R.I.P. Cha Cha

Raise your arms. Wave goodbye to Annette Charles aka Annette Cardona aka Cha Cha DiGregorio, "the best dancer at St. Bernadettes!" The former actress turned speech professor died Wednesday at the age of 63 of cancer. Strange that her death so closely followed Jeff Conaway's (Kenickie), her date to Grease's big "Born to Hand Jive" high school dance.

Her brief acting career consisted mostly of guest spots on 70s TV shows and two feature films but everyone associated with Grease (1978) will live on forever in the hearts of millions. Grease is still the word.

[Related: Here's a fine article from Clothes on Film on her Amazonian presence in Grease.]

Comments

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grief is the word...

[Mark]

Aw, in a movie I detested (I've seen it way too many times to not) she was always the tiny bit that I really enjoyed.

[Peggy Sue]

Cha Cha was fierce!

I absolutely LOVE Grease!

[Tom]

OK, I have to tell you, your headline made my heart stop a moment, as the truly original Cha Cha -- the one who opened the show on Broadway -- wakes up beside me every morning. Don't do things like that to me.