Jennifer Grey became a household name with her role of Baby in the romantic drama dance film Dirty Dancing in the summer of 1987.And while she never got another role as high-profile ever again, the now 62-year-old actress is opening up about her life in the fast lane of Hollywood, and beyond, in her new memoir, Out Of The Corner.Among the revelations is the timeMadonna confessed that her hit 1989 song, Express Yourself, was inspired by Grey's love life; more specifically, her breakup with actor Matthew Broderick.
Confessional: Jennifer Grey, 62, recalled when Madonna told her that her song Express Yourself was inspired by her breakup with ex-fiancé Matthew Broderick in the late 1980s in her upcoming memoirGrey began dating Broderick while the two were shooting Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which began in September 1985 and lasted through until near the end of November of that year.The following year Grey auditioned for a movie that would be called Dirty Dancing.
She landed the role ofFrances 'Baby' Houseman and Patrick Swayze would be hired to play Johnny Castle. Having been thrust into the young Hollywood scene after her roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, Grey got engaged to Broderick, only to split after about four years.Soon after she started dating Johnny Depp, who was a television star at that time with 21 Jump Street.
Read more on dailymail.co.uk