Beloved original Gidget actress Sandra Dee was born Alexandra Zuck on April 23, 1942, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee met on a movie set in Italy in the summer of 1960 and wed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actress Sandra Dee died Sunday at a California hospital ... In 1959, the teenage heartthrob won roles in five productions. "Gidget" and "A Summer Place" proved ...