"After appearing in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"", Jennifer Grey starred opposite Patrick Swayze as Frances ""Baby"" Houseman in what 1987 film?"
Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino. It stars Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at her family's resort. The film was based on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood. She originally wrote a screenplay for the Michael Douglas film "It's My Turn", but ultimately ended up conceiving a story for a film which became "Dirty Dancing". She finished the script in 1985, but management changes at MGM put the film in development
Jennifer Grey her film debut in "Reckless" (1984), in a small role. She appeared in a small role in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" (1984). That year she starred in the war film "Red Dawn". She then appeared in the 1985 John Badham project "American Flyers". In 1986 she played the role of jealous sister Jeanie Bueller in the John Hughes comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", opposite Matthew Broderick. The film was commercially successful and received a positive critical reception. The following year, she reunited with Patrick Swayze, opposite whom she had played in "Red Dawn", to play Frances "Baby"