Sandra Dee Cause Of Death

Sandra Dee was an exceptional American actress and model.

Sandra Dee was born Alexandra Zuck on April 23, 1942, in Bayonne, New Jersey as the only child of John Zuck and Mary Cymboliak Zuck. However, her parents divorced before Sandra was five years old in 1950.

Sandra Dee started out as a child model after Producer Ross Hunter reportedly discovered her on Park Avenue in New York City alongside her mother at the age of 12. During her modelling career, she attended the Professional Children’s School.

Sandra Dee later ended her modelling career and relocated to Hollywood in 1957. Continuing her education, Sandra Dee graduated from University High School in Los Angeles in June 1958.

Sandra Dee made her on-screen debut in the 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film Until They Sail, which was directed by Robert Wise. She earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year’s most promising newcomers for her performance in the former.

Sandra Dee gained attention as a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959). She suffered from anorexia nervosa, depression, and alcoholism and had to rely on kidney dialysis for the last four years of her life.

Sandra Dee Cause Of Death

Sandra Dee passed away on February 20, 2005, at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California at the age of 62, following complications from kidney disease. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.