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Cynthia Rhodes(I)

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Cynthia Rhodes
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
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Cynthia Rhodes is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in Flashdance (1983), Jackie in Staying Alive (1983), officer Karen Thompson in Runaway (1984), and Penny in Dirty Dancing (1987). Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Rhodes began her show business career working at Opryland USA as a singer and dancer while attending Glencliff High School during the 1970s. Raised in a Baptist family, Rhodes tried to maintain a clean-cut image in her acting roles and in the media, turning down scripts that required nudity and refusing offers to pose for pictorials in Playboy magazine. Sylvester Stallone, the director of Staying Alive, stated that Rhodes "would sooner quit the business before doing anything to embarrass her parents."
BornNovember 21, 1956
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Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)
Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in Dirty Dancing (1987)
Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in Dirty Dancing (1987)
Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes
Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes
Cynthia Rhodes
Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes
Cynthia Rhodes
Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes
Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes
Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)
Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)

Known for

Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Dancing
7.0
  • Penny Johnson
  • 1987
Jennifer Beals in Flashdance (1983)
Flashdance
6.2
  • Tina Tech
  • 1983
Runaway (1984)
Runaway
5.8
  • Thompson
  • 1984
John Travolta in Staying Alive (1983)
Staying Alive
4.7
  • Jackie
  • 1983

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Actress

  • Jameson Parker in Curse of the Crystal Eye (1991)
    Curse of the Crystal Eye
  • Animotion: Calling It Love
  • Animotion: Room to Move
  • Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Dirty Dancing
  • Richard Marx: Don't Mean Nothing (1987)
    Richard Marx: Don't Mean Nothing
  • Teenage Dream (1986)
    Teenage Dream
    • (unconfirmed)
  • Runaway (1984)
    Runaway
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
  • Cynthia Rhodes: Finding Out the Hard Way
  • John Travolta in Staying Alive (1983)
    Staying Alive
  • Bee Gees: The Woman in You (1983)
    Bee Gees: The Woman in You
  • Jennifer Beals in Flashdance (1983)
    Flashdance
  • Cynthia Rhodes in Toto: Rosanna (1982)
    Toto: Rosanna
  • The Tubes Video (1982)
    The Tubes Video
  • Music Hall America

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Soundtrack

  • Hot Splash (1988)
    Hot Splash
  • Guy Ecker and Jane Higginson in The Devil Wears White (1986)
    The Devil Wears White
  • John Travolta in Staying Alive (1983)
    Staying Alive

Videos10

Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Clip 1:50
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Clip 2:01
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Clip 2:02
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Dirty Dancing
Clip 0:15
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Trailer 1:52
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Trailer 0:32
Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition DVD
Trailer 1:15
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition DVD
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition DVD
Trailer 1:13
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition DVD
Runaway
Trailer 2:07
Runaway
Dirty Dancing
Trailer 1:36
Dirty Dancing

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    • November 21, 1956
    • Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • Richard MarxJanuary 8, 1989 - 2014 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Music video for Richard Marx: "Don't Mean Nothing".
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    • 2 Pictorials

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    Made a decision to leave her career to be a full-time mother.

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