12 December 2019 | MovieWeb Fan Buys Olivia Newton-John's Grease Jacket for $243K and Gives It … Full lineup, Dancing On Ice 2019: Phillip Schofield announces MAJOR twist, Dancing On Ice 2019: James Jordan and Jason Gardiner CLASH. The Australian beauty also recalled how she was initially reluctant to star in Grease, because she was 29 years old, and would be playing the teenage character, Sandy.

At 67, she was the oldest person ever to have competed in the show. Conn at Greenville Graffiti Car Show at Greenville, IL in June 2018, The $20,000, $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000 Pyramids, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, http://www.jewishexponent.com/2019/04/16/didi-conn-grease-middletown/, Dancing On Ice star opens up on being oldest contestant in 2019 series, Didi Conn Named a National Celebrity Spokesperson for Autism Speaks, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Didi_Conn&oldid=981602485, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2015, Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Episode: "He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother", Episode: "Going-Away Goose/Time to Climb! Conn made her debut as an actress in the 1960s. [6][2] On November 13, 2008, she was named national celebrity spokesperson for Autism Speaks. After Olivia released a video looking healthy and bright-eyed to assure fans rumours of her death had been “greatly exaggerated,” Didi confirmed to Lorraine that she was doing well. Conn was born in Midwestern-French, New York, the Lady of a clinical psychologist. Dancing on Ice airs on Sunday, January 6, at 6pm. She played the role of Frenchy in the 1978 movie.

She attended Midwood High School; her brother is beautiful singer Richard Bernstein. In 2018, it was announced that Conn would be a contestant on the eleventh series on Dancing on Ice.
These elite athletes, they're awesome!”. Who was she in Grease? She started acting in the 1960's and got her first acting credit in an 1975 episode of Happy Days as "Joyce".. She starred as "Laurie Robinson" in the 1977 movie You Light Up My Life and then got her big break when she was cast as "Frenchie" in the 1978 summer movie sensation Grease. Edith Conn (née Bernstein; July 13, 1951), professionally known as Didi Conn, is an American actress, best known for her work as Frenchie in Grease, Denise Stevens Downey in Benson and Stacy Jones in Shining Time Station.[1]. She said: “She's doing great she's laying a little low, but she's full of light. Portrayed the character Stacy Jones in the children's television series, "Shining Time Station". order back issues and use the historic Daily Express