American actress Jennifer Grey grew up among the sort of people who'd be her co-workers later in life. She was the granddaughter of comedian Mickey Katz and the daughter of Broadway star Joel Grey and actress Jo Wilder. Childhood dance lessons helped her get a start dancing in television commercials. After spending time with the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York, Grey appeared in the off-Broadway production Album. More theatrical experience followed. Grey made her screen debut in the 10th-billed role of Cathy Bennario in the 1984 "brat pack" film Reckless. That year, she also played small roles in The Cotton Club and Red Dawn. Her first real break came when she played Matthew Broderick's sister in the hit teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Grey followed up that success with an even bigger one starring opposite Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (87): coincidentally, the film was set in a Catskill Mountains resort, the same kind of establishment where Grey's father and grandfather began their careers. Though her performance won her accolades, Grey's subsequent career failed to live up to its earlier promise and has relegated her to fare such as Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and made-for-television films like Portraits of a Killer (1996).
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Dancing With the Stars: Season 11
Participant |
2010 | |||
Keith
Actor |
2008 | |||
Redbelt
Actor |
2008 | |||
The Road to Christmas
Actor |
2006 | |||
Ritual
Actor |
2001 | |||
Bounce
Actor |
2000 | |||
| 1999 | ||||
Outrage
Actor |
1998 | |||
Lover's Knot
Actor |
1996 | |||
Portraits of a Killer
Actor |
1996 | |||
Red Meat
Actor |
1996 | |||
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A Dime a Dance
Actor |
1995 | |||
Friends: The One with the Evil Orthodontist
TV Guest Appearance |
1995 | |||
The West Side Waltz
Actor |
1995 | |||
A Case for Murder
Actor |
1993 | |||
Wind
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Cindy Eller
Actor |
1991 | |||
Eyes of a Witness
Actor |
1991 | |||
Criminal Justice
Actor |
1990 | |||
Murder in Mississippi
Actor |
1990 | |||
Stroke of Midnight
Actor |
1990 | |||
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Actor |
1989 | |||
Light Years
Voice |
1988 | |||
Dirty Dancing
Actor |
1987 | |||
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Actor |
1986 | |||
American Flyers
Actor |
1985 | |||
| 1985 | ||||
Reckless
Actor |
1984 | |||
Red Dawn
Actor |
1984 | |||
The Cotton Club
Actor |
1984 |
