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became a surprise hit, and then achieved enormous international success. It was the first film to
sell one million copies on video and, as of 2009, it had earned over $214 million worldwide. The
film also generated several alternative, or derivative, versions, ranging from a television series
to stage productions to a computer game. Swayze received a Golden Globe Award nomination
for the role. After Dirty Dancing, Swayze found himself in great demand and appeared in several
films, including Road House in 1989 with Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, and Kelly Lynch.Both of his
legs were broken, and he suffered four detached tendons in his shoulder. Filming was
suspended for two months. The film aired in 1998, and Swayze slowly recovered from his
injuries, but he had trouble resuming his career until 2000, when he co-starred in Forever Lulu,
with Melanie Griffith.
In 1995, Swayze appeared in the movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,
starring alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo as three drag queens whose car breaks
down on a cross-country trip, leaving them stranded in a small town.
After this, he co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron in Waking Up in Reno,
which focuses on two redneck couples taking a road trip from Little Rock to Reno to see a
monster truck rally. In 2004, he played Allan Quatermain in King Solomon’s Mines and had a
cameo appearance in the Dirty Dancing prequel Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as an unnamed
dance instructor.
In 2003, Swayze co-produced and also starred in the fictional dance film One Last Dance, along
with his real-life wife Lisa Niemi. The story revolves around an actual dance production, Without
a Word, which was choreographed by Alonzo King. Swayze and Niemi also produced the film,
starred in it, and composed some of the music. In a 2008 interview, Swayze stated that Niemi
was the inspiration for his song “She’s Like the Wind” (1987).
In 1989, Swayze said, “I’ve always felt there was something different in there (my personality),
but I was scared to look. For I fear I wouldn’t find anything. That’s the reason I got into Soka
Gakkai Buddhism, and earlier in life took EST training, was into therapy, into transcendental
meditation. I was trying to support that side of myself. But, you know, in Texas, there isn’t much
support for that part of you. I finally found what I was looking for in the Soka Gakkai tradition of
Buddhist practice.” Swayze said he loved looking into various belief systems and faiths, how it
matters to other people, and how respecting other religious teachings is important to
him.Swayze publicly recounted his 10-year battle with alcoholism after his father’s death. He
entered rehabilitation in the 1990s, and after recovery, Swayze temporarily withdrew from show
business, staying on his ranches in California and Las Vegas, New Mexico, to breed Arabian
horses. His best-known horse was Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.
Swayzewho was an FAA-licensed pilot with an instrument rating, made the news on June 1,
2000, while flying with his dogs in his twin-engined Cessna 414 N414PS, from Van Nuys,
California, to Las Vegas, New Mexico. His plane developed a pressurization problem, causing
Swayze to make a precautionary landing on a dirt road in a housing complex in Prescott Valley,
Arizona. The plane’s right wing struck a light pole, but Swayze was unharmed. According to the
police report, witnesses said that Swayze appeared to be extremely intoxicated and asked for
help to remove evidence from the crash site, namely an open bottle of wine and a 30-pack of
beer.
In an interview with Barbara Walters, which aired in January 2009, Swayze admitted that he had
“a tiny little mass” in his liver, but told Walters that he wanted the media to report that he was
“kicking it.” When Walters asked him if he was using any holistic or alternative methods of
treatment besides chemotherapy, Swayze said he was using some Chinese herbs. He then
voiced his opposition to the unsupported claims made by proponents of alternative
therapies.Lisa Niemi Swayze’s love for her late husband Patrick Swayze lives on. Over 13 years
after the actor died on Sept.
[10/15, 22:27] SKILL INDIA: Lisa Niemi Swayze (born May 26, 1956) is an American writer,
dancer, choreographer, actress, and director. She is the widow of actor and dancer Patrick
Swayze.
Born
Lisa Anne Haapaniemi
May 26, 1956 (age 67)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Other names
Lisa Niemi Swayze
Education
Houston Ballet Dance Company
Occupations
Writerdancerchoreographeractressdirector
Years active
1975–present
Spouses
Patrick Swayze
(m. 1975; died 2009)
Albert DePrisco
(m. 2014)
Lisa Anne Haapaniemi was born in Houston, Texas, the only daughter of six children born to
Edmond, a Red Cross worker, and Karin Haapaniemi, a registered nurse. Niemi has said her
father and her mother’s professions were her inspiration and encouragement.She is of Finnish
ancestry. She graduated from the Houston Ballet Dance Company in 1974. She shortened her
surname from Haapaniemi to Niemi in 1977 for her theatre stage name.The Finnish family name
translates to “Aspen peninsula”.In the 1970s, Niemi and her husband pursued dance careers in
New York City.
Films
Lisa Niemi Swayze wrote, directed and starred in the 2003 film One Last Dance alongside her
husband.One Last Dance was based on Without a Word, a successful play written 18 years
before which had won six Drama Critics Awards. Niemi said, “It was basically based on our
experiences as concert dancers in New York, and it affected people a lot.”At age 14, at the
Houston Ballet Dance Company, Niemi met the owner and director’s son, Patrick Swayze; the
two eventually got married when she was 19 years old. Niemi and Swayze were married on
June 12, 1975, and remained married until Swayze’s death from pancreatic cancer on