Sandra Dee

Born: 1942-04-23

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Dee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Imitation of Life

as Susie (16)
Released: 1959-06-26

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a...

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A Summer Place

as Molly Jorgenson
Released: 1959-11-18

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children...

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The Dunwich Horror

as Nancy Wagner
Released: 1970-01-14

Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking...

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Gidget

as Gidget
Released: 1959-04-09

Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's...

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Come September

as Sandy Stevens
Released: 1961-01-01

Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious...

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The Wild and the Innocent

as Rosalie
Released: 1959-05-27

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet...

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The Reluctant Debutante

as Jane Broadbent
Released: 1958-08-14

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its...

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Until They Sail

as Evelyn Leslie
Released: 1957-10-08

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

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That Funny Feeling

as Joan Howell
Released: 1965-08-14

Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City...

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Take Her, She's Mine

as Mollie Michaelson
Released: 1963-11-13

After reluctantly packing up his daughter, Mollie, and sending her away to study art at a Paris...

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If a Man Answers

as Chantal Stacy
Released: 1962-10-10

Rich socialite Chantal marries photographer Eugene and everything seems blissful until her...

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Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Angie Cordell
Released: 1974-03-02

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes...

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The Restless Years

as Melinda Grant
Released: 1958-12-01

A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.

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Romanoff and Juliet

as Juliet Moulsworth
Released: 1961-06-08

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with...

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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Ada
Released: 1972-09-13

Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a...

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Lost

as Penny Morrison
Released: 1983-10-22

A little girl gets lost in the wilds of Utah.

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Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!

as Heather Halloran
Released: 1967-05-10

In this comedy, an aspiring singer finds herself single and pregnant. The story begins when she...

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Portrait in Black

as Cathy Cabot
Released: 1960-07-27

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

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Tammy Tell Me True

as Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
Released: 1961-07-26

Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom...

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I'd Rather Be Rich

as Cynthia Dulaine
Released: 1964-08-25

An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of...

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A Man Could Get Killed

as Amy Franklin
Released: 1966-03-25

An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some...

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Tammy and the Doctor

as Tammy Tyree
Released: 1963-05-29

Tammy becomes a nurse's aide, works in a hospital, cares for an old rich woman, and causes...

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Fantasy Island

as Francesca Hamilton
Released: 1977-01-14

Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive...

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A Stranger in My Arms

as Pat Beasley
Released: 1959-03-03

An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.

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The Man Hunter

as Mara Bocock
Released: 1972-03-20

A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp,...

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Rosie!

as Daphne Shaw
Released: 1967-11-22

An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to...

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Frasier

as Connie (voice)
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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Night Gallery

as Ann Bolt (segment "Tell David...")
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Recipient
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Sixth Sense

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-15

The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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