awards-winning American actor and for his performances in the films Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Whats Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994... Clark Gregg (born April 2, 1962, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor who is currently seen in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, which debuted in early 2006. ... The New Adventures of Old Christine is a CBS situation comedy that debuted as a midseason replacement on March 13, 2006, after the highly rated sitcom, Two and a Half Men. ... Lifetime can refer to: Life expectancy, the length of time a person is alive One of the American media ventures owned by Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime (TV network), a cable television network Lifetime Movie Network, a cable movie network Lifetime (band), an American melodic hardcore punk band from New Jersey...

Roles

• The Cotton Club
• American Flyers
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986 (Jeanie)
• Red Dawn
• Dirty Dancing (Frances "Baby" Houseman)

The Cotton Club is a movie, released in 1984, centered around a popular real-life Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, the Cotton Club. ... American Flyers is a flight school with headquarters located at the DuPage airport in West Chicago. ... Ferris Buellers Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. ... Red Dawn is a 1984 film by John Milius about an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, and the resulting guerrilla actions of a group of American high school students in the fictional town of Calumet, Colorado. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film directed by Emile Ardolino. ...

Trivia

She has been reunited with her Red Dawn costars in two seperate movies. She costars with Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, and has a scene with Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

External links

• Jennifer Grey at the Internet Movie Database
• Jennifer Grey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Washington Post interview
• Dirty Dancing, The E! True Hollywood Story, video documentary, first aired September 3, 2000