She has performed in off-Broadway and Broadway productions including Other Desert Cities, resulting in a Tony nomination for best performance.
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Since the ending of the series in 2006, Channing has redirected her career to the theater. The West Wing brought Channing critical success, resulting in an Emmy win for best supporting actress in a drama series. Playing a car thief in the 1976 film Sweet Revenge, a stuntwoman in the 1979 film Silent Victory and the First Lady in the television series The West Wing, Channing maintained her career far into the 2000s. Known for her feisty performance as the leader of The Pink Ladies, Channing continued portraying strong female characters well after her days in Grease. Image Credit: Courtesy of Photofest David M. Conaway died in 2011 from from multiple causes, including pneumonia. Having struggled with a substance-abuse problem for years, Conaway appeared in two seasons of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Conaway left Taxi after the third season finished filming due to health concerns. After the success of Grease, he went on to star in television series including Happy Days and Taxi.
An understudy and eventual portrayer of Danny Zuko in the Broadway version of the musical, Conaway joined the film cast as Kenickie, Danny’s best friend. Jeff Conaway had "Greased Lightning" on his mind well before Grease the film was released. Image Credit: Courtesy of Photofest Tiffany Rose/Getty Images Since her diagnosis, she has worked as an advocate for cancer and founded the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Australia. After taking time away from the industry to raise her child, Newton-John released another album in 1992, but was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after the album was released. After the success of the movie, Newton-John launched a new image of herself as a musician and released her most successful studio album in 1981. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role and performed the Academy Award-nominated song “Hopelessly Devoted to You” at the 1979 Oscars. Three hits from her performance in the film reached the top five on the Billboard chart, making her the second woman to have more than two songs on Billboard’s top five list at the same time.
Simpson: American Crime Story and the title character in Gotti, which was pushed from last fall to an as-yet-determined premiere date.Īlready well-known due to her budding music career, Newton-John was met with critical and commercial success for her portrayal of Sandy. His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. Travolta eventually made his way back to the world of movie-musicals in 2007 with his role of Mrs. After a slight slump in his career in the 1980s, Travolta received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction and continued on a wave of critical success due to his roles in films such as Get Shorty and The General’s Daughter. Having already been nominated for an Academy Award and with a top 10 single on the Billboard chart, Travolta was already a star when he signed on to Grease.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Photofest Paul Archuleta/FilmMagicĬoming off the critical success of his performance in Saturday Night Fever and his breakout role in the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, John Travolta had established himself as a bona-fide performer by the time Grease was released. To mark Grease's 40th anniversary, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at the stars who made beauty school dropouts and summer flings iconic and who sang the songs that have been iconic to generations of high school students. Making more than $394 million worldwide, it remains the fourth highest-grossing live-action musical of all time. culture however, feels just as fresh today as it did the day it was released.ĭepicting the love story of Danny and Sandy though 1950s - complete with doo-wop’s and hand jives - Grease became an immediate box office success and fan favorite. Grease, released on June 16, 1978, is now celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. Those leather jackets, those school rivalries, "those summer nights" - they were decades ago.
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