History Creator / SandraDee

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Described this way in the opening theme for ''Film/{{Gidget''}}.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Described this way in the opening theme for {{''Film/Gidget''}}.

She was a child model, appearing in TV commercials from as young as four. She retired from modeling in 1957 and moved to Hollywood, debuting in ''Until They Sail'', marketed as the new Creator/ShirleyTemple. She had numerous successes around many Hollywood film studios, constantly appearing alongside John Saxon. One of her most well-known movies was ''Film/{{Gidget}}'', as well as its sequels.

However, her career wouldn't survive TheSixties, blamed on her marriage to Music/BobbyDarrin, which was publicised throughout the media and even more after their divorce. Dee herself blamed much of it on ContractualPurity and being shamed for acting like other Hollywood socialities. She took the odd acting appearance on television and B-Movies throughout the 1970s and '80s, but her health declined because of her heavy smoking and years of anorexia, dating back to her modelling days, and she died from kidney failure.

However, her career wouldn't survive TheSixties, blamed on her marriage to Bobby Darrin, which was publicised throughout the media and even more after their divorce. Dee herself blamed much of it on ContractualPurity and being shamed for acting like other Hollywood socialities. She took the odd acting appearance on television and B-Movies throughout the 1970s and '80s, but her health declined because of her heavy smoking and years of anorexia, dating back to her modelling days, and she died from kidney failure.

* ''Animation/{{The Snow Queen|1957}}'' (1957)(voice in English dub)
* ''Film/{{Gidget}}'' (1959)
* ''Film/{{Imitation of Life|1959}}'' (1959)
* ''Film/IfAManAnswers'' (1962)
* ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'' (1970)

She was a child model as young as four appearing in TV commercials. She retired from modeling in 1957 and moved to Hollywood, debuting in ''Until They Sail'', marketed as the new Creator/ShirleyTemple. She had numerous successes around many Hollywood film studios, constantly appearing alongside John Saxon. One of her most well-known movies was ''Film/{{Gidget}}'', as well as its sequels.

She was a child model as young as four appearing in TV commercials. She retired from it in 1957 and moved to Hollywood, debuting in ''Until They Sail'', marketed as the new Creator/ShirleyTemple. She had numerous successes around many Hollywood film studios, constantly appearing alongside John Saxon. One of her most well-known movies was ''Film/{{Gidget}}'', as well as its sequels.

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Sandra Dee, born Alexandra Zuck (April 23, 1942 -- February 20, 2005) was an American actress that appeared frequently in 1950s' UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. She was marketed as a teenage star, often being TheIngenue.

She was a child model as young as four appearing in TV commercials. She retired from it in 1957 and moved to Hollywood, debuting in ''Until They Sail'', marketed as the new Creator/ShirleyTemple. She had numerous successes around many Hollywood film studios, constantly appearing alongside John Saxon. One of her most well-known movies was ''Gidget'', as well as its sequels.

Sandra Dee, born Alexandra Zuck (April 23, 1942 -- February 20, 2005) was an American actress that appeared frequently in 1950s' UsefulNotes/GoldenAgeOfHollywood. She was marketed as a teenage star, often being TheIngenue.