1. Lisa Niemi Swayze was born on Lisa Anne Haapaniemi on May 26,1956 and is an American writer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and director.
14 Facts About Lisa Niemi
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Lisa Niemi is the widow of actor and dancer Patrick Swayze.
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Lisa Niemi graduated from the Houston Ballet Dance Company in 1974.
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Lisa Niemi shortened her surname from Haapaniemi to Niemi in 1977 for her theatre stage name.
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Lisa Niemi Swayze wrote, directed and starred in the 2003 film One Last Dance alongside her husband.
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Lisa Niemi co-starred in Steel Dawn with Swayze and co-starred in Beat Angel.
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Lisa Niemi co-starred as Carla Frost in 23 episodes of the TV series Super Force from 1990 to 1991.
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Lisa Niemi directed her husband, this time in an episode of his TV series The Beast.
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On September 29,2009, Lisa Niemi Swayze released a memoir, The Time of My Life, which became a New York Times Best Seller.
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On January 2,2012, Lisa Niemi Swayze released another memoir, Worth Fighting For, which became a New York Times Best Seller.
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At age 14, at the Houston Ballet Dance Company, Lisa Niemi met the owner and director's son, Patrick Swayze; the two eventually got married when she was 19 years old.
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In 1985, Lisa Niemi Swayze began living on a 5-acre homestead near the Angeles National Forest, along with a "menagerie of dogs, prized Arabian horses and rodeo cattle".
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Lisa Niemi had a 20,000-acre ranch in New Mexico.
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Lisa Niemi is a licensed pilot and flew Swayze to his cancer treatments prior to his death.