- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- February 20, 2005
Sandra Dee
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 e…
Filmography
tvFrasier
1993 · Connie (voice)
movieLost
1983 · Penny Morrison
movieFantasy Island
1977 · Francesca Hamilton
tvPolice Woman
1974
movieHouston, We've Got a Problem
1974 · Angie Cordell
movieThe Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972 · Ada
movieThe Man Hunter
1972 · Mara Bocock
tvThe Sixth Sense
1972
tvNight Gallery
1970 · Ann Bolt (segment "Tell David...")
movieThe Dunwich Horror
1970 · Nancy Wagner
movieRosie!
1967 · Daphne Shaw
movieDoctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967 · Heather Halloran
movieA Man Could Get Killed
1966 · Amy Franklin
movieThat Funny Feeling
1965 · Joan Howell
movieI'd Rather Be Rich
1964 · Cynthia Dulaine
movieTake Her, She's Mine
1963 · Mollie Michaelson
movieTammy and the Doctor
1963 · Tammy Tyree
movieIf a Man Answers
1962 · Chantal Stacy
movieCome September
1961 · Sandy Stevens
movieTammy Tell Me True
1961 · Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
movieRomanoff and Juliet
1961 · Juliet Moulsworth
moviePortrait in Black
1960 · Cathy Cabot
movieA Summer Place
1959 · Molly Jorgenson
movieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Rosalie
movieImitation of Life
1959 · Susie (16)
movieGidget
1959 · Gidget
movieA Stranger in My Arms
1959 · Pat Beasley
movieThe Restless Years
1958 · Melinda Grant
movieThe Reluctant Debutante
1958 · Jane Broadbent
movieUntil They Sail
1957 · Evelyn Leslie
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Recipient
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self