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- NAME: Jennifer Grey
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress, Reality Television Star
- BIRTH DATE: March 26, 1960 (Age: 53)
- EDUCATION: Dalton School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
- Full Name: Jennifer Elise Grey
- AKA: Jennifer Grey
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
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Jennifer Grey is an American actress, best-known for her role as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Wardrobe Test (Inside Story) (1:09)
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Cutting Room Floor (Inside Story) (1:20)
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Crashing the Car (Inside Story) (1:22)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Ben Stein
Producer Michael Chinich describes reading the script and imagining Ben Stein's voice reading the lines. Stein was cast as the teacher, and immediately made movie history with the way he said the name "Bueller."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Wardrobe Test
The cast talks about John Hughes' negative reaction to early screen tests.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Cutting Room Floor
Many of the scenes and characters shot for the film didn't end up in the final cut, including Ferris' younger siblings.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Crashing the Car
Alan Ruck and other cast members discuss filming the car crash scene.
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"Jennifer Grey," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-grey-201297 [accessed May 23, 2013].
"Jennifer Grey," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-grey-201297 (accessed May 23, 2013).
Jennifer Grey [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 23] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-grey-201297.
Jennifer Grey, http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-grey-201297 (last visited May 23, 2013).
Jennifer Grey. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-grey-201297. Accessed May 23, 2013.
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View groupDance pioneers like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly—remembered for his groundbreaking performance in 1952's Singin' in the Rain—truly set the stage for Hollywood's dance-film genre. John Travolta, Jennifer Beals, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey and Natalie Portman are some of the performers who took up where Astaire, Rogers and Kelly left off, repopularizing dance on film for later generations. Biography.com's Famous Movie Dancers group examines the lives and careers of these high-stepping performers who will always be remembered for their unforgettable moves.
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View groupThe famous dance-competition show Dancing with the Stars has seen more than a dozen seasons and a gamut of stars, including Apolo Anton Ohno, Kirstie Alley, Joey Fatone, Jennifer Grey, David Hasselhoff, Buzz Aldrin, Brandy, Wynonna Judd, Dorothy Hamill, D.L. Hughley and Aly Raisman. Learn more about the show's contestants, who, for a period, swapped their skills as athletes, actors, musicians, comedians, TV personalities and politicians for a chance to show off their footwork on national TV.
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