Background
Bergstein, Eleanor was born on April 17, 1938 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Rein) Bergstein.
Bergstein, Eleanor was born on April 17, 1938 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Rein) Bergstein.
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1958.
She has one older sister, Frances. She was a teenaged Mambo queen, competing in local "dirty dancing" competitions and during university she worked as a dance instructor at Arthur Murray dance studios. In 1966 she was married to Michael Goldman and worked as a novelist with books such as Advancing Paul Newman.
She also tried her hand at scriptwriting and had success with lieutenant"s My Turn which became a film starring Michael Douglas and Jill Clayburgh.
During production the producers cut an erotic dance scene out of the script, sparking Bergstein"s idea to write a more extensive story focusing on the "dirty dancing" competitions of her youth. In 2004, she also created the stage version of Dirty Dancing, which opened in 2004 in Australia to sell-out performances.
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild American, Directors Guild American.
Married Michael Goldman, January 17, 1965.