Jennifer Gray played Baby in Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller’s sister in the same period, which is an unusual pair. She had rhinoplasty afterward that changed her appearance enough that she became unrecognisable to casting directors, which she has described as career-ending and which she wrote about at length.
Cynthia RhodesDirty Dancing (1987) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film about class and an illegal abortion, marketed as a summer romance. Made for five million dollars by people nobody expected anything from, and still running forty…
Alan RuckMatthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and John Hughes's most ambitious teen film. Ferris narrates Cameron's story.
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