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See the complete list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on the 1978 musical film Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Find out who played Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Kenickie, and more.
Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
Jun 16, 1978 · IMDb page for the musical comedy romance film Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as a teen couple in the 1950s. See the full cast and crew list, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Randal Kleiser
- 1978-06-16
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
- John Travolta (Danny Zuko) Before he donned Danny Zuko's leather jacket, John Travolta was already a bona fide star thanks to his roles as Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter, Billy Nolan in Carrie (1976), and Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977) — for which he received his first Academy Award nomination.
- Olivia Newton-John (Sandy Olsson) Already a Grammy-winning recording artist and country music star when she was cast as good-girl-gone-bad Sandy, Olivia Newton-John's career rose to greater heights after the movie became the biggest box office hit of 1978.
- Stockard Channing (Betty Rizzo) By the time she was cast as high school bad girl Rizzo, Stockard Channing had already amassed an impressive list of stage and screen credits, including a starring turn opposite Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune (1975).
- Jeff Conaway (Kenickie) Kenickie, the T-Birds second-in-command, was brought to the screen by Jeff Conaway. Like his costar John Travolta, Conaway appeared in the original cast of Grease on Broadway, serving as an understudy for several of the roles, eventually taking over the part of Danny Zuko.
May 8, 2024 · See where the cast of Grease is more than 45 years after the film premiered, including John Travolta and Stockard Channing, and remember those including Olivia Newton-John and Jeff Conaway...
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Jan 9, 2023 · Learn about the main actors and their roles in Randal Kleiser's musical adaptation of Grease, set in 1958. See the profiles, resumes and photos of John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing and more.
