Jennifer Grey
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New York, New York, USA
American actress Jennifer Grey grew up among the sort of people who'd be her co-workers later in life. She was the granddaughter of comedian Mickey Katz and the daughter of Broadway star Joel Grey and actress Jo Wilder. Childhood dance lessons helped her get a start dancing in television commercials. After spending time with the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York, Grey appeared in the off-Broadway production Album. More theatrical experience followed. Grey made her screen debut in the 10th-billed role of Cathy Bennario in the 1984 romantic drama Reckless. That year, she also played small roles in The Cotton Club and Red Dawn. Her first real break came when she played Matthew Broderick's sister in the hit teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Grey followed up that success with an even bigger one starring opposite Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (87): coincidentally, the film was set in a Catskill Mountains resort, the same kind of establishment where Grey's father and grandfather began their careers. Though her performance won her accolades, Grey subsequently experienced the all too common difficulty that many teen actors faced, attempting to enter the ream of adult acting. She would appear in a handful of films like Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and Portraits of a Killer (1996), before finding her footing with films like Bounce and Redbelt, as well as TV series like It's Like You Know, John from Cincinnati, and The New Adventures of Old Christine.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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67% | The Cotton Club Encore |
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— | 2019 |
36% | Untogether |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Bittersweet Symphony |
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— | 2019 |
100% | I Am Patrick Swayze |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Duck Duck Goose |
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— | 2018 |
88% | The Wind Rises |
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— | 2014 |
61% | In Your Eyes |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The Bling Ring |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Keith |
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— | 2008 |
67% | Redbelt |
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$2.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | The Road to Christmas |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Voodoo Asesino |
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— | 2001 |
52% | Bounce |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Outrage |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Red Meat |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | The Player |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Red Meat |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Lover's Knot |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Portraits of a Killer |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The West Side Waltz |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | A Case For Murder |
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— | 1993 |
50% | Wind |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Eyes of a Witness |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Cindy Eller |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | If the Shoe Fits |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Murder in Mississippi |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Stroke of Midnight |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Criminal Justice |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Bloodhounds of Broadway |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Gandahar (Light Years) |
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— | 1988 |
69% | Dirty Dancing |
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$1.9M | 1987 |
80% | Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
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— | 1986 |
65% | American Flyers |
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— | 1985 |
75% | The Cotton Club |
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— | 1984 |
46% | Red Dawn |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Reckless |
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— | 1984 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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81% |
Grey's Anatomy
2005
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No Score Yet |
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
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93% |
Red Oaks
2014-2017
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Phineas and Ferb
2007-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
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91% |
House
2004-2012
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Dancing With the Stars
2005
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89% |
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006-2010
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46% |
It's like, You Know...
1999-2000
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No Score Yet |
The Equalizer
1985-1989
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