Jennifer Grey had the time of her life "Dirty Dancing" with Patrick Swayze.
The actress told People.com that Swayze, who died yesterday at 57 from pancreatic cancer, was a "rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace," said Grey.
"When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little movie we thought no one would ever see," said Grey, who played Frances (Baby) Houseman to Swayze's bad-boy dancer, Johnny Castle, in the hit 1987 film.
"Dirty Dancing," a coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1963 at a Catskills resort, turned the little-known actors into stars.
Swayze was a "real cowboy with a tender heart," Grey, 49, told People.
"It was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified," she said
The actress told People.com that Swayze, who died yesterday at 57 from pancreatic cancer, was a "rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace," said Grey.
"When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little movie we thought no one would ever see," said Grey, who played Frances (Baby) Houseman to Swayze's bad-boy dancer, Johnny Castle, in the hit 1987 film.
"Dirty Dancing," a coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1963 at a Catskills resort, turned the little-known actors into stars.
Swayze was a "real cowboy with a tender heart," Grey, 49, told People.
"It was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified," she said
