Sandy: Rizzo, tell us you love us. Now.

Rizzo: Can’t it be, like, an understood thing?

Sandy: You’re implying that you love us!

Rizzo:

Kathy Levin, Denise Nettleton, Marcia McClain, Susan McAneny, Ruth Nerkin, and Karen Dille in Grease, National Tour, 1973

Legally Blonde - Taylor Louderman (she/her) as Elle Woods, requested by anon

Birthday: December 21, 1990 (age 31)

Birth Place: Madison, Wisconsin

Theatre credits include: Regina George (Mean Girls), Campbell Davis (Bring It On), Amber von Tussle (Hairspray), Sandy Dumbrowski (Grease), Lauren (Kinky Boots), Margot (Legally Blonde), Annie Bennett (Annie)

(Pictured on the right is Nikki Bohne, who played the role in the second US tour production)

Credits: Ruben Chamorro, T.J. Hamilton

@pimpernals said “Please tell me I don’t look as bad as I feel.” / rhonda to sandy

SANDY’S HEAD TILTS TO THE SIDE AS SHE LOOKS AT RHONDA. HER FRIEND DOESN’T LOOK TOO BAD. SHE doesn’t know what Rhonda thinks she looks like, but Sandy doesn’t think she looks bad at all, actually. “You look wonderful, Rhonda,” she says with a smile. She reaches up to gently smooth her friend’s hair back into place and brush the dust from her dress. “There. Good as new!” She beams again, taking a step back. “You really do look amazing.”

"Grease" Backstories

Sandy Olsson/Yung/Dumbrowski

In “Grease Live!” Sandy’s family is from Utah, and her parents are extremely controlling, to the point of not allowing her to attend school dances. It’s believed that in this version, her family are strict Mormons.

This background works for most any time period. But if we want to tie her story closer to the ‘50s, and/or just want her to be from Australia or someplace else, here’s another idea:

Sandy’s father has a prestigious position in….some business or another. The “change of plans” that caused the family to abruptly move to another state/country/side of the globe happened when his longtime business associate was Blacklisted as a Communist. Mr. Olsen/Young/Whoever ended that partnership on the spot and moved his family as far away from that associate as possible.  He is obsessed with his family’s good, upstanding, “family values” reputation.

And Sandy of course just wants to be a teenager.

Danny Zuko:

“You’re lucky to have parents who care so much; mine don’t care about anything.”

~ Danny Zuko, “Grease Live!” (2016)

This single line goes worlds to explaining Danny’s dependence on the T-Birds, and why he’s drawn to a sensitive girl like Sandy.

So why don’t his parents care about anything?

Danny is the result of a shotgun wedding. Dad the veteran unknowingly knocked up Danny’s mom just before shipping out to Japan. Mr. Zuko returned from the War with untreated PTSD, and a son he didn’t plan on. Because of the time period, Danny’s parents were pressured to get married. They don’t exactly fight, they just exist in a loveless marriage, begrudgingly raising their kids in a house full of untreated PTSD and substance abuse.

Kenickie:

Note: I have absolutely no clue where the Grease Wiki gets the “Kenickie Murdock” from. The name “Murdock” is not given to Kenickie in either the movie or the TV version, and I can find no evidence of it being in the stage version either. The only “Murdock” in the play/movie is Mrs. Murdock the shop teacher, and there’s no indication of any relationship to Kenickie, bar maybe the car connection. In any case, Kenickie itself is a last name.

Kenickie’s “Mom” tattoo is pretty damn corny, but if you can get past that, it’s a detail that drops a bombshell of backstory hints.

For all his edgelord behavior, Kenickie is stunningly chivalrous when he learns Rizzo may be pregnant. Even nowadays, a true asshole would run out on her. Here it’s the ‘50s, he wants to be there for her and his hypothetical unplanned kid.  Rizzo knows what a hardass Kenickie is, yet thinks crying in front of him is “the worst thing I could do”--worse than dating his enemy and telling him “it’s someone else’s kid.”

Here’s my spin: Kenickie’s mom died from some disease like Cancer or radium poisoning. It was slow and emotionally scarring, and Rizzo knows about it. She knows seeing a woman he cares about in emotional distress again would break him.

His father is alive, but absent, if not literally then at least emotionally. Kenickie was apparently gone the entire summer, none of the other T-Birds knew where he was for three months. The Bargain City he was lugging boxes at was apparently out of town. Who was he living with for the summer? His grandparents? A friend of the family? Who knows.

Betty Rizzo:

She’s “the school tramp” (“Grease Live!”) and the neighborhood thinks she’s trashy. Yet she doesn’t seem to live in a ghetto or anything, if the opening cartoon is anything to go by. She’s from a working-class family that just has a bad reputation, probably for incredibly stupid reasons given that it’s the ‘50s.

Betty’s mom had her out of wedlock and didn’t bother to hide it. She did eventually get married—to the neighborhood gambling addict. The last person to find out that this guy wasn’t Betty’s rea father was Betty. Since having that bomb dropped on her, Betty’s one scruple is that she doesn’t lie.

Frenchie:

Has a relatively normal family. She’s Jewish (because Didi Cohn). No one in her nuclear family has any numbers tattooed on their arms though; they’ve been in the States since the Twenties. Why does she have her own TV in her room in the ‘50s? She doesn’t; the Pink Ladies just commandeered the family set for the night.

What do her parents think of her academic decisions? They’re a bit exasperated by her dropping out, pursuing that beauty-school pipe-dream, and having to stay in high school a bit longer to make up for it. But it’s not of the world. Frenchie has a relatively normal, if sit-commy family.

Jan:

The only thing really making her an outcast is that she eats a lot and she’s quirky. Mom frequently gives her grief for her unhealthy eating habits and sketchy friends, but on the whole Jan has a pretty normal life. Or maybe not-so-normal by ‘50s standards. Nothing gets Jan down. Not being called “fat,” not being compared to a cartoon beaver, nothing. Her family doesn’t adhere to the ridged rules of ‘50s society. Her parents are beanik-y artists.

Doody:

His skittish personality runs in the family.  His father is hyper-paranoid that the Russians will nuke us any day now, and upkeeps the family bomb shelter obsessively. Dad has so much unnecessary crap hoarded up for the supposed Armageddon that Doody has no trouble finding parts for Greased Lightning right at home.

Sonny Latierri:

…has been flukning school a lot. It’s implied in the TV version, and goes universes to explaining why he particularly looks so old in the movie even compared to the other “teenagers.”

Putzie:

Even with your slash-goggles off, his character screams “in the closet” pretty hard. He takes ogling girls to extremes, and “jokingly” feels up Kenickie during “Summer Nights” in the movie. The only indication that he might be into girls for real is his admittedly adorable flirtation with Jan, and even could just have been playground-romance. Or he could be bi.

Marty:

Having boy-toys all over the world means that Marty probably has some familiarity with the different subcultures overseas. She has a feu greasers here in the States and one in Canada; a Teddy Boy in England; a drag-racing Raggare in Sweden; a Bōsōzoku in Japan; and a wildly-dressed Halbstarke in Germany, who sends her the weirdest gifts.  

Crater-Face:

…is not the token racist, because that’s just lazy writing.  

Aside from that, I don’t know that I can give him a serious backstory, because his movie-counterpart is just so distractingly old for the part. I jokingly head-canon that he’s a conman in his 40s hiding from both the mafia and the law, trying unconvincingly to live the false identity of a high school student.  

Or maybe he’s a cop on assignment to infiltrate teenage drag-racing gangs.

Principal McGee:

The tight-laced principal doesn’t want any of her students to know that when she was in high school, in the Roaring Twenties, she was the wildest flapper in California.

Mrs. Murdock

As a young woman in the ‘30s, she was part of a small gang of robbers akin to Bonnie and Clyde or the Dillinger gang. This is what led to her prison time. She got a shortened sentence for her work as a wrench-wench during the War. She misses the old times, which is why she assists the T-Birds in their illicit vehicular activities.

Olivia Newton John Net Worth 2022: Olivia Newton-John Cause of Death?

Olivia Newton-John is a well-known pop singer who was born in United Kingdom on September 26, 1948. The actress and singer became famous for her role in Grease and for her album Physical, which went double platinum. She has sold more than 100 million records and has had more than 10 songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Astrologers say that Olivia Newton-star John's sign, or zodiac sign, is Libra. With her first husband, Matt Lattanzi, she had a daughter named Chloe Rose. In 2008, she got married to John Easterling. Birth Date 26-9-1948 Heritage/origin Australian Ethnicity White Religion - believes in God? Christian Residence She owns a house in Tequesta, Florida. Olivia Newton-John Cause of Death? Olivia Newton-John died after a more than 30-year battle with breast cancer. The statement said, "Olivia has been a symbol of victories and hope for more than 30 years by sharing her journey with breast cancer." "Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continue with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, which is dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer," said a statement on her Facebook page. In October 2021, the actress talked about how she was dealing with the pain of Stage 4 breast cancer by using medical marijuana. In September 2018, she was told she had cancer for the third time. The Australian celebrity was diagnosed for the first time in 1992, and again in May 2017. She Was in a Lot of Pain The source kept going "She hurt a lot, but she was strong and kept going. The place was her heaven on earth, and she spent a lot of her last days there." Olivia Newton-John beat cancer three times before it came back for good. After the first time she beat cancer, she started the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre at Melbourne's Austin Hospital. Olivia Newton-john Loved to Help The New York Post heard from a person close to Olivia Newton-John that "Olivia was always willing to help. She gave back to others for the last 20 years of her life. She wanted to leave something that would last and that her daughter would also be able to use." Olivia Newton-John had a horse ranch in California where she spent her last days, but she gave it all to her husband, John Easterling. Olivia Newton-john Made a Career on the Music and Film Industry Newton-John was born in England in 1948. When she was 14, she moved to Australia. She began singing in the late 1960s, and her first solo album, "If Not for You," came out in 1971. The title song was written by Bob Dylan and recorded by George Harrison. She didn't become a big star until she was paired with John Travolta in the 1978 smash hit movie musical "Grease," which reached No. 1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and No. 25 on the pop charts. For the movie version of the Broadway hit, Sandy was changed from an American named Sandy Dumbrowski to an Australian named Sandy Olsson. This was done in part to make room for Olivia's accent. "Summer Nights," the biggest hit of 1978, and "You're the One That I Want," a duet between Olivia and her co-star John Travolta, both reached No. 1 on the pop charts. Olivia's big solo ballad, "Hopelessly Devoted to You," went all the way to No. 3. What Is Olivia Newton-John Net Worth? The amount of money Newton-John left behind is thought to be $60 million. Before he was in Grease with John Travolta in 1978, the songwriter became well-known quickly in the music business. Before she recorded her first single for Decca Records, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine," in 1966, she played in a band called Soul Four. Estimated Net Worth 60 million Dollar Yearly Salary N/A Product Endorsements Total Gym, Zamu Gold & Kellogg's Smart Start cereal Colleagues Cliff Richard, John Travolta & Electric Light Orchestra Management Fitzgerald-Hartley Co If Not For You, the first studio album by the British-Australian actress, came out in 1971. The title song was a hit not just in the UK, but also in Australia, the US, and Canada. Several successful albums followed, with hits like "I Really Love You," "Have You Never Been Mellow," and "Please, Mr. Please." Olivia Newton-John set up the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, which is a separate charity that funds research around the world into using plants to treat cancer. By putting money into new scientific research, patients and their caretakers will learn about ways to treat cancer that are less harmful. Hair color Light blond Hairstyle dressy Eye Color Grey Height 168 cm Weight 58 kilo Bra-size 36A Feet size 9 Dress size 6 Waist size 24 Buste size 31 Butt size 33 Does Olivia Newton-John smoke? No, never Does Olivia Newton-John have a tattoo? No Fitness, workout and diet Olivia practice a healthy lifestyle where she would exercise and meditate regularly. In terms of diet, she eats mostly plant-based food. Olivia Newton-John: Husband In 2008, Olivia got married to John Easterling, who started Amazon Herb Company. Olivia and John are both getting married for the second time. The couple got married in Cuzco, Peru, at an Incan spiritual ceremony with no guests. Relationship status Married (Since 2007) Sexuality Straight Current Husband of Olivia Newton-John John Easterling Ex-boyfriends or ex-husbands Matt Lattanzi, Patrick McDermott More info Was previously married and divorced Expecting a baby? She is not pregnant Has any kids? Yes, mother of: Chloe Rose What is Inside Olivia Newton-John’s $85 Million Empire? Dame Olivia Newton-John, a well-known actress and entertainment legend, has died. She was one of the best-selling artists of her time, and she will be missed. The British-born singer moved to Australia with her family when she was six years old. After starting out on Australian TV shows like The Go! Show and talent show Sing, Sing, Sing, Newton-John moved back to the UK and started singing in clubs there. When her first solo album, If Not For You, came out in 1971, it was a big break for her. Since then, Newton-John has won four Grammys, ten American Music Awards, two Golden Globes, and was nominated for an Oscar in 1978 for the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You," which was in the movie "Grease." She probably had a net worth of around $US60 million ($A85.9 million) when she died. She got this money from her business ventures and her successful singing and acting career, which she used to fund her activism later in life. The Most Famous Parts Olivia Newton-john Has Played During her career, Newton-John was in 15 movies and put out 26 studio albums, as well as 70 singles and six soundtracks. Newton-John may have been best known around the world for her iconic role as Sandy in the movie Grease. At the time, she was 29, which was seven years older than her co-star John Travolta. Even though no one knows how much she was paid to be in the movie, she sued Universal Music Group Inc in 2006 for unpaid royalties. In the breach of contract lawsuit, ON-J Productions, Ltd, Newton-company, John's was said to be owed more than $US1 million ($A1.5 million) in royalties and other payments. Universal tried to get rid of the claims, but it was later said that they had reached a conditional settlement with Newton-John that was not made public. In 2019, the entertainer sold her Grease items at auction to raise money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. On the list of things to be sold at the auction were her famous "Pink Ladies" jacket, black leather pants and a leather jacket, as well as signed photos and other items. The whole auction brought in more than $A3.4 million, and the famous leather jacket alone sold for $A348,500. She also sang "Long Live Love" at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, where she sang for the UK. She came in fourth, and ABBA, who won with "Waterloo," beat her. Olivia Newton-john Has Also Done Other Things Newton-John was well-known for more than just acting and performing. She also worked hard for animal rights, the environment, and breast cancer awareness. In 1992, the mother of one was told she had the disease. In 2017, she said that her stage 4 breast cancer had come back. It was also found out that this was her third time getting breast cancer, but that it had spread to her lower back. She has worked for a number of organisations that help people with breast cancer, and in 2012 she opened the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Newton-John spoke out to raise awareness about breast cancer. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Newton. Newton-John was also one of the people who started Gaia Retreat & Spa, one of the most well-known health resorts in Byron Bay. The 22-room boutique hotel opened in 2005. It is on 8 hectares of land and has a day spa, a saltwater pool, and walking paths. Newton-John and the other three co-founders of Gaia, who started the company in 2005, sold it to a private investment group called Tattarang. This group is owned by Andrew and Nicola Forrest, who are wealthy from the mining company Fortescue. Colliers took care of the sale, which was for $30 million. Last Lines Olivia Newton-John died after a more than 30-year battle with breast cancer. Astrologers say that Olivia Newton-john's sign, or zodiac sign, is Libra. The Australian celebrity was diagnosed for the first time in 1992, and again in May 2017. Olivia Newton-John's net worth is thought to be $60 million. She started singing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her first solo album, "If Not For You," came out in 1971. Singer/actress co-starred with John Travolta in "Grease". In 2008, Olivia Newton-John married John Easterling, who started Amazon Herb Company. The couple got married in Cuzco, Peru, at an Incan spiritual ceremony with no guests. She had a net worth of around $US60 million ($A85.9 million) when she died. Olivia Newton-John sold her Grease items at auction to raise money for charity. Auction brought in more than $A3.4 million, and the famous leather jacket alone sold for $A348,500. She also sang "Long Live Love" at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. 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if i could draw, i’d draw sandy and rizzo from grease k*issing, and i’d also draw dragons

Sandy from Grease for the character ask

It's been many years since I last saw Grease and I'm not sure how well I remember it, but here goes.

Favorite thing about them: She's a likable every-girl, who navigates the difficulties of teenage romance and friendships in a relatable way. She sings great music too.

Least favorite thing about them: Well, her ending is rightfully controversial, both for the fact that she goes back to Danny after he repeatedly treated her shabbily, and for her transformation into a greaser chick. I don't think it's an inherently bad ending (see "Unpopular opinion" below), but it's not unproblematic either.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I was innocent and never a "cool kid" in school.

*I usually seem sweet, but I can have an edge too.

*I was nervous when I got my ears pierced. (Fortunately, I had it done professionally, not by a teenage friend, and I didn't throw up.)

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I wasn't born yet in the 1950s.

*I've never had a relationship with a "bad boy."

*I've never worn a skin-tight black outfit in public.

Favorite line: Probably the lyrics to her final love duet with Danny, either "All Choked Up" from the stage version or the more iconic "You're the One That I Want" from the movie.

brOTP: All the Pink Ladies by the end, but especially Frenchy.

OTP: Danny.

nOTP: Any adult.

Random headcanon: Her verses in "Summer Nights" stretch the truth, just like Danny's do. While her version of how they met is the real one, as opposed to Danny's contrived story of saving her from drowning, their romance at the beach was less chaste and innocent than she paints it. He was sweeter and she was naughtier than either one lets themself be in their everyday life.

Unpopular opinion: Her transformation in the end isn't inherently anti-feminist – it can be viewed as just the opposite – or a case of succumbing to peer pressure. I've read a few analyses online that make a convincing defense for it. The key is to remember how conservative, conformist, and stifling 1950s culture was. Sandy's good-girl persona is exactly how girls were "supposed" to be according to that culture. She might be a misfit among Danny and Rizzo's gangs, but she's the one who fits into society in general. Arguably, she isn't just being herself, but following the rules she's been taught by her parents and society, and in the end she realizes she's not happy this way. Meanwhile, Danny and his friends might be the school's "cool kids" one one level, but at the same time, they're the "bad kids" – from the wrong side of the tracks, almost all Italian or Polish (ethnic groups that weren't fully privileged as "white" back in the '50s), and in short, the ones who don't fit in. By loosening up and embracing her inner bad girl, Sandy arguably isn't denying her true self to fit in with the cool kids and get her man, but finally discovering her true self, rejecting conformity, and coming into her own power. Now, maybe it's not well-written enough for this to come across. And I'm not saying it's unproblematic. The show was written by men, and there is an element of male fantasy in it as Sandy becomes Danny's sexy dream girl. Still, just listen to the lyrics of both "All Choked Up" (Sandy and Danny's original final duet) and "You're the One That I Want" (which replaced it in the movie and later stage revivals), and try to deny that they empower Sandy! She makes it clear that even though she's joining Danny's world, she's not going to put up with any more disrespect. "You better shape up" she tells him in "You're the One That I Want," and he echoes it with "I better shape up"; and in "All Choked Up" she literally makes him beg her to take him back, and still insists that he "take it slow" and not expect her to sleep with him right away. So she doesn't abandon her morals either.

Song I associate with them:

There are quite a few of these, some exclusive to the stage version, others sung in the movie.

"Summer Nights"

"Hopelessly Devoted to You"

"It's Raining on Prom Night"

"All Choked Up"

"You're the One That I Want"

Favorite picture of them:

Olivia Newton-John in the movie.

This rare picture of Carole Demas in the original Broadway production, 1972.

A 20-year-old, pre-stardom Sutton Foster in the 1995 US tour:

Laura Osnes in the 2009 Broadway revival:

Julianne Hough in 2016's Grease Live!:

11 Days of Laura Osnes

↳ Broadway Credits 

Sandy: Danny kissed me! 

Frenchy: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!

Sandy: It was unbelievable! 

Jan: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! 

Rizzo: Okay, we wanna hear everything. Marty, get the wine. Sandy, does this end well or do we need tissues? 

Sandy: Oh, it ends very well.

Rizzo: Good, because if he hurt you I’d have to kill him, and I’m not in the mood to kill someone right now.

Marty: Okay, alright, let’s hear about the kiss. Was it a soft brush against your lips or was it like a, you know, “I gotta have you now” kind of thing? 

Sandy: Well, at first it was really intense, you know? And then, oh God, and then we just sort of sunk into it. 

Frenchy: Ohh...so, okay, was he holding you? Or were his hands on your back? 

Sandy: First he started out on my waist and then he slid up and then he was in my hair.

Jan: Ohhh. 

*meanwhile* 

Danny: And, uh, then I kissed her.

Sonny: Tongue? 

Danny: Yeah. 

Kenickie: Cool.

Rusty Riegelmann, Donna Kane, Beth Leavel, and Karen Needle in Grease, US Tour, 1988

Six - Zan Berube (she/her) as Alternate Boleyn/Howard, requested by anon

Birthday: September 12, 1997 (age 24)

Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Theatre credits include: Sandy Dumbrowski (Grease), Edythe Herbert (My One and Only), Edith (The Pirates of Penzance), Meg Kincaid (Merrily We Roll Along), Kit Kat Girl/Kiss Dancer (Cabaret), Ensemble/Dancer (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

(Pictured on the right is Danielle Rose, who is currently alternating the same two roles in the West End production)

Credits: Unknown, Daisy Galforg

19 days of Laura Osnes

Day 1: Laura Osnes as Sandy Dumbrowski in ‘Grease’

DANIEL “DANNY” ZUKO - secondary

rockin’ and rollin’ and whatnot ; verse - pre canon

sandy, can’t you see? i’m in misery. ; verse - canon

i gotta shape up, cause you need a man. ; verse - post canon

try the yellow pages ; verse - modern

what’s the matter with you? ; verse - crossovers

SANDRA “SANDY” DUMBROWSKI - secondary

i’ve just had the best summer of my life ; verse - pre canon

there’s nowhere to hide since you pushed my love aside ; verse - canon

my heart is set on you ; verse - post canon

you don’t have to drink tea ; verse - modern

i’m out of my head ; verse - crossovers

JEFFERY KENICKIE - secondary

oh great. i get stuck with the check again. ; verse - pre canon

you’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’ ; verse - canon

i don’t run away from my mistakes ; verse - post canon

got any scotch tape? ; verse - modern

you got the personality of a wet mop! ; verse - crossovers

ELIZABETH “BETTY” RIZZO - secondary

she looks too pure to be pink ; verse - pre canon

the neighborhood thinks i’m trashy and no good ; verse - canon

but to cry in front of you? that’s the worst thing i could do. ; verse - post canon

i don’t steal and i don’t lie ; verse - modern

some people are so touchy ; verse - crossovers

June 16th, 1978!