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5 Things About Jennifer Grey (Besides Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner)
Blast from the past Jennifer Grey was announced as a contestant on the next installment of Dancing with the Stars, which doesn’t exactly sound like a level playing field given she boogied onscreen with Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing all those years ago. But Grey reminded viewers last night that she is 50 now (she looks about 30!) and presumably will need to work hard to make magic on the dance floor again. So we all know she was in Dirty Dancing and that nobody puts baby in the corner plus she got a nose job that derailed her career and quirky looks. What else do we need to know about her?
1. She’s been married to Clark Gregg of The New Adventures of Old Christine since 2001 with whom she has one daughter, Stella, 8. Prior to settling down, she dated Matthew Broderick, Johnny Depp and George Stephanopoulos.
2. Of the rhinoplasty procedure she underwent in the early 90s, 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.”
3. She’s done guest stints on Friends, John from Cincinnati and The New Adventures of Old Christine.
4. in 1999 she starred as herself on the short-lived sitcom It’s LIke…You Know. At the time she said about the show: “I had a healthy respect for the risk I was taking, a certain anxiety, but it’s been fun. I guess it’s, ‘The truth shall set you free,’ and this is telling the truth – something so few people seem to do these days! This is my reality although, of course it has been tinkered with …”
5. She went to the prestigious Dalton school in Manhattan, and is the daughter of stage and screen actor Joel Grey and the former actress/singer Jo Wilder. She has studied acting and dancing since she was a child. Did we mention it might not be a level playing field?
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Barb commented on Aug 31 10 at 11:01 amAs far as I am concerned they can crown her the winner now, but then I would miss seeing her dance. Wouldn’t Patrick be proud??
Amy commented on Aug 31 10 at 12:26 pmShe is beautiful. I was shocked to learn that she is 50. Wow, I guess Dirty Dancing wasn’t just “a little bit ago” was it?
marilynn shanline commented on Sep 04 10 at 4:28 pmI am excited to see Jennifer dance aagain… DIRTY DANCING was and still is one of my favorite movies… She will be great and so much more exciting then the Palin girl…
Baby Fan commented on Sep 14 10 at 3:41 pmJennifer Grey definitely looks better after her surgery.
Harmony commented on Sep 16 10 at 6:12 pmI think she looks really good! Can’t wait to see her on House and DWTS!! Dirty Dancing was the greatest movie of all time! Glad she will be dancing again!! I will be voting for her!!
Dee Jay commented on Sep 22 10 at 12:58 amJennifer is unbelievably beautiful, hard for me to imagine she is 50. Glad to see her on Dancing with the Stars.
chris alexander commented on May 10 11 at 5:48 pmyou look great jennifer, i still watch diety dancing all the time , good luck for the future.
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