Weaver, a producer for Vince Fontaine's "National Bandstand. Rizzo confided in Marty after she missed her period and feared that she got pregnant. Seconds later, Marty spilled the secret to a bunch of people. You may also recognize the actress from her role as Carol Weston on the '80s and '90s sitcom "Empty Nest," which lasted for seven seasons.
In addition, Manoff won the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for "I Ought to Be in Pictures. Tucci has two daughters named Kate and Kelly with wife Kathleen Tucci. Ward's acting career took a backseat in the years after "Grease," aside from a few roles on shows like "Magnum P.
In the '80s, he began working as a story editor for shows like "Popeye and Son" and "Fantastic Max. Ward was also previously an adjunct professor and director at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts. He has three sons with wife Annette Foster, according to People.
World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Olivia Singh. In the years since the movie came out, Travolta has been nominated for two Oscars. Newton-John's music career has led to Grammy nominations and wins.
Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Travolta is now a two-time Oscar nominee. Olivia Newton-John portrayed Sandy Olsson, an innocent girl who never smoked a cigarette and didn't like wine. Newton-John is a four-time Grammy Award winner and time nominee. Stockard Channing starred as Rizzo, the leader of the girl group referred to as the Pink Ladies.
Channing went on to become an Emmy and Tony winner. Conaway died in May at the age of Didi Conn portrayed Frenchy, who dropped out of Rydell High to pursue beauty school instead. Barry Pearl portrayed another T-Bird named Doody. Rizzo spends most of the movie acting as the tough leader of the female greaser gang. But when a rumor about her pregnancy scare starts to circulate through the halls of Rydell High School, she realizes she isn't as tough as she acts.
That's right, Channing was almost double the age of her "Grease" character. According to Vanity Fair , the year-old actress "was the oldest of the principal actors cast. Two years after the movie was released, she went on to star in her own sitcom, "The Stockard Channing Show.
Kenickie is Rizzo's love interest and is also the owner of the Greased Lightnin' car that Danny uses in the drag race against Leo, the leader of the T-Birds' rival gang, the Scorpions. When Conaway starred in the Broadway rendition of "Grease" in the early '70s, he was much closer to the age Rydell High School students would have been. But at 26, Conaway graduated high school years before his on-screen character did. Marty spends the majority of the movie trying to act more mature than her fellow high school classmates and does so by flirting with older men, most notably Vince Fontaine, the host of Rydell's televised school dance.
Manoff was only older than Marty by four years, making her one of the actors closest in age to their characters in " Grease. Sonny is equal parts cocky and stubborn.
He's also a bit of a trickster — he spikes the punch at the school dance and doesn't hold back when making fun of the Pink Ladies. Michael Tucci was more than 10 years older than his character and older than all of his co-stars except Stockard Channing, who was With just a few days left until graduation from Rydell High School, Frenchy drops out to enroll in beauty school and accidentally dyes her hair pink.
Her most famous scene is arguably when Frankie Avalon appears as her guardian angel and sings "Beauty School Dropout," which, paired with her pink hair, persuades her to return to Rydell. Conn had appeared in multiple TV shows and movies before hitting it big with "Grease. Doody is the T-Birds' comedic relief. During the movie, he ends up with Frenchy and, based on her scrapbook, got his nickname for supposedly looking like the TV-famous puppet Howdy Doody. Prior to his stint as Doody, Pearl played Sonny in the musical tour, according to Lancaster Online.
Jan rocked some iconic pigtails that helped convince audience members that she was a high school student. Donnelly told People in that she had to dye her prematurely gray hair to look the part of a high schooler. Putzie is a bit clumsier and less cool than the other T-Birds. He famously says that Jan is a "cheap date," but she somehow takes it as a compliment and their relationship grows throughout the film.
Ward was only two or three years older than his character, making for the most realistic portrayal of a high school student among the main cast. Leo wasn't a Rydell student so he either attended St. The feistiest member of the Pink Ladies, Rizzo, was played by Stockard Channing — and her acting career has continued to flourish. Will Smith recently admitted he "fell in love" with his costar Stockard while they were filming the movie Six Degrees Of Separation.
He was still married to his first wife Sheree Zampino at the time but said he found himself "desperately yearning" for Stockard. Our marriage was off to a rocky start. I found myself desperately yearning to see and speak to Stockard. Barry Pearl, who mooned viewers as cheeky Doody in Grease, has picked up dozens of acting credits since the film was released. Initially, he worked in musical theatre, touring with the first ever national tour of Grease in The year-old actor recently reprised a role in Grease in a live performance that aired on telly.
American actor Michael Tucci was in high demand after impressing with his acting skills in Grease.
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