Dee, Sandra (1942–2005)

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Dee, Sandra (1942–2005)

American actress. Born Alexandra Zuck, April 23, 1942, in Bayonne, New Jersey; died of kidney disease, Feb 20, 2005, in Thousand Oaks, California; m. Bobby Darin (singer), 1960 (div. 1967); children: Dodd Darin.

Began career as a child model; made film debut in Until They Sail (1957), followed by The Reluctant Debutante, Imitation of Life, Gidget, A Summer Place, Romanoff and Juliet, Tammy Tell Me True, Come September, Tammy and the Doctor, Take Her She's Mine, The Dunwich Horror and That Funny Feeling; retired from films (1983). The song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" originated in the film Grease (1978).

See also Dodd Darin, Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.