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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
 
  1. Eleanor Bergstein was named for Eleanor Roosevelt.
  2. Eleanor Bergstein was called Baby up until age twenty-one or so, as she was the younger daughter in the family. She won dance contests as a teen and was an Arthur Murray dance instructor. Her father was a physician. She spent some vacation time with her family in the Catskills.
  3. Eleanor Bergstein made a cameo appearance in
    Dirty Dancing
    in the scene on the gazebo, dancing with Johnny right before he leaves to get Penny out of the kitchen.
  4. Shortly after
    Dirty Dancing
    was released, 25,000 posters of Patrick Swayze sold out instantly.
  5. Following the release of
    Dirty Dancing
    , there was an influx of people signing up for dance lessons.
  6. Patrick Swayze was named the sexiest man alive in 1991 by
    People
    magazine. He also wrote the introduction for the special
    People
    edition:
    20 Years of Sexiest Man Alive
    .
  7. Patrick Swayze received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—7018 Hollywood Boulevard—on August 18, 1997, which was his 45th birthday.
  8. In 1975, Jerry Orbach played Billy Flynn in the original Broadway production of
    Chicago
    , and in 2003, Patrick Swayze played the same role on Broadway.
  9. Jerry Orbach was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2000.
  10. Charles “Honi” Coles, who played Tito in
    Dirty Dancing,
    was placed in the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003.
  11. Kelly Bishop won a Tony Award in 1976 for her performance in
    A Chorus Line.
  12. Patrick Swayze performed in thirty-seven movies (including four TV movies) and also was nominated for a Golden Globe three times—including for
    Dirty Dancing
    . He was awarded Best International Actor for
    Jump!
    on May 16, 2009 and the Rolex Dance Award in November 2009.
  13. Jennifer Grey was nominated for a Golden Globe award for
    Dirty Dancing.
  14. “She’s Like The Wind” was originally written for the movie,
    Grandview U. S. A.
    (1984) by Stacy Widelitz and Patrick Swayze.
  15. Kenny Ortega has won many awards, including two ALMA (American Latino Media Arts Award), three Primetime Emmys, and three American Choreography Awards.

*Note:
Dirty Dancing
Folklore & Tidbits is not meant to be by any means a complete list of all of the experience, accomplishments, and talents of the amazing
Dirty Dancing
Writer/Cast Members/Producers/Choreographers/Composers, etc.

Eight
 
SUE’S
DIRTY DANCING
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
 
 
 

I would like to interview people who have been positively influenced by the movie. I hope to publish the results and analysis of the survey and interviews, along with other information about
Dirty Dancing
to honor the movie and the fans’ perspective on the movie.

Sue Tabashnik © Copyright 2007

QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
 

The questionnaire was placed online on November 25, 2007, and questionnaires were accepted through August 30, 2008. The total number of questionnaires received was 186. The following pages will display questionnaire results that include data by age and country; answers to questions 1, 4, 6, and 7; and comments from the fans on questions 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Credits:

Compilation of data:

Sue Tabashnik

Initial formatting of data:

Margaret Howden

Final formatting of data:

Jan Griffith

 
 
 
 
 
 
QUESTION 4: CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE SCENES IN
DIRTY DANCING—
OTHER:
 

Please tell me your other favorite scenes.

*Number written before the comment indicates how many people made the comment.

36:
When Baby goes to Johnny’s room after Penny’s abortion and Baby’s father snubbed Johnny. Baby and Johnny dance in Johnny’s room and Baby says, “I’m scared of everything . . . most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling for the rest of my life the way I feel when I am with you.”
5:
Johnny and Baby singing “Hey Baby” in the studio—the Sylvia and Mickey scene.
3:
Johnny and Baby dancing the Mambo at The Sheldrake. Its awkwardness is endearing and very well-filmed—realistic, entertaining, and funny.
3:
After Johnny and Baby danced in the hotel and return by car, when Johnny looks in the mirror while Baby is changing her clothes. I love the smile on his face.
3:
When Baby and Johnny are in Penny’s room. Baby leaves, then Johnny follows seconds later. Baby is standing on the deck, and they say some wonderful things. Johnny walks away. Then Baby yells, “Johnny,” and he turns around and makes this wonderful smile.
3:
Baby’s conversations with her father—when asking for the money for the abortion and when they reconcile over it.
2:
Johnny and Penny doing the first dance—the mambo.
2:
When Johnny has to leave and says goodbye to Baby and the song, “She’s Like The Wind” is playing while he is driving away.
2:
Outside of the movie, more particularly the extras. I really enjoyed seeing and experiencing the learning curve of Johnny and Baby for the various sequences. I am a dancer myself and loved this a lot.
2:
When Johnny, Penny, Baby, and Billy meet to find a solution.
2:
When Johnny fights with Robbie.
2:
All scenes.
2:
When Baby’s father told Johnny he was sorry.
2:
When Baby sees Johnny for the first time.
1:
When Billy takes Baby to the hall where the Dirty Dancers are and soon Johnny & Penny go bouncing in and do their dancing.
1:
I luv this movie, so much. I watch it constantly. I grew up with this movie. It is one of my favorites.
1:
When Baby finds money and gives it to Penny.
1:
Almost the whole movie is wonderful.
1:
It’s hard to pick just one scene, but just looking at Patrick gets this sixty-six year old married granny’s heart pumping.
1:
It brings back the memory of your first time you fell for a boy . . . brings back memories of a sock hop . . . It was a big deal to get asked to dance.
1:
When her sister does the hula thing.
1:
When she tells him her real name.
1:
After the Schumakers get caught stealing and Johnny comes to find Baby in the staff quarters. He tells her that he’s done, and she gets upset because what she did was not good enough to save him. Johnny basically tells Baby not to lose faith in life and that he has learned to have faith through her.
1:
When Johnny takes responsibility for Penny’s situation.

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