'Dirty Dancing' is a classic "feel-good" movie, says Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey thinks 'Dirty Dancing' is so beloved because it's a "feel-good" film with a "serious" message. The 61-year-old actress played Frances Houseman - who was nicknamed Baby - in the 1987 classic, and she feels her character's journey is a big part of its enduring success. She told Closer US: "It’s about a loss of innocence. The girl loses her virginity and goes from being a daddy’s girl to a woman. "She discovers that she’s more than she thought she was, and she gets the guy that she never thought she could get. And he’s going to feel that she sees something more in him than he though...