What year was jennifer grey born

Jennifer Grey born March 26, is an American actress. She made her acting debut with the film Reckless , and had her breakthrough with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off She subsequently earned worldwide fame for starring as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing , which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

She starred as herself in the series It's Like, You Know She has done voice work in film and television, providing her voice in the film Duck Duck Goose and the — animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Grey's parents both came from Jewish families. Grey attended the Dalton School , a private school in Manhattan [ 9 ] where she studied dance and acting, and where she met her best friend, actress Tracy Pollan.

While waiting for roles, she supported herself waitressing. Grey made her commercial debut at age 19 in an ad for Dr Pepper , then made her film debut in a small role in Reckless , followed by another small role, in Francis Ford Coppola 's The Cotton Club in The film was commercially successful [ 13 ] and received a positive critical reception.

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The following year she reunited with Patrick Swayze , her Red Dawn co-star, to play Frances "Baby" Houseman in Dirty Dancing , a coming-of-age love story: spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the resort's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. The low-budget film was a surprise hit, was the first film to sell one million copies on video, [ 15 ] and is considered a classic.

Grey's sole Broadway theatre credit is her appearance in The Twilight of the Golds. Despite the success of Dirty Dancing , Grey felt that her looks would place restrictions on the type of future roles she would be considered for. The second was necessary to correct an irregularity caused by the first operation and ended up being more extensive than Grey had expected.

It was like being in a witness protection program or being invisible.