Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey is wishing her father, Cabaret legend Joel Grey, a happy 94th birthday.
Joel, who has a bevy of Tony nominations, played the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway version of Cabaret, as well as in the 1972 film adaptation starring Liza Minnelli. With everything from an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award under his belt, Grey is a veritable Hollywood legend. In honor of his 94th birthday on Saturday, the actor joined his daughter for a sweet celebration that included a delectable dessert together. In a photo posted to her Instagram Stories, Jennifer wished a “Happy Birthday, Pops!” to her beloved father, who gazed down at his sweet treat that had a candle sticking out of it.
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Jennifer Grey’s Rise to Stardom
Descended from Hollywood royalty, Grey got her first big role in 1986’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as the whiny little sister of Matthew Broderick‘s cool older bro, Ferris Bueller. But it was her role as Baby, who heads on vacation in 1963 at a Catskills resort with her Jewish family, only to fall in love with the resort’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle (played by the iconic Patrick Swayze), that solidified her role as a superstar. The film became a staple for movie fans, and even scored an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its legendary love theme “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. While we don’t want to ruin the ending for anyone who hasn’t seen it, the song plays an important role for Baby and Johnny Castle at the end of the film.
Rumors of a Dirty Dancing Sequel
While a sequel to Dirty Dancing was announced a handful of years ago, Lionsgate pushed back its theatrical release due to 2023’s Hollywood strikes, Variety reported last year.
When asked, Grey said she didn’t have that much information.
“I can’t tell you much about Dirty Dancing as I’m not going to make promises,” Grey told GamesRadar+ and other reporters at the A Real Pain premiere. “I’m just waiting for them to really nail it down as it has to be right.”
She went on to say that they can “push that aside” until the next time they speak, “when it hopefully it will all be ironed out.”
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