Eleanor Bergstein

Writer

April 17, 1938 (88 years)

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eleanor Bergstein (born 1938) is a US writer best known for writing and co-producing the popular 1980s film Dirty Dancing which was based in large part on her own childhood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleanor Bergstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.3

Dirty Dancing

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

5.5

Dirty Dancing

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.

5.4

Let It Be Me

Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

5.8

It's My Turn

A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.

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