Actress sandra dees birth name
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The Life of Sandra Dee, Actress and Teen Icon
Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, –February 20, ) was an actress known for the squeaky-clean image developed early in her film career. She helped kick off the teen beach movie craze in her titular role in Gidget. Dee was one of the top ten box office stars for four consecutive years from through
Fast Facts: Sandra Dee
- Born: April 23, in Bayonne, New Jersey
- Died: February 20, in Thousand Oaks, California
- Occupation: Actress
- Known For: Teen actress and top 10 box office star for four consecutive years from
- Notable Films: Gidget (), Imitation of Life (), A Summer Place (), Tammy Tell Me True (), Come September (), Take Her, She's Mine ()
- Spouse: Bobby Darin
- Child: Dodd Mitchell Darin
- Famous Quote: "Sometimes I feel like a has-been who never was."
Early Life and Modeling Career
Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, Alexandra Zuck lived in a Russian Orthodox community.
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Sandra Dee Biography
Born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck, April 23, , in Bayonne, NJ; died of kidney disease, February 20, , in Thousand Oaks, CA. Actress. Sandra Dee was one of Hollywood&#x;s hottest box-office draws in the early s. Best remembered for her role as the irrepressible Gidget in the hit teen-surfer movie of the same name, Dee and her career failed to capture the momentum of her early years as an exuberant, attractive starlet, and she retreated into a reclusive life plagued by substance abuse. Despite her decline, she would be forever remembered as an icon for an era. &#x;The bright, chirpy Ms. Dee defined a new kind of natural, sun-soaked innocence that America, and much of the rest of the world, quickly embraced as the radiantly healthy, outdoorsy essence of Southern California living,&#x; noted Dave Kehr in her New York Times obituary.
Dee was born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck on April 23, , the year given by most sources, though her actual birth date, according to he
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Dee, Sandra
(b. 23 April in Bayonne, New Jersey; d. 20 February in Thousand Oaks, California), film star who was the icon of the beautiful, playful teenage girl on the kant of sexuality.
Born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck, Dee was the only child of Mary Cymboliak and John Zuck, who divorced when she was five. Her mother often lied about her age, putting her in second grade when she was four. When Sandra was eight, her mother remarried the much older New York real-estate entrepreneur Eugene Douvan, who sexually molested the child frequently from that time until he died when she was eleven. Dee later disclosed that she believed that her mother either did not know or repressed knowledge about the sexual abuse. Her mother, not previously employed, became highly focused on Sandra’s career, starting her modeling at age eight for the Girl Scouts magazine, catalogs, television commercials, and other magazines from Teen Life to Good Housekeeping. Sandra was enrolled in the Professio