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Kelly Bishop
Age
69
Birthday
Feb. 28th, 1944
Born in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Height
5' 6"
Kelly Bishop's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2000 - Wonder Boys1997 - Private Parts 1995 - Miami Rhapsody 1993 - Six Degrees of Separation 1987 - Dirty Dancing 1986 - Solarbabies |
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TRIVIA:
- Practices Pilates and aerobics and enjoys gardening and hiking.
- Was originally cast in a minor part in the film _Dirty Dancing (1987)_ (qv), but was then called upon to play a larger role when Lynn Lipton, the actress first cast as Baby's mother, became ill during the first week of shooting.
- Trained in ballet, she attended the American Ballet Theatre and the San Jose Ballet schools.
- Was the first of the original cast members to leave "A Chorus Line".
- Her husband, 'Lee Leonard (I)' (qv), is host of 'Jersey Talkin' on Channel 12, New Jersey. He was also the host of "Midday Live" a long-running local talk show on New York's WNYW-TV. Leonard was also an anchor at ESPN.
- Made a strong film debut in mid-career as one of 'Jill Clayburgh' (qv)'s close friends in 'Paul Mazursky' (qv)'s well-received drama _An Unmarried Woman (1978)_ (qv).
- Made her Broadway debut in the musical "Golden Rainbow" in 1967, but scored big as the sexy, streetwise Sheila in the Broadway production of "A Chorus Line" with her contribution in the song "At the Ballet". The performance earned her Tony and Drama Desk awards in 1976.
- At age 18 she made it to New York and landed her first job dancing in a year-round ballet company at Radio City Music Hall.
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