This interview features actress Cynthia Rhodes who played Penny Johnson in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. In this clip, she talks about her character in the film, which she describes as being tough and “having an edge to her”. She also speaks about working with co-stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey and choreographer Kenny Ortega. Today, Cynthia Rhodes is married to singer/songwriter Richard Marx and is a stay-at-home mom to the couple’s three sons.
