Sandra Dee Biography

- Dee made her modeling debut in Girl Scouts Magazine.

- Dee suffered from anorexia for most of her life.

- As one of the most successful teenage movie stars of the 20th century, Dee was listed on the Quigley Publications Top Ten Money-Making Stars poll four years in a row, from 1960 through to 1963, achieving her personal highest ranking of #6 in 1961.

- Universal Studios concocted the name 'Sandra Dee' for her by shortening her first name and by using her stepfather's surname initial ‘D’ to sign vouchers.

- At the time of her death, she was survived by her son Dodd, her only child with Bobby Darin, and two granddaughters, Alexa and Olivia Darin.