With a cheeky snapshot, Jennifer Grey (66) congratulated her long-time friend Tracy Pollan on her 66th birthday. The "Dirty Dancing" actress posted a beach photo from the 1980s on Instagram, showing the two actresses posing topless by the ocean. In the picture, Pollan is wearing blue bikini bottoms, while Grey wears pink ones.
Grey captioned the image: "Friendship like this is. 'If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting... time after time.'" With these lines, she quoted the 1984 song "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. The text translates to: "A friendship like this. 'If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting - time after time.'"
Pollan reacted enthusiastically to the post. "Hahahaha I love you!!", she commented initially. Shortly after, she added three red heart emojis to her response.
Friends Since School Days
The two actresses have known each other since their youth. In the 1970s, they met as students at the private Dalton School in Manhattan. Their paths also crossed professionally early on: After graduating, they appeared together on camera for the ABC format "The Great Love Experiment", an episode of the series "ABC Afterschool Special" from 1984.
Subsequently, their careers developed in different directions. Tracy Pollan became known primarily for her role as Ellen in the hit series "Family Ties". That's also where she met Michael J. Fox, whom she married in 1988. After an extended family break, she later took on roles in series such as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".
Many Parallels
Meanwhile, Jennifer Grey established herself as a film star. Among her best-known works are "Red Dawn", "Ferris macht blau", and "Dirty Dancing". There's another connection to Pollan as well: Grey was briefly involved with Michael J. Fox in 1986, before he fell in love with Tracy Pollan during the filming of "Bright Lights, Big City".
