Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee

Born: April 23, 1942
Died: February 20, 2005
in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.

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Title: Frasier
Character: Connie (voice)
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Lost
Title: Lost
Character: Penny Morrison
Released: October 22, 1983
Type: Movie
A little girl gets lost in the wilds of Utah.
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Fantasy Island
Title: Fantasy Island
Character: Francesca Hamilton
Released: January 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive a brief romance that took place in London 30 years ago, a big-game hunter who, for once, wants to be the hunted and a wealthy businesswoman who wants to be a secret and silent observer at her own funeral.
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Title: Police Woman
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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Houston, We've Got a Problem
Title: Houston, We've Got a Problem
Character: Angie Cordell
Released: March 2, 1974
Type: Movie
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Title: The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Character: Ada
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket and a thief to pose as his family.
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The Man Hunter
Title: The Man Hunter
Character: Mara Bocock
Released: March 20, 1972
Type: Movie
A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the suspect's wife.
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Title: The Sixth Sense
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: TV
The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
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Title: Night Gallery
Character: Ann Bolt (segment "Tell David...")
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: TV
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
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The Dunwich Horror
Title: The Dunwich Horror
Character: Nancy Wagner
Released: January 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
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Rosie!
Title: Rosie!
Character: Daphne Shaw
Released: November 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
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Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Title: Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Character: Heather Halloran
Released: May 10, 1967
Type: Movie
In this comedy, an aspiring singer finds herself single and pregnant. The story begins when she is rushed to the hospital to give birth. She is joined by three men; all of them want to marry her. The story of her pregnancy and her rise to stardom are told in flashback.
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A Man Could Get Killed
Title: A Man Could Get Killed
Character: Amy Franklin
Released: March 25, 1966
Type: Movie
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
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That Funny Feeling
Title: That Funny Feeling
Character: Joan Howell
Released: August 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she cleans on a daily basis not knowing that it's his place. Tom plays along with the charade despite not knowing who Joan really is, while she tries to tidy up Tom's place not knowing who he really is. Written by Matthew Patay
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I'd Rather Be Rich
Title: I'd Rather Be Rich
Character: Cynthia Dulaine
Released: August 25, 1964
Type: Movie
An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his place. When the grandfather suddenly (and secretly) recovers, he uses the situation to his advantage - playing matchmaker in an attempt to ensure his granddaughter's happiness.
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Take Her, She's Mine
Title: Take Her, She's Mine
Character: Mollie Michaelson
Released: November 13, 1963
Type: Movie
After reluctantly packing up his daughter, Mollie, and sending her away to study art at a Paris college, Frank Michaelson gives new meaning to the term "concerned parent." Reading Mollie's letters describing her counter-culture experiences and beatnik friends, Frank eventually grows so paranoid that he boards a plane to Paris to see firsthand the kind of lessons his daughter is learning with her new artist amour.
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Tammy and the Doctor
Title: Tammy and the Doctor
Character: Tammy Tyree
Released: May 29, 1963
Type: Movie
Tammy becomes a nurse's aide, works in a hospital, cares for an old rich woman, and causes romantic commotion in the life of Dr. Mark Cheswick.
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If a Man Answers
Title: If a Man Answers
Character: Chantal Stacy
Released: October 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Rich socialite Chantal marries photographer Eugene and everything seems blissful until her envious friend attempts to break them up. In desperation, she turns to her mother, but the advice she receives may do more harm than good.
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Tammy Tell Me True
Title: Tammy Tell Me True
Character: Tambrey 'Tammy' Tyree
Released: July 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds in this and the third Tammy movie. This film introduces both a new theme song, "Tammy Tell Me True", and the character of Mrs. Annie Call, played by veteran Beulah Bondi. Mrs. Call ultimately moves in with Tammy at the Ellen B. and would be the catalyst for the events in the following film, "Tammy and The Doctor".
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Romanoff and Juliet
Title: Romanoff and Juliet
Character: Juliet Moulsworth
Released: June 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
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Come September
Title: Come September
Character: Sandy Stevens
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.
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Portrait in Black
Title: Portrait in Black
Character: Cathy Cabot
Released: July 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.
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A Summer Place
Title: A Summer Place
Character: Molly Jorgenson
Released: November 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Susie (16)
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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The Wild and the Innocent
Title: The Wild and the Innocent
Character: Rosalie
Released: May 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Murphy's beaver pelts, and tags along with the reluctant Murphy. They get into all manner of trouble in town, and Murphy has to shoot the sheriff to rescue Dee from her job as a dancehall girl.
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Gidget
Title: Gidget
Character: Gidget
Released: April 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.
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A Stranger in My Arms
Title: A Stranger in My Arms
Character: Pat Beasley
Released: March 3, 1959
Type: Movie
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
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The Restless Years
Title: The Restless Years
Character: Melinda Grant
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.
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The Reluctant Debutante
Title: The Reluctant Debutante
Character: Jane Broadbent
Released: August 14, 1958
Type: Movie
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."
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Until They Sail
Title: Until They Sail
Character: Evelyn Leslie
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Recipient
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.