Actress Jennifer Gray (62) is one of the Hollywood icons of the 1980s. Baby from Sinful Dance recently published memoirs in which, in addition to her working life, she also described the private one. And it was really a ride. She described how she dated actors Matthew Broderick (60) and Johnny Depp (58), who asked her to marry right after two weeks, according to the MamaMia website.
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Jennifer Grey she played by her side Patrick Swayze († 57) in the cult film dirty Dancingwhich is one of the most iconic of the eighties. The actress recently published a book in which she wrote about her life and also gave fans an insight into the two tumultuous relationships she experienced during the eighties.
She first dated actor Matthew Broderick, whom she met while filming Ferris Bueller’s Free Day (1986). “We were young, we were just over twenty when we got together. But I really loved him then. ” she stated in her memoirs, as the website informed MamaMia.
Tragic traffic accident
A few weeks before the premiere of Sinful Dance (1987), they both decided to secretly travel around Ireland as a couple. They didn’t want America to know about their relationship. In the summer of 1987, they flew to Northern Ireland, rented a BMW 316 and drove the country. Jennifer was twenty-seven at the time and twenty-five.
However, an accident happened during one ride. Their car collided head-on with another passenger car. Both women in the second car – driver Anna Gallagher (28) and her 63-year-old mother Margaret – died. Broderick had a broken leg and had to stay in a hospital in Belfast for four weeks. Jennifer Gray suffered minor injuries than the others, but still could not play for some time.
After the accident, Broderick was accused of dying by dangerous driving and threatened for up to five years behind bars. He was eventually convicted of careless driving and fined $ 175, which the victim’s family later called a “mockery of justice,” according to the website. The Impartial Reporter. The actress later said that she had suffered for many years because she was to blame. “We drive down the road for one minute and the music plays and another minute … everything is different,” said Jennifer Gray.
A tumultuous relationship with Depp
In October 1988, Broderick and I broke up, and Gray soon began dating Johnny Depp. According to the actress, it was a very tumultuous relationship. At the time of their love, Johnny Depp’s star rose very steeply. In her memoirs, the actress stated that after two weeks of the relationship, Depp had asked for her hand.
At the time, according to the MamaMia website, she wrote in her diary: “I’m so in love. He is kind, funny, smart, moral, thoughtful and respectful. ”But their engagement did not last long. It was frustrating for Jennifer that her fiancé was nicknamed the “heartbreaker,” so she broke up with him after nine months. She left him a message in the hotel room.
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