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Sandra Dee.(Obituary)
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Daily Variety
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February 23, 2005
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Sandra Dee, the perky blonde epitome of teenage wholesomeness in films of the late 1950s and '60s, died Sunday from complications of kidney disease. She was 62.
Dee was born Alexandra Zuck in Bayonne, N.J., on April 23, 1942. (Some sources say she was born in 1944.) She began modeling at age 12 and made her film debut in 1957 in "Until the Sail."
She signed with Universal in 1958, starring in "The Reluctant Debutante." U kept her busy as she proved to be equally adept at romantic comedy and melodrama. In 1959 alone she made "A Summer Place" "Gidget" and "Imitation of Life," among other films.
In 1960 Dee starred in "Come September" opposite a popular singer ...
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