'Dirty Dancing' Cast: Where Are They Now?

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As shetold PEOPLE in 2010, she began making “a lot of choices most ambitious people would not have made,” following her superstar-making role. Those choices included a 1989 nose job, which radically altered her look.

In 2001, Grey married actor/writer/director Clark Gregg, with whom she has a daughter, Stella. The couple divorced in 2020.

In her 2022 memoir,Out of the Corner,the actress opened up about her past relationships and life as a young starlet. Grey has also confirmed she will appear in theDirty Dancingsequel.

02of 08Patrick Swayze as Johnny CastleSNAP/REX/Shutterstock; Barry Brecheisen/WireImage for Rockit Ranch ProductionsSwayze’s star only continued to rise after his portrayal of dreamy dance instructor Johnny Castle. His hit movies includedRoad House(1989),Ghost(1990) andPoint Break(1991). In 1991, he wasnamed PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive.Swayze diedin September 2009 at the age of 57 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” his rep told PEOPLE at the time. He and wife Lisa Niemi were married for 34 years prior to his death.

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Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle

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Swayze’s star only continued to rise after his portrayal of dreamy dance instructor Johnny Castle. His hit movies includedRoad House(1989),Ghost(1990) andPoint Break(1991). In 1991, he wasnamed PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive.

Swayze diedin September 2009 at the age of 57 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” his rep told PEOPLE at the time. He and wife Lisa Niemi were married for 34 years prior to his death.

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Cynthia Rhodes as Penny Johnson

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The actress wasmarriedto singer Richard Marx from 1989 to 2014 and is mom to their sons Lucas, Jesse and Brandon.

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Jane Brucker as Lisa Houseman

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The actress is married to photographer Raul Vega and has two daughters.

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Jerry Orbach as Dr. Jake Houseman

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In 1991, he began a 12-year run asLaw & Orderhomicide detective Lennie Briscoe. That year he also secured a place in animation history as the voice ofBeauty and the Beast’s Lumière.

The actor had two sons with wife Marta Curro, whom he was married to from 1958 to 1975. In 1979, he wed actress Elaine Cancilla.

Orbachdiedof prostate cancer in 2004 at the age of 69.

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Kelly Bishop as Marjorie Houseman

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Tony Award-winning Bishop played mom Marjorie Houseman. She followed upDirty Dancingwith roles inQueens Logic(1991),Miami Rhapsody(1995) andPrivate Parts(1997).

In 2000, she started a seven-year gig as Emily Gilmore onGilmore Girls, a role she reprised in the 2016 reboot. She also appeared onThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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Lonny Price as Neil Kellerman

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The star’s theater and screen career has mostly involved directing in the years since. He’s taken the helm of episodes ofDesperate Housewivesand2 Broke Girlsand won Emmys for bothSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert(2001) andSondheim! The Birthday Concert(2010).

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Max Cantor as Robbie Gould

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AfterDirty Dancing, he appeared inFear, Anxiety & Depression(1989). The actor died of a drug overdose in 1991 at the age of 32.

source: people.com