Sandra Dee, 63
Posted: Sunday, February 20th, 2005 5:12 pm
Sandra Dee, the actress who became an icon for a generation of teenagers in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, died today at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She was 63.
The cause was complications from kidney disease, said Steve Blauner, a friend of the family.
Ms. Dee, a model-turned-actress, often portrayed the girl next door on the brink of womanhood, in such films as “Gidget,” “Imitation of Life” and “Tammy.” …
Born Alexandra Douvan in Bayonne, N.J., she worked as a model in New York. …
Ms. Dee was married to the singer Bobby Darin, who died in 1973 at the age of 37 and was the subject of the recent film “Beyond the Sea.” They were divorced in 1967. Their son, Dodd Darin, chronicled their relationship in the 1994 book “Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.” … Read full obituary
