Nobody puts Baby in the corner. Jennifer Grey has done far more in her career than just 'Dirty Dancing,' but as the movie seems to capture the imagination of every new generation who find it on DVD and streaming, she'll always be known as 'Baby' to most of us. Her incredible chemistry on screen with Patrick Swayze gave many of us our first idea of what romance was supposed to be. Sadly, she could never enjoy the success of the film at the time, as she was recovering from the effects of a bad car crash.
Just that movie alone would have been enough to call Grey an 80s icon, but it wasn't even her first great 1980's film. That was 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' which also enjoys a large cult following to this day. Graceful, gifted and beautiful while still managing to look like the girl next door, Grey could do no wrong during the decade.