<P> Other stars included Stockard Channing as Rizzo, Didi Conn as Frenchy, Dinah Manoff as Marty (whose last name is given as Maraschino), Michael Tucci as Sonny LaTierri, Susan Buckner as Patty Simcox, Eddie Deezen as Eugene, Annette Charles as Cha - Cha, Edd Byrnes as Vince Fontaine, Sha - Na - Na as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers, and Frankie Avalon as the Teen Angel . Barry Pearl played a character named Doody that lacked much of the character's distinctive personality . The character of Roger / Rump, along with all of his scenes and both of his songs, were written out of the film, with Putzie, a new character played by Kelly Ward, filling in gaps in the script . Miss Lynch was rewritten as a double act, with Eve Arden and Dody Goodman playing a principal and vice-principal tandem . </P> <P> In addition to the removal of the Roger character and specifying Sandy's origins, the film made several other changes to the narrative and gave some unseen characters an on - screen role . Coach Calhoun, only briefly mentioned and unnamed in the musical, is portrayed by Sid Caesar . Cha - Cha's boyfriend and the primary rival to the Greasers is named Craterface and played by Dennis Cleveland Stewart . One prominent addition to the storyline is Craterface's pinks race against Greased Lightnin' . One of the jocks vying for Sandy's attention, again only mentioned briefly in the musical, appears on - screen, portrayed by Lorenzo Lamas . </P> <P> Grease was a major success for both Stigwood and Paramount Pictures, who re-released the film several times; the film soundtrack made international hits out of several of the songs . Paramount also produced a sequel Grease 2, which had no involvement from Jacobs (who openly disapproved) or Casey and followed a younger class of students at Rydell High School . A few supporting characters (Frenchy, Eugene, Craterface and most of the school staff) reprised their roles, with Birch taking on directing duties in addition to choreography, while Adrian Zmed came over from the stage version . Grease 2 was both a critical failure and, while barely profitable, a financial disappointment given the high expectations set by the original film . </P> <P> On January 31, 2016, in the wake of similar productions that NBC had performed for other musicals, Fox broadcast a live production of Grease, known as Grease: Live, as a television special starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, and Vanessa Hudgens . </P>

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