Eleanor Bergstein Movies: Top
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Biography
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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.
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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.
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.