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Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960, in New York City) is a Jewish-American actress.

Early life
She is the daughter of well known stage and screen actor Joel Grey and the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey Katz. Grey is an alumna of The Dalton School, an elite private school in New York City.

Career
Grey had a spate of good roles in the late 1980s. After small roles in The Cotton Club and American Flyers, she played Ferris' sister Jeanie in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Grey then gained her greatest fame in the lead role of Frances "Baby" Houseman in the 1987 hit movie Dirty Dancing.

Grey also appeared in the TV movie The West Side Waltz in 1995 on Thanksgiving evening on CBS, written by acclaimed playwright Ernest Thompson. The movie also stars Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, and Kathy Bates.

Grey appeared in the short-lived ABC sitcom It's Like, You Know... (1999–2000) as a struggling actress named Jennifer Grey, who pokes fun at herself after a much-publicized nose job (parodying Grey's own plastic surgery):

  Keith (2006) (post-production) .... Caroline

Ritual (2001/I) .... Dr. Alice Dodgson
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Revelation (USA)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Voodoo (Philippines: English title)
Bounce (2000) .... Janice Guerrero

"It's Like, You Know..." (1999) TV Series .... Jennifer Grey
Since You've Been Gone (1998) (TV) .... Patty Reed
The Secrets of My Heart (1998) .... Abby Friese
Outrage (1998) (TV) .... Sally Casey
The Player (1997) (TV)
Red Meat (1997) .... Candice
Lover's Knot (1996) .... Megan Forrester
Portraits of a Killer (1996) .... Elaine Taylor
... aka Portraits de l'innocence (Canada: French title)
... aka Portraits of Innocence
The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV) .... Robin Ouiseau
"Fallen Angels"
- A Dime a Dance (1995) TV Episode .... Ginger Allen
"Friends"
- The One with the Evil Orthodontist (1995) TV Episode .... Mindy
A Case for Murder (1993) (TV) .... Kate Weldon
Wind (1992) .... Kate Bass
Eyes of a Witness (1991) (TV) .... Christine Baxter
Criminal Justice (1990) (TV) .... Liz Carter
Murder in Mississippi (1990) (TV) .... Rita Schwerner
If the Shoe Fits (1990) (TV) .... Kelly Carter/Prudence
... aka Soulier magique, Le (France)
... aka Stroke of Midnight
... aka Sur le coup de minuit (France)

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) .... Lovey Lou
Gandahar (1988) (voice) .... Airelle
... aka Light Years (USA)
Dirty Dancing (1987) .... Frances 'Baby' Houseman
"The Equalizer"
- A Community of Civilized Men (1986) TV Episode .... Valerie Jacobs
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) .... Jeanie Bueller
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985) (TV) .... Laura Eller
American Flyers (1985) .... Leslie
The Cotton Club (1984) .... Patsy Dwyer
Red Dawn (1984) .... Toni
Reckless (1984) .... Cathy Bennario