Date of Birth : 26 March 1960
Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name : Jennifer Elise-Alice Grey
Height : 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Spouse : Clark Gregg (21 July 2001 - present) 1 child
Profession : actress
Nationality : American
Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is a Golden Globe nominated American actress, best known for playing Frances "Baby" Houseman in the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing and Jeanie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Jennifer Grey Biography
Daughter of Broadway actor/dancer/choreographer Joel Grey and Jo Wilder.
Granddaughter of Mickey Katz.
She and Clark Gregg had their first child, a daughter named Stella, on December 3rd 2001.
Was previously engaged to Matthew Broderick and Johnny Depp.
Was cast as Gene Wilder's wife in the 1994 sitcom "Something Wilder" in 1994, but was replaced
when test audiences disapproved of the two lead character's age difference in the pilot.
Studied acting at New York City's prestigious 'Neighborhood Playhouse' under legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.
Is best friends with Tracy Pollan. They were classmates at the private Dalton School in New York City.
In a recent interview for Channel 5 (UK) she said that having plastic surgery to her nose was the worst mistake she had ever made. This was because she was no longer recognizable as the girl from the film Dirty Dancing, just somebody who looked a bit like her.
Her father Joel sang "Razzle-Dazzle", from Chicago, when he hosted "The Muppet Show" in 1976. In Dirty Dancing (1987), her character's father is played by 'Jerry Orbach', who originated the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago which includes singing the song "Razzle-Dazzle".
Began her career as a dancer in a Dr. Pepper TV commercial.
2010 Winner of Dancing With The Stars
On August 5, 1987, Grey was in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, vacationing with Matthew Broderick, when in a rented BMW, he veered into the wrong lane on a country road in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and smashed head-on into a car driven by Anna Gallagher, 30. She and her mother, Margaret Doherty, 63, died instantly. Broderick spent four weeks in a Belfast hospital with a fractured leg and ribs, collapsed lung and concussion. Grey suffered severe whiplash. Broderick told authorities he had no recollection of the crash and did not know why he was in the wrong lane. "I don't remember the day. I don't remember even getting up in the morning. I don't remember making my bed. What I first remember is waking up in the hospital, with a very strange feeling going on in my leg," he said at the time. Broderick was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and faced a prison term of up to five years. He was later convicted of the lesser charge of careless driving and fined $175. The victims' family called the case "a travesty of justice." Broderick agreed to meet with the family of the two women in the spring of 2003 so that the family could gain some sense of closure on the accident.
Following engagements to Matthew Broderick (her on-screen brother in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and Johnny Depp, and after dating George Stephanopoulos, Grey married actor/director Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine) on July 21, 2001. They have a daughter Stella, born December 3, 2001. The couple co-starred in the Lifetime movie Road to Christmas in 2006.
Grey lives in the Los Angeles, California, area with her family.
Prior to her 2010 stint on Dancing with the Stars, Grey had a physical examination to ensure that she was fit enough to compete. In addition, Grey saw a doctor to address chronic neck problems caused by the car accident years before.Her spinal cord was compressed and her surgeon said "If you fell or got rear-ended, you'd be paralyzed". Surgeon Robert S. Bray placed a titanium plate in her neck to stabilize her spinal cord but also told her to see another doctor about a suspicious white spot on her thyroid that he'd seen on her MRI. Grey had believed the spot to be a benign nodule but it was cancerous and was removed. Grey told ABC's Good Morning America she believes the cancer was caught before it metastasized and that she is now cancer-free. On the November 8, 2010 episode of Dancing with the Stars, it was revealed that she has a partially torn knee tendon.
Following engagements to Matthew Broderick (her on-screen brother in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and Johnny Depp, and after dating George Stephanopoulos, Grey married actor/director Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine) on July 21, 2001. They have a daughter Stella, born December 3, 2001. The couple co-starred in the Lifetime movie Road to Christmas in 2006.
Grey lives in the Los Angeles, California, area with her family.
Prior to her 2010 stint on Dancing with the Stars, Grey had a physical examination to ensure that she was fit enough to compete. In addition, Grey saw a doctor to address chronic neck problems caused by the car accident years before.Her spinal cord was compressed and her surgeon said "If you fell or got rear-ended, you'd be paralyzed". Surgeon Robert S. Bray placed a titanium plate in her neck to stabilize her spinal cord but also told her to see another doctor about a suspicious white spot on her thyroid that he'd seen on her MRI. Grey had believed the spot to be a benign nodule but it was cancerous and was removed. Grey told ABC's Good Morning America she believes the cancer was caught before it metastasized and that she is now cancer-free. On the November 8, 2010 episode of Dancing with the Stars, it was revealed that she has a partially torn knee tendon.
Jennifer Grey`s Movies
Reckless (1984)
Red Dawn (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
ABC Afterschool Specials (1985)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
The Equalizer (1986)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Gandahar (1988)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Murder in Mississippi (1990)
If the Shoe Fits (1990)
Eyes of a Witness (1991)
Wind (1992)
A Case for Murder (1993)
Friends (1995)
Fallen Angels (1995)
The West Side Waltz (1995)
Portraits of a Killer (1996)
Lover's Knot (1996)
Red Meat (1997)
Outrage (1998)
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
It's Like, You Know... (1999)
Bounce
(2000)
Ritual (2001)
Road to Christmas (2006)
John from Cincinnati (2007)
Redbelt (2008)
Keith (2008)
Phineas and Ferb (2009)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2009)
Dancing with the Stars (2010)
House (2010)
Awards
Golden Globes, USA (1988)
Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -Comedy/Musicalfor: Dirty Dancing (1987).
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