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- Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman. Grey starred as Frances "Baby" Houseman, the naïve yet good-intentioned teen who becomes involved with a hunky dance instructor while at a Catskills resort (the inspiration for which was destroyed by fire) in the 1987 original.
- Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle. Swayze's star only continued to rise after his portrayal of dreamy dance instructor Johnny Castle. His hit movies included Road House (1989), Ghost (1990) and Point Break (1991).
- Cynthia Rhodes as Penny Johnson. Rhodes played Penny Johnson, the resort dancer who Baby fills in for following an unexpected pregnancy and subsequent botched abortion.
- Jane Brucker as Lisa Houseman. Brucker's role as Baby's elder sister Lisa Houseman was the most notable of her acting career. She also appeared in 1988's Stealing Home and alongside Grey in 1989's Bloodhounds of Broadway.
- Jennifer Grey has come a long way from playing Baby in Dirty Dancing. After "Dirty Dancing," Jennifer Grey was poised to be the next "it girl" in Hollywood — that is, until she became virtually unrecognizable thanks to two nose jobs gone wrong.
- Cynthia Rhodes left Hollywood not long after playing Penny in Dirty Dancing. Playing Penny in "Dirty Dancing" may not have been the first role Cynthia Rhodes took in the '80s, but it's undoubtedly the one for which she's best known.
- Jane Brucker's biggest payday from Dirty Dancing wasn't her role as Baby's sister. While Baby was off falling in love and learning to dance during the summer at Kellerman's, her sister Lisa (played by Jane Brucker) was working to win the affections of playboy Robbie Gould and preparing her song and dance number for the end of season show at the resort.
- Kelly Bishop traded one iconic motherly role for another after Dirty Dancing. While actress Kelly Bishop brought Baby's mother to life in "Dirty Dancing," fans might be surprised to learn that Bishop was originally meant to play the smaller role of Vivian Pressman.
Natalija has been Adjunct Professor to Graduate and Undergraduate film and theatre students at ArtCenter College of Design, American Film Institute, Principia College, Notre Dame University and Cal Poly Tech. She now lives in her native Chicago where she continues to act, write and teach. BornOctober 1, 1950. More at IMDbPro.
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- October 1, 1950
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Dirty Dancing (1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dirty Dancing: Directed by Emile Ardolino. With Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes. Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Mildred, The Neon Empire, Showtime, 1989. Phoebe Millbank, Dazzle (also known as Judith Krantz's "Dazzle" ), CBS, 1995. Television Appearances; Movies: (As Natalija Nogulich) Girl, Mind over Murder (also known as Deadly Vision ), CBS, 1979. Yelena, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, NBC,1988. Lynn Myerson, Out on the Edge, CBS, 1989.
