Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee was an American actress who began as a child model in New York before moving into commercials and film as a teenager. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, she made her screen debut in Until They Sail (1957), directed by Robert Wise, and earned a Golden Globe as a new star of the year. She became a teenage star with Imitation of Life and Gidget, and with A Summer Place, all from 1959, and also appeared in The Reluctant Debutante (1958), Portrait in Black (1960), Come September (1961), If a Man Answers (1962), and That Funny Feeling (1965). Her career slowed in the late 1960s; she later appeared in the horror film The Dunwich Horror (1970) and took occasional television roles through the 1970s and early 1980s. She died in 2005.