Behind-The-Scenes Secrets They Didn’t Tell You About Dirty Dancing

From Another Mother

Kelly Bishop, who had already established a showbiz career as a dancer, was originally cast as Vivian Pressman. You would probably recognize her more easily today as the snarky grandmother on Gilmore Girls. However she then landed won the role of the mom Marjorie Houseman instead. This was because the original casting choice, Lynne Lipton was sick, so the producers asked her to fill the part of the mother… and the rest is history.

From Another Mother