The film's subject matter was based on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own experiences as a young woman who vacationed with her parents in the Catskills. Starring alongside her Red Dawn castmate, Patrick Swayze, the suprisingly dark coming-of-age story saw the young Grey become a woman with the help of music and dance. Undoubtedly, Grey's most well-known role is that of Frances 'Baby' Houseman in 1987's Dirty Dancing. One of the film's most iconic scenes sees Grey talking with a drugged-up, leather-clad teenager played by Charlie Sheen, who apparently had stayed up all night to get the washed-out look. From there, she was cast in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the high-strung sister, Jeanie Bueller. Grey played Patsy Dwyer, the love interest of 'Dixie' Dwyer played by Nicolas Cage. Through working with Milius, Grey came to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola who cast her in The Cotton Club, his Jazz Era drama about a club in Harlem. Grey played a young teenager known as Toni, who famously bombs the Soviet-American Friendship Center all by herself. The film became a hot-button topic, with some feeling that it was militarist and driving paranoia to McCarthyist levels. However, her next film would put her firmly on the map.ĭirected by John Milius, 1984's Red Dawn became an international blockbuster with its frank depiction of guerilla warfare and the effects it had on the small band of teenage partisans - one of whom included her Dirty Dancing co-star Patrick Swayze. Her first film, Reckless, saw Grey play a supporting role in the underrated dramedy. Jennifer, of course, was bound for stardom and so it was. Her grandfather, Mickey Katz, was a well-known comedian / musician during the '40s and '50s. Her father was Joel Grey, a well-known Broadway star who had won both an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Tony for his work on such hits as 1972's Cabaret and the 1992 sitcom Brooklyn Bridge. Grey comes from an entertainment dynasty and, by all accounts, had every advantage to become successful. Jennifer Grey's career in mainstream TV and film is one of ups and downs, but the reason for this - in her own words - can't necessarily be traced to the mercurial nature of Hollywood.
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