She became a professional model by the age of 4 and progressed to television commercials. She was of Carpatho-Rusyn ancestry, and raised in the Orthodox faith her son Dodd Darin wrote in his biographical book about his parents, titled Dream Lovers, that Dee's mother, Mary, and her aunt Olga "were first generation daughters of a working-class Russian Orthodox couple," and Dee recalled, "we belonged to a Russian Orthodox Church, and there was dancing at the social events." Alexandra soon took the name Sandra Dee. They married shortly afterward, but divorced before Sandra was five years old. Life and career 1942–1951: Early life ĭee was born Alexandra Zuck on April 23, 1942, in Bayonne, New Jersey, the only child of John Zuck and Mary (née Cymboliak) Zuck, who met as teenagers at a Russian Orthodox Church dance. 1.5 1966–1983: Career decline and later roles.1.3 1957–1958: Early films and Universal contract.Afterwards she sought medical and psychological help in the early 1990s, and died in 2005 of complications from kidney disease, brought on by a lifelong struggle with anorexia nervosa. The rest of the decade was marred by alcoholism, mental illness, plus near total reclusiveness, particularly after her mother died in 1988. 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 year of her divorce, Dee's contract with Universal Pictures was dropped.
īy the late 1960s, her career had started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin ended in divorce. She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959), which made her a household name. 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). Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress.
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