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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 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Jennifer Grey is the 1,373rd most popular actor (down from 928th in 2024), the 2,576th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,658th in 2019) and the 678th 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, Jennifer Grey ranks 1,373 out of 13,578. Before 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 86. Before her are Jeremy Clarkson, Pierre Littbarski, Christian Stocker, 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 20,380. Before 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).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jennifer Grey ranks 678. Before 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).

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