• Kelly Bishop is a famous American actress
  • She starred in Dirty Dancing and Gilmore Girls
  • Find out what the star is doing now

The American actress Kelly Bishop has been active in the film industry since the mid-1960s, however, she came to prominence after appearing in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, where she portrayed "Marjorie", the mother of Jennifer Grey's "Frances 'Baby' Houseman", after actually being cast in a much smaller part.

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Kelly Bishop is also well known for portraying moms in a series of films which include the 1997 comedy Private Parts, and the 2000 movie Blue Moon. She has also starred in different successful television shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife and Mercy. But what is the star doing today?

Kelly Bishop - Where is the Dirty Dancing star now?

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Kelly Bishop attends the premiere of Netflix's "Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life" in Los Angeles, California, 2016

Originally from Colorado, the 80-year-old actress recently appeared in the 2014 film Saint Janet and played the role of "Emily Gilmore" in the 2016 television miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. Kelly Bishop was married to the late TV talk show host Lee Leonard who passed away in 2018.

She currently resides in South Orange, New Jersey, and has been spotted on several red carpet events in the past years.