Jennifer Elise Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress best known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, the latter for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She is also known for her 2010 victory in the eleventh season of the American version of Dancing with the Stars. Grey is the daughter of the Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder.
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Jennifer Elise Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress best known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, the latter for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She is also known for her 2010 victory in the eleventh season of the American version of Dancing with the Stars. Grey is the daughter of the Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder.
Jennifer Grey was born on March 26, 1960 in New York City, the daughter of stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder. Grey is the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey Katz. She is an alumna of the Dalton School, a private school in Manhattan where she studied dance and acting, and where she met her best friend, Tracy Pollan. After graduating in 1978, she studied acting at New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse under the legendary coach Sanford Meisner, and was trained in dance.
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