Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingénues, Dee earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year's most promising newcomers for her performance in Robert Wise's Until They Sail (1958). She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959), which made her a household name.
Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingénues, Dee earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year's most promising newcomers for her performance in Robert Wise's Until They Sail (1958). She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959), which made her a household name.
By the late 1960s, her career had started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin ended in divorce. The year of her divorce, Dee's contract with Universal Pictures was dropped. She attempted a comeback with the 1970 independent horror film The Dunwich Horror, but rarely acted after this time, appearing only occasionally in television productions throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The rest of the decade was marred by alcoholism, mental illness, plus near total reclusiveness, particularly after her mother died in 1988. Afterwards she sought medical and psychological help in the early 1990s, and died in 2005 of complications from kidney disease, brought on by lifelong anorexia nervosa.
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Filmography (Movies)
Lost
Character:Penny Morrison
Release Date:22/10/1983
Fantasy Island
Character:Francesca Hamilton
Release Date:14/01/1977
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Character:Angie Cordell
Release Date:02/03/1974
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Character:Ada
Release Date:13/09/1972
The Man Hunter
Character:Mara Bocock
Release Date:20/03/1972
The Dunwich Horror
Character:Nancy Wagner
Release Date:14/01/1970
Rosie!
Character:Daphne Shaw
Release Date:22/11/1967
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Character:Heather Halloran
Release Date:10/05/1967
A Man Could Get Killed
Character:Amy Franklin
Release Date:25/03/1966
That Funny Feeling
Character:Joan Howell
Release Date:14/08/1965
I'd Rather Be Rich
Character:Cynthia Dulaine
Release Date:25/08/1964
Take Her, She's Mine
Character:Mollie Michaelson
Release Date:13/11/1963
Tammy and the Doctor
Character:Tammy Tyree
Release Date:29/05/1963
If a Man Answers
Character:Chantal Stacy
Release Date:10/10/1962
Come September
Character:Sandy Stevens
Release Date:09/08/1961
Tammy Tell Me True
Character:Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
Release Date:26/07/1961
Romanoff and Juliet
Character:Juliet Moulsworth
Release Date:08/06/1961
Portrait in Black
Character:Cathy Cabot
Release Date:27/07/1960
A Summer Place
Character:Molly Jorgenson
Release Date:18/11/1959
The Wild and the Innocent
Character:Rosalie
Release Date:27/05/1959
Imitation of Life
Character:Susie (16)
Release Date:09/04/1959
Gidget
Character:Gidget
Release Date:09/04/1959
A Stranger in My Arms
Character:Pat Beasley
Release Date:03/03/1959
The Restless Years
Character:Melinda Grant
Release Date:01/12/1958
The Reluctant Debutante
Character:Jane Broadbent
Release Date:14/08/1958
Until They Sail
Character:Evelyn Leslie
Release Date:08/10/1957
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