Jennifer Grey
| Jennifer Grey | |
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 Grey at the Epic Mickey launch party at the Times Square Disney Store, November 30, 2010. |
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| Born | Jennifer Elise Grey March 26, 1960 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Jenny Grey |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse | Clark Gregg (July 21, 2001–present) |
| Children | Stella, Born December 3, 2001 |
Jennifer Elise Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress best known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, the latter for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She is also known for her 2010 victory in the eleventh season of the American version of Dancing with the Stars. Grey is the daughter of the Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder.
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[edit] Early life
Jennifer Grey was born on March 26, 1960 in New York City, the daughter of stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder.[1] Grey is the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey Katz. She is an alumna of the Dalton School, a private school in Manhattan where she studied dance and acting, and where she met her best friend, Tracy Pollan. After graduating in 1978, she studied acting at New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse under the legendary coach Sanford Meisner, and was trained in dance.[2]
[edit] Career
Grey's commercial debut was at the age of 19, in an ad for Dr Pepper before making her film debut in Reckless (1984), in a small role. She appeared in a small role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984). That year she starred in the war film Red Dawn. She then appeared in the John Badham project American Flyers (1985).
In 1986 she played the role of jealous sister Jeanie Bueller in the John Hughes comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off opposite Matthew Broderick. The film was financially very successful[3][4] and received a positive critical reception.[5]
The following year, she reunited with Patrick Swayze, whom she had played opposite in Red Dawn, to play Frances "Baby" Houseman in Dirty Dancing. The story is a coming of age drama that documents a teenage girl's rebellion against her father by starting a relationship with a dance instructor during the family's summer vacation. It was a low-budget film that was intended to be shown in theaters for one weekend only and then go straight-to-video, but it became a surprise hit and achieved massive worldwide success and is now widely considered a classic. It was the first film to sell one million copies on video. Grey's performance was acclaimed and she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
In the early 1990s, Grey underwent a rhinoplasty procedure that resulted in a nose that caused even close friends to fail to recognize her, and the major change in her appearance negatively affected her career. Of the experience she said, "I went in the operating room a celebrity – and came out anonymous. It was like being in a witness protection program or being invisible."[6] She briefly considered starting over with a new name to go with the new face, but stuck with her original name.[7] In 1999, she reappeared in the short-lived ABC sitcom It's Like, You Know... portraying herself. In an episode of the series, she poked fun at herself with a storyline about her much-publicized nose job.
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 as Mindy, 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). On the HBO series John from Cincinnati, Grey portrayed Daphne, Meyer's fiancee. In October she played Abbey, the mother of a sick child in a Season 7 episode of House, Unplanned Parenthood.[8]
Grey was one of the twelve contestants in the eleventh season of Dancing With the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Derek Hough.[9] She came out very strong at first, topping the leaderboard very often. However, injuries, stress, and exhaustion took their toll on Grey, and for a couple of weeks she fell behind. In Week 7, however, she improved, tying with previous frontrunner Brandy Norwood. On November 23, 2010, Grey and her partner Hough won the competition.
On November 5 and 6, 2011, Grey stood in for head judge Len Goodman on the BBC One TV show Strictly Come Dancing.[10]
[edit] Personal life
Grey has been romantically involved with Matthew Broderick, Johnny Depp, and George Stephanopoulos.[11] She married actor/director Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine) on July 21, 2001. They have a daughter Stella, born December 3, 2001.[12] The couple co-starred in the Lifetime movie Road to Christmas in 2006.
Grey lives in Venice, California, with her family.[13]
In August 1987, Grey suffered severe whiplash in a car accident in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, while vacationing with Matthew Broderick. Two people died in the accident and Broderick was convicted of careless driving and fined $175.[14]
Prior to her 2010 stint on Dancing with the Stars, Grey had a physical examination to ensure that she was fit enough to compete and saw a doctor to address chronic neck problems caused by the car accident years before.[15] Her spinal cord was compressed and her surgeon placed a titanium plate in her neck to stabilize it. He also found a suspicious white spot on her thyroid via MRI. The nodule was cancerous and was removed. Grey has stated she believes the cancer was caught before it metastasized and that she is now cancer-free.[16]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Reckless | Cathy Bennario | |
| Red Dawn | Toni | ||
| The Cotton Club | Patsy Dwyer | ||
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Carol Durate | 1 episode: "The Great Love Experiment" | |
| 1985 | Laura Eller | 1 episode: "Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale" | |
| American Flyers | Leslie | ||
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Jeanie Bueller | |
| The Equalizer | Valerie Jacobs | 1 episode: "A Community of Civilized Men" | |
| 1987 | Dirty Dancing | Frances "Baby" Houseman | |
| 1988 | Gandahar | Airelle (voice) | |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Lovey Lou | |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Rita Schwerner | TV movies |
| Criminal Justice | Liz Carter | ||
| If the Shoe Fits | Kelly Carter / Prudence | ||
| 1991 | Eyes of a Witness | Christine Baxter | |
| 1992 | Wind | Kate Bass | |
| 1993 | A Case for Murder | Kate Weldon | TV movie |
| 1995 | Friends | Mindy | 1 episode: "The One with the Evil Orthodontist" |
| Fallen Angels | Ginger Allen | 1 episode: "A Dime a Dance" | |
| The West Side Waltz | Robin Ouiseau | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Portraits of a Killer | Elaine Taylor | |
| Lover's Knot | Megan Forrester | ||
| 1997 | Red Meat | Candice | |
| 1998 | Outrage | Sally Casey | TV movies |
| Since You've Been Gone | Patty Reed | ||
| 1999 | It's Like, You Know... | Herself | TV Series |
| 2000 | Bounce | Janice Geurrero | |
| 2001 | Ritual | Dr. Alice Dodgson | |
| 2006 | Road to Christmas | Claire Jameson | TV movie |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Daphne | Episode: "His Visit: Day Five" Episode: "His Visit: Day Seven" Episode: "His Visit: Day Nine" |
| 2008 | Redbelt | Lucy Weiss | |
| Keith | Caroline | ||
| Phineas and Ferb | Dr. Gevaarlijk (voice) | 1 episode: "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein/Oil on Candace" | |
| 2009 | Louisa Patel (voice) | 1 episode: "Hide and Seek/That Sinking Feeling" | |
| Librarian (voice) | 1 episode: "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" | ||
| The New Adventures of Old Christine | Tracey | 1 episode: "Love Means Never Having to Say You're Crazy" | |
| Dancing with the Stars | Contestant and Winner, 11th Season | TV series | |
| 2010 | House | Abbey | 1 episode "Unplanned Parenthood" |
| 2011 | The Bling Ring | Iris Garvey | Lifetime original movie |
| 2011 | Strictly Come Dancing (series 9) | Herself | Guest Judge |
[edit] References
- ^ "Jennifer Grey Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story". Biography. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
- ^ "Jennifer Grey Profile". SuperiorPics. http://www.superiorpics.com/jennifer_grey/. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ "Ferris Buellers's Day Off". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ferrisbuellersdayoff.htm.
- ^ Ferris Bueller's Day Off – Bueller Bueller Edition
- ^ Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Dirty Dancing - Dirty Dancer Grey's Nightmare Nose Job
- ^ Kendall Hamilton (March 22, 1999). "It's Like, Uh ... Jennifer Grey". Newsweek. pp. 73–74.
- ^ "Jennifer Grey to Guest-Star on House". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Jennifer-Grey-House-1021188.aspx.
- ^ "Dancing With the Stars Sources Confirm Margaret Cho and Jennifer Grey—Guess Which One Gets Derek Hough". eonline.com. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b197540_dancing_with_stars_sources_confirm.html.
- ^ "Jennifer Grey joins the judges". BBC Blog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/2011/10/jennifer-grey-joins-the-judges.shtml.
- ^ Sheridan, Peter. "What became of Patrick's Dirty Dancing partner?", The Express (Scotland), September 25, 2010, pp. 36-37
- ^ "Brefly", USA TODAY, December 6, 2001, p. LIFE, 5D
- ^ Tutelian, Louise. "Mr. Grey's granddaughter Stella, age 6, lives nearby [Venice, Calif] with her parents, Jennifer Grey and her husband, the actor Clark Gregg.", excerpt from "Putting Out a 'Willkommen' Mat" The New York Times, May 23, 2008, p. Escapes, 1
- ^ Bill Hoffmann (September 2, 2002). "Broderick's Guilt". New York Post. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/nypost02.php. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Matthew Broderick - Matthew Broderick Car Crash Family Reach Out". contactmusic.com. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/matthew-broderick-car-crash-family-reach-out.
- ^ "How 'Dancing' Saved Jennifer Grey: Checkup Found Cancer". Good Morning America. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/jennifer-grey-car-accident-cancer-comeback-11792730.
[edit] External links
- Jennifer Grey at the Internet Movie Database
- Jennifer Grey at AllRovi
- Jennifer Grey at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jennifer Grey at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Washington Post interview
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Nicole Scherzinger & Derek Hough |
Dancing with the Stars (US) winner Season 11 (Fall 2010 with Derek Hough) |
Succeeded by Hines Ward & Kym Johnson |
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