'Grease' and 'Grease 2' Casts: Where Are They Now?

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

It's been a long time since they rock-and-rolled, but <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/hairspray-2007/22983/main"target="_blank">'Hairspray'</a></font> stars <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/michelle-pfeiffer/56469/main"target="_blank">Michelle Pfeiffer</a></font> and <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/john-travolta/71670/main"target="_blank">John Travolta</a></font> are no musical novices. In fact, both started out at Rydell High: Travolta in <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main"target="_blank">'Grease,'</a></font> Pfeiffer in the so-bad-it's-awesome sequel, <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main"target="_blank">'Grease 2.'</a></font> What have some of the other Pink Ladies and T-Birds been up to since graduation? Tell us about it ... stud.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/john-travolta/71670/main'target='_blank'>John Travolta</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then: </b>He was the hottest actor on the planet in 1978, having surged to musical star (Danny Zuko in 'Grease,' duh), sitcom heartthrob (Vinnie Barbarino in <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://television.aol.com/show/welcome-back-kotter/SH0047420000/main"target="_blank">'Welcome Back, Kotter'</a></font>) and disco legend (Tony Manero in <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/saturday-night-fever/7690/main"target="_blank">'Saturday Night Fever'</a></font>) in only a few years. No wonder Sandy wanted a piece of that.</b>

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/john-travolta/71670/main'target='_blank'>John Travolta</a>

<b>Now: </b>He's had extreme highs (his 1994 comeback in <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/pulp-fiction/1117/main"target="_blank">'Pulp Fiction'</a></font>) and extreme lows (the unspeakably horrendous <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/battlefield-earth/7437/main"target="_blank">'Battlefield Earth'</a></font>), but his career comes full circle as he goes back to musicals with 'Hairspray.' Of course he's playing an obese middle-aged woman instead of a hot teenage greaser, but still ...

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/olivia-newton-john/52476/main'target='_blank'>Olivia Newton-John</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then: </b>After <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/marie-osmond/54364/main"target="_blank">Marie Osmond</a></font> turned down the part of Sandy Olsson, Newton-John -- known primarily as a pop singer and still smarting from the cinematic dud <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/toomorrow/1077735/main"target="_blank">'Toomorrow'</a></font> (sic) -- won the role of Danny's summer lover who, by an act of fate, ends up at Rydell High.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/olivia-newton-john/52476/main'target='_blank'>Olivia Newton-John</a>

<b>Now: </b>Still looking great after a battle with breast cancer in the '90s -- and the mysterious disappearance of her boyfriend in 2005 -- the popular songstress (she's had more than 25 Top 40 songs, five of which hit No. 1) recently guest-judged on <font color="#1c5bb0"><a href="http://television.aol.com/americanidol"target="_blank">'American Idol'</a></font> and will release a Christmas album this fall.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/stockard-channing/12304/main'target='_blank'>Stockard Channing</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then:</b> She was 33 when she ruled the school as brassy Pink Lady Betty Rizzo, who mocks Sandy, hooks up with Kenickie and earns a reputation as 'trashy and no good' ... though also deeply misunderstood.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/stockard-channing/12304/main'target='_blank'>Stockard Channing</a>

<b>Now: </b>After a failed sitcom ('The Stockard Channing Show'), a few film roles (<font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/heartburn/22144/main'target='_blank'>'Heartburn'</a></font>) and steady theater work, Channing earned an Oscar nomination for <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/six-degrees-of-separation/8620/main'target='_blank'>'Six Degrees of Separation,'</a></font> then ruled the screen (and won an Emmy) as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/the-west-wing/SH3169910000/main'target='_blank'>'The West Wing.'</a></font> This fall, she hits the London stage in 'Awake and Sing!'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/jeff-conaway/85641/main'target='_blank'>Jeff Conaway</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then: </b>Conaway had played Danny Zuko as part of the original Broadway cast of 'Grease' (he was <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/barry-bostwick/7552/main'target='_blank'>Barry Bostwick</a></font>'s understudy), but he stepped aside for Travolta in the film and instead bestowed many a hickey as Kenickie, Danny's best friend and Rizzo's erstwhile fella.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/jeff-conaway/85641/main'target='_blank'>Jeff Conaway</a>

<b>Now:</b> After three seasons on <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/taxi/SH0041230000/main'target='_blank'>'Taxi'</a></font> and marriage to Olivia Newton-John's sister, he fell into that all-too-familiar 'E! True Hollywood Story' pattern: divorce, drug abuse, and a bizarre meltdown on 'Celebrity Fit Club 3.' He did, however, spend four seasons on <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/babylon-5/SH0942340000/main'target='_blank'>'Babylon 5,'</a></font> and continues to make straight-to-DVD movies.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/didi-conn/14487/main'target='_blank'>Didi Conn</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then: </b>The woman born Edith Bernstein played Frenchy, delectably sweet Pink Lady, aspiring beautician and Gatsby of the pajama party. She has the dubious distinction of being the only major 'Grease' cast member to return for 'Grease 2.'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/didi-conn/14487/main'target='_blank'>Didi Conn</a>

<b>Now: </b>After five seasons ditzing it up on the '80s sitcom <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/benson/SH0005270000/main'target='_blank'>'Benson,'</a></font> Conn (who married <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/zodiac-2007/23059/main'target='_blank'>'Zodiac'</a></font> composer and <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/talia-shire/65369/main'target='_blank'>Talia</a></font>'s ex <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/david-shire/111268/main'target='_blank'>David Shire</a></font>) has mostly avoided showbiz. She did take a tiny role in 2002's <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/frida/5676/main'target='_blank'>'Frida'</a></font> and has reportedly been the driving force behind a third 'Grease' film ('Grease 3: Frenchy in France'?).

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/dinah-manoff/45151/main'target='_blank'>Dinah Manoff</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease/8937/main'target='_blank'>'Grease'</a>

<b>Then: </b>Manoff was Marty Maraschino ('like the cherry'), the flirtatious Pink Lady with multiple boyfriends who catches the eye -- and lips -- of suave 'National Bandstand' host Vince Fontaine (<font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/edward-byrnes/10048/main'target='_blank'>Edward Byrnes</a></font>).

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/dinah-manoff/45151/main'target='_blank'>Dinah Manoff</a>

<b>Now: </b>Manoff went on to roles in such films as <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/ordinary-people/11214/main'target='_blank'>'Ordinary People,'</a></font> but she found fame on TV (<font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/soap/SH0038800000/main'target='_blank'>'Soap,'</a></font> 'Empty Nest') and adulation on Broadway (winning a Tony for 'I Ought to Be in Pictures'). These days you're more likely to see her byline than her face: She writes essays for NPR and just completed a novel.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/dody-goodman/1020133/main'target='_blank'>Dody Goodman</a>

'Grease' and 'Grease 2'

<b>Then:</b> The former dancer and stage actress was known for playing ditzy characters such as Blanche, assistant to Principal McGee.<br><b>Now:</b> A '70s regular on 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' she later appeared on <a href="http://television.aol.com/show/diffrent-strokes/120065/main"target="_blank">'Diff'rent Strokes'</a> and <a href="http://television.aol.com/show/punky-brewster/233543/main"target="_blank">'Punky Brewster'</a> and did voice work on 'Alvin & the Chipmunks.' She died on June 22, 2008, at 93.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/michelle-pfeiffer/56469/main'target='_blank'>Michelle Pfeiffer</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>In her first starring role (!!), Pfeiffer was Stephanie Zinone, the gum-cracking, Cool Rider-lovin' queen of the Pink Ladies. Aside from the pink jacket, she's often dressed in black from head to toe ... shades of Catwoman to come?

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/michelle-pfeiffer/56469/main'target='_blank'>Michelle Pfeiffer</a>

<b>Now: </b>Pfeiffer was for a time Hollywood's favorite leading blonde, with three Oscar and six Golden Globe nominations (and one Globe win). After spending some time with hubby David E. Kelly and their kids, she's back this year in a big way; besides 'Hairspray,' she appears in <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/stardust/24289/main'target='_blank'>'Stardust'</a></font> and <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/i-could-never-be-your-woman/25580/main'target='_blank'>'I Could Never Be Your Woman.'</a></font>

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/maxwell-caulfield/11837/main'target='_blank'>Maxwell Caulfield</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>If 'Grease 2' were a tragedy (and many agree that it was), its tragic hero would be Maxwell Caulfield, pegged as the next Travolta after landing the role of a lifetime as Rydell High foreign exchange student Michael Carrington. When the film tanked, so went much of the hype surrounding Max.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/maxwell-caulfield/11837/main'target='_blank'>Maxwell Caulfield</a>

<b>Now: </b>Don't cry for Caulfield; the Scot may not be a superstar living a life of wealth and Scientology, but he's carved out a decent living, with credits including <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/empire-records/1542/main'target='_blank'>'Empire Records'</a></font> and TV's <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/dynasty/SH0013710000/main'target='_blank'>'Dynasty.'</a></font> After a stint as Billy Flynn in the West End production of 'Chicago,' he next stars in the family film 'The Snow Prince.'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/lorna-luft/43683/main'target='_blank'>Lorna Luft</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>Luft, who knows iconic divas -- she's the daughter of <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/judy-garland/25962/main'target='_blank'>Judy Garland</a></font>, half-sis to <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/liza-minnelli/49495/main'target='_blank'>Liza Minnelli</a></font> -- was all dolled up to look like <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/marilyn-monroe/50065/main'target='_blank'>Marilyn Monroe</a></font> as Paulette Rebchuck, who unsubtly makes a play for her best friend's ex, Johnny. Then again, she does suffer from the disease 'nymphoidmania.'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/lorna-luft/43683/main'target='_blank'>Lorna Luft</a>

<b>Now: </b>Luft's autobiography, 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows,' was turned into an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated miniseries (<font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/judy-davis/17373/main'target='_blank'>Judy Davis</a></font> won both an Emmy and Globe for her portrayal of the mercurial Garland). Most recently, Luft appeared in Rufus Wainwright's musical tribute to Garland.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/adrian-zmed/78644/main'target='_blank'>Adrian Zmed</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>Since he played Danny Zuko (as a replacement) in the 1970s Broadway version of 'Grease,' it was a no-brainer casting Zmed in 'Grease 2.' The <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/tj-hooker/SH0040850000/main'target='_blank'>'T.J. Hooker'</a></font> star was Johnny Nogerelli, leader of the T-Birds and Stephanie's persistent ex.

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/adrian-zmed/78644/main'target='_blank'>Adrian Zmed</a>

<b>Now: </b>He won raves for his stage roles in 'Blood Brothers' and a 'Grease' revival in the '90s, but hasn't been as lucky since. Most recently, he starred as Noah in the off-Broadway play 'The Ark,' as the 'floating head' on the NBC soap <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/passions/SH3147330000/main'target='_blank'>'Passions'</a></font> and in the $6,500-budgeted '06 flick 'The Craving Heart.'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/chris-mcdonald/47257/main'target='_blank'>Christopher McDonald</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>The prolific TV and movie 'That Guy' played Goose McKenzie, one of Johnny Nogerelli's T-Bird lackeys in 'Grease 2.'

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/chris-mcdonald/47257/main'target='_blank'>Christopher McDonald</a>

<b>Now: </b>Known primarily as <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/adam-sandler/62990/main'target='_blank'>Adam Sandler</a></font>'s <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/happy-gilmore/1973/main'target='_blank'>'Happy Gilmore'</a></font> golfing nemesis Shooter McGavin, McDonald has five films set to come out in '07 and '08, including <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/fanboys/26986/main'target='_blank'>'Fanboys'</a></font> and <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/awake/23642/main'target='_blank'>'Awake.'</a></font> He can currently be seen playing baseball legend Joe DiMaggio in the ESPN miniseries <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/the-bronx-is-burning/SH9363740000/main'target='_blank'>'The Bronx Is Burning.'</a></font>

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/pamela-s-adlon/472004/main'target='_blank'>Pamela Adlon</a>

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/grease-2/1109454/main'target='_blank'>'Grease 2'</a>

<b>Then: </b>Adlon was Dolores 'Woodchuck' Rebchuck, Paulette's bratty kid sister and unofficial Pink Lady mascot, whom Michael befriends. She even snags a boyfriend at the end: the littlest T-Bird, Davey Jaworski (<font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/leif-green/28480/main'target='_blank'>Leif Green</a></font>).

What Happened to the Gang From Rydell High?

<a href='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/pamela-s-adlon/472004/main'target='_blank'>Pamela Adlon</a>

<b>Now: </b>You may not recognize her face, but you'd know her voice. Adlon's provided voices in such 'toons as 'Pepper Ann,' 'Recess,' The Oblongs' and <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/king-of-the-hill/SH2070020000/main'target='_blank'>'King of the Hill'</a></font> (she was Bobby until 2006). She also starred in the short-lived HBO series <font color='#1c5bb0'><a href='http://television.aol.com/show/lucky-louie/SH8323270000/main'target='_blank'>'Lucky Louie,'</a></font> as the wife Kim.