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 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.
Filmography
Lost
as Penny Morrison
Lost
as Penny Morrison
Fantasy Island
as Francesca Hamilton
Fantasy Island
as Francesca Hamilton
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Angie Cordell
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Angie Cordell
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Ada
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Ada
The Man Hunter
as Mara Bocock
The Man Hunter
as Mara Bocock
The Dunwich Horror
as Nancy Wagner
The Dunwich Horror
as Nancy Wagner
Rosie!
as Daphne Shaw
Rosie!
as Daphne Shaw
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
as Heather Halloran
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
as Heather Halloran
A Man Could Get Killed
as Amy Franklin
A Man Could Get Killed
as Amy Franklin
That Funny Feeling
as Joan
That Funny Feeling
as Joan
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Cynthia Dulaine
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Cynthia Dulaine
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mollie Michaelson
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mollie Michaelson
Tammy and the Doctor
as Tammy Tyree
Tammy and the Doctor
as Tammy Tyree
If a Man Answers
as Chantal Stacy
If a Man Answers
as Chantal Stacy
Come September
as Sandy Stevens
Come September
as Sandy Stevens
Tammy Tell Me True
as Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
Tammy Tell Me True
as Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
Romanoff and Juliet
as Juliet Moulsworth
Romanoff and Juliet
as Juliet Moulsworth
Portrait in Black
as Cathy Cabot
Portrait in Black
as Cathy Cabot
A Summer Place
as Molly Jorgenson
A Summer Place
as Molly Jorgenson
The Wild and the Innocent
as Rosalie
The Wild and the Innocent
as Rosalie
Imitation of Life
as Susie (16)
Imitation of Life
as Susie (16)
Gidget
as Gidget
Gidget
as Gidget
A Stranger in My Arms
as Pat Beasley
A Stranger in My Arms
as Pat Beasley
The Restless Years
as Melinda Grant
The Restless Years
as Melinda Grant
The Reluctant Debutante
as Jane Broadbent
The Reluctant Debutante
as Jane Broadbent
Until They Sail
as Evelyn Leslie
Until They Sail
as Evelyn Leslie