Partick Swayze was born August 18th 1952 in Houston, Texas. He is best known for his roles in more romatic movies, such as Dirty Dancing and Ghost. Also, his role as the eldest greaser brother in The Outsiders.
As well as being an extrememly talented and attractive actor, he was an excellent and trained ballet dancer. His mother Patsy Swayze was the owner of a dance school in Houston, where Patrick was a student. While attending dance lessons at his mothers school, he, at the age of 19, met his wife Lisa Niemi; who, at the time was 15. Later in his life, he then left to New York City where he attended Harkness Ballet School and Joffery Ballet School. He first danced professionally as "Prince Charming" in "Disney on Parade".
He got his start in acting on the New York stage, and after his success in the production of Grease his career in Hollywood took off. Then, after his role in The Outsiders, Patrick Swayze proved his talent as a leading actor. He recieved a Golden Globe nomination for his role as "Johnny Castle" in the romantic movie Dirty Dancing (1987); and recived a second nomination for is role as the ghost "Sam Wheat" in the movie Ghost.
January of 2008, Patrick, a recovering alcoholic, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He fought cancer for over a year and continued to work as well, but alas he couldn't fight hard enough and died September 14th, 2009.
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