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Jennifer Grey

1960 - Today

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Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress. She made her acting debut with the film Reckless (1984), and had her breakthrough with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). She earned worldwide fame starring as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her other feature films include Red Dawn (1984), The Cotton Club (1984), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Bounce (2000), Redbelt (2008), The Wind Rises (2013), In Your Eyes (2014), Bittersweet Symphony (2019), and A Real Pain (2024). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Grey is the 1,374th most popular actor (down from 928th in 2019), the 2,576th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,658th in 2019) and the 679th most popular American Actor.

Jennifer Grey is most famous for her role as the lead in the 1980s movie "Dirty Dancing."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jennifer Grey ranks 1,374 out of 13,578Before her are Lorraine Bracco, Casey Affleck, Rosie Perez, Candy Darling, John Savage, and Lee Majors. After her are Victoria Abril, Nora Miao, Anne Archer, Kim Soo-hyun, Ethel Barrymore, and Mark Bernes.

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Among people born in 1960, Jennifer Grey ranks 84Before her are Gia Carangi, Jeremy Clarkson, Pierre Littbarski, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Taneti Mamau, and Hideaki Anno. After her are Gazebo, Jonas Gahr Støre, Daryl Hannah, Hiroshi Amano, John Schneider, and Gary Lineker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Grey ranks 2,576 out of 20,380Before her are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), John Savage (1949), Lee Majors (1939), Robert Smithson (1938), R. L. Stine (1943), and Bettie Page (1923). After her are Charles Dow (1851), Will Eisner (1917), Anne Archer (1947), Jackie Jackson (1951), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Timothy D. Snyder (1969).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jennifer Grey ranks 679Before her are Lorraine Bracco (1954), Casey Affleck (1975), Rosie Perez (1964), Candy Darling (1944), John Savage (1949), and Lee Majors (1939). After her are Anne Archer (1947), Ethel Barrymore (1879), J. Carrol Naish (1896), Kate Capshaw (1953), Megan Fox (1986), and Rita Wilson (1956).