Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee, Lana Turner in Imitation of Life

Actress Sandra Dee died today of complications from kidney disease at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks. She was 63.
Born Alexandra Zuck on April 23, 1942 (several sources have 1944), in Bayonne, New Jersey, Dee started modeling while in grade school. By the age of 12, she had become a successful Conover model.
After appearing in TV shows and commercials, the pretty, full-faced Dee Dee was discovered by Universal producer Ross Hunter. Hunter had reportedly been looking for a newcomer after balking at paying Warner Bros. $200,000 to borrow Natalie Wood for the role of Lana Turner’s willful daughter in Imitation of Life (1959). [...]

by Andre Soares | February 20, 2005   
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