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Cynthia Rhodes is a Actor American born on 21 november 1956 at Nashville (USA)

Cynthia Rhodes

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Nationality USA
Birth 21 november 1956 (67 years) at Nashville (USA)

Cynthia Rhodes (born November 21, 1956) is an American retired actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in Flashdance (1983), Jackie in Staying Alive (1983) and Penny in Dirty Dancing (1987).

Biography

Rhodes was married to singer/songwriter Richard Marx. They met in 1983, while Marx was working on the motion picture soundtrack for Staying Alive. Rhodes, seven years his senior, thought Marx was much too young for her to date at the time. Marx and Rhodes didn't start their relationship until two years later, when they were reacquainted at a party. After a four-year courtship, the couple married on January 8, 1989. After marrying Marx, Rhodes retired from film acting, dancing, and singing to have her first son. Rhodes had three boys in total, and gave up her performing career to raise her boys. She currently resides in an apartment in mid-town Chicago, Illinois. In a US Weekly article dated April 4, 2014, Marx's representative confirmed the dissolution of their 25-year marriage.

Best films

Dirty Dancing (1987)
(Actress)
Staying Alive (1983)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Cynthia Rhodes (4 films)

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Actress

Dirty Dancing, 1h45
Directed by Emile Ardolino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Feminist films, Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop
Roles Penny Johnson
Rating70% 3.5038253.5038253.5038253.5038253.503825
In the summer of 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent Jewish American family at Kellerman's, a family friendly resort in the Catskill Mountains. The younger of two daughters, Baby is planning to attend Mount Holyoke College to study the economics of underdeveloped countries and then enter the Peace Corps. She was named after Frances Perkins, the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. Her father, Jake (Jerry Orbach), is the personal physician and friend of Max Kellerman (Jack Weston), the resort's owner. Baby is befriended by Max's smart aleck grandson Neil (Lonny Price).
Runaway
Runaway (1984)
, 1h36
Directed by Michael Crichton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in the future, Robot films
Actors Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Cynthia Rhodes, Kirstie Alley, G. W. Bailey, Chris Mulkey
Roles Officer Karen Thompson
Rating58% 2.947262.947262.947262.947262.94726
The film is set in the near future, where robots are commonplace--a part of everyday life like any other electrical appliance--and are just as prone to malfunctions. But when a robot malfunctions, it could pose a threat to people or property. Such robots are known as "runaways." Since they are more dangerous than the average machine, they are handled by a division of the police trained in robotics. The "runaway" squad, however, is treated as an easy and unexciting assignment and often ridiculed.
Flashdance
Flashdance (1983)
, 1h35
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Malcolm Danare
Roles Tina Tech
Rating62% 3.103293.103293.103293.103293.10329
Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals) is an eighteen-year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her dog Grunt in a converted warehouse. Although she aspires to become a professional dancer, she has no formal education, and works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby's, a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret.
Staying Alive, 1h36
Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Julie Bovasso, Kurtwood Smith, Sarah Miles
Roles Jackie
Rating47% 2.3633152.3633152.3633152.3633152.363315
Set some six years after the events of Saturday Night Fever, former disco king Anthony "Tony" Manero is now 25. He has left Brooklyn, and is now living in Manhattan, staying in a flophouse while he works as a dance instructor and as a waiter at a dance club, looking for his big break in the modern dance productions on Broadway. The breakaway he has from his Brooklyn life, family, and friends seems to have matured Tony and refined his personality, specifically represented by his diminished Brooklyn accent and his avoidance of alcohol and profanity. However, certain attitudes have not changed, as with his most recent girlfriend, the forgiving Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes). One attitude he holds consists of a double standard whereby he feels at liberty to see other women, but becomes vexed if he finds Jackie with other men.