They married shortly afterward, but divorced before Dee 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 Cimboliak) Zuck, who met as teenagers at a Russian Orthodox Church dance. Dee sought medical and psychological help in the early 1990s and died in 2005 of complications from kidney disease, brought on by lifelong anorexia nervosa. The rest of the decade was marked by alcoholism, mental illness, and 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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