Jennifer Grey
Biography
Born in New York City, Jennifer Grey is an American actress who studied dance and acting at the Dalton School and trained for two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She waited tables while hunting for work before a Dr Pepper commercial gave her a first screen job at 19, then took minor parts in Reckless (1984) and The Cotton Club (1984) before starring in Red Dawn (1984). She broke through as Jeannie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and became famous as Baby Houseman in Dirty Dancing (1987), which brought her a Golden Globe nomination. Later films include Bounce (2000), Redbelt (2008), In Your Eyes (2014) and A Real Pain (2024). She played herself in It's Like, You Know..., won season eleven of Dancing with the Stars in 2010, and was Judy Meyers on Red Oaks from 2014 to 2017. She published a memoir, Out of the Corner, in 2022.
66years old
Turns 67 on March 26in 165 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Jennifer Elise Grey (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 41 years1984 to 2025
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First role
At 19, Grey first appeared in a Dr Pepper commercial. She then had a small part in her film debut, Reckless (1984), and another small role in The Cotton Club in 1984.
A first
Jennifer Grey has just one Broadway theater credit to her name. That was a 1993 appearance in The Twilight of the Golds.
Beyond film
Grey voiced the character Mrs. Kurokawa in the English dub of the film The Wind Rises, which was directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Jennifer Grey movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Patrick Swayze appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Patrick Swayze's page
C. Thomas Howell's page
Charlie Sheen's page
Richard Edson's page
Alan Ruck's page
Ethan Phillips's page
Box office
What Jennifer Grey's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$426 million
10 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$215M50.4% of the total
- 2$70M16.5% of the total
- 3$38M9.0% of the total
- 4$37M8.6% of the total
- 5$26M6.1% of the total
- 6$25M5.8% of the total
- 7$8.3M1.9% of the total
- 8$5.5M1.3% of the total
$1.4 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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