Date of Birth
26 March 1960,
New York City, New York, USA
Height
5' 3" (1.60 m)
Spouse
Trivia
Daughter of Broadway actor/dancer/choreographer Joel Grey and Jo Wilder.
Granddaughter of Mickey Katz.
She and Clark Gregg had their first child, daughter Stella, on December 3rd 2001.
Was engaged to Matthew Broderick
Was cast as Gene Wilder's wife in the 1994 sitcom "Something Wilder" (1994), but was replaced when test audiences disapproved of the two lead's age differences in the pilot episode.
Was engaged to Johnny Depp.
Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.
Is best friends with Tracy Pollan; they met as classmates at the private Dalton School in New York City.
In a recent interview for Channel 5 (UK) she said that having plastic surgery to her nose was the worst mistake she had ever made. This was because she was no longer recognizable as the girl from the film Dirty Dancing (1987), just somebody who looked a bit like her.
Her father Joel sang "Razzle-Dazzle," from Chicago, when he hosted "The Muppet Show" (1976). In Dirty Dancing (1987), her character's father is played by Jerry Orbach, who originated the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago--including singing the song "Razzle-Dazzle".
Began her career as a dancer in a Dr. Pepper TV commercial.
Personal Quotes
[On the death of Patrick Swayze and working with him on Dirty Dancing (1987)] When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practising the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little movie we thought no one would ever see. (He was a) real cowboy with a tender heart... it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified. Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace. My heart goes out to his wife and childhood sweetheart, Lisa Niemi, to his mom, Patsy, and to the rest of their family.
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