Actress sandra dee obituary

American actress and model (1942–2005)

Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck;^[1] April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress.

Actress sandra dee obituary

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 (1957).

She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life, Gidget and A Summer Place (all released in 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 th