Kelly Bishop has made a career out of playing the hoity-toity mom, and playing the hell out of it. Most recently, and famously, as the matriarch Emily Gilmore in 'Gilmore Girls.' She knows just how to push the character to the limit of nastiness, and then ease back and show vulnerability. It's what makes her such an incredible actress: she can play characters we disagree with, yet like and have feeling for her. That's exactly the case in 'Dirty Dancing,' where I had totally forgotten her role as Marjorie Houseman.
Yes, Kelly Bishop is the one who put Baby in the corner, and as we all know, "NO ONE PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER." Now i'm starting to see a real opportunity lost in 'Gilmore Girls' for the line, "NO ONE PUTS RORY IN THE CORNER"