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Cynthia Rhodes

Real Name: Cynthia Rhodes, (born: November 21, 1956 )

Cynthia Rhodesa former actress, singer, and dancer.


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Currently she lives in Lake Bluff, Illinois, and is a full-time mom to her three sons.

She made the decision to leave her career to be a full-time mother. She and her husband Richard Marx (who is a pop singer/songwriter) whom she meet in 1983 while she was working on a duet for the soundtrack of Staying Alive, have three boys.


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Bio Details
Birth name: Cynthia Rhodes
Born: November 21, 1956
Height: 5ft 7in
Stage Name(s): Cynthia Rhodes
Origin: Nashville, Tennessee
Career years: 1980 - 2002

Biography


Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Rhodes began her career at Opryland USA as a singer and dancer while attending McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee, during the 1970s. Not long after, she branched out into films with small roles in movies such as the fantasy musical Xanadu (1980) and Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart (1982). Following a minor part in the hit musical film Flashdance, Rhodes got to play the role of ensemble dancer, singer (in a fictional bar band featuring actor/performer Frank Stallone}, and Tony Manero's (John Travolta) love interest, Jackie, in Sylvester Stallone's film Staying Alive—sequel to the hit film Saturday Night Fever.

Reference/Source(s):
Cynthia Rhodes. (2008, December 8). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:21, December 15, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cynthia_Rhodes&oldid=256680737

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Date posted:6/29/2009 12:32:12 PM
she says:
she also played Penny in Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze's character's dance partner