Sandra Dee--Dead

[markydefad]

The actress--not our serial poster from "Manchester, England, England, across the Atlantic sea!!!" .

Whenever I see the initials SD, I think of Sandra Dee--so I nicknamed "Steely Dan", Sandra Dee. When "Steely Dan" somehow couldn't post anymore using that name--he swtched to Bona Boy (no one liked that one, apparently)...so he recently was incarnated as SandraDee.

Then the Real Miss Dee Dies!!!! I saw her on film clips this weekend on the telly....and realized she must have died. :cry:

Sandra Dee was my passion before Miss Ross captured my heart. :D


She was a big star in the late Fifties-early Sixties; then just faded away into alcoholism and anorexia. Soooooo saaaaad. :cry:

Kate Bosworth plays her in the Bobby Darin biopic "Beyond The Sea"; Kevin Spacey annoys me --so I haven't seen it yet.

I could kick myself for not going to see her do "Love Letters" with former co-star John Saxon back in the late Eighties in Bev Hills. I saw Gena Rowlands & Ben Gazzara--BUT I shoulda gone back to see Sandy.

[DISCODISK]

dont know who she is marky any film clues?? mind you that has helped clear up the you and sandy dee/ steely dan thing i always wondered what you and he were on about,jeez does that mean hes gonna have to change his name again outa respect,im a bit behind on his names im still on bona boy! nobody liked ? but he is quite bona ive met him! he'll be in morning for a few days then back with a new name 'canal street cruiser' ill guess
thought of you the other day marky i watched 'whatever happened to baby jane' just too much! i was cleanin out the bird cage and the bird jusffflewout sorr-eee :lol:

[markydefad]

DD, you don't know Miss Dee???? :o :o :o

You've never seen "Imitation Of Life?" (Lana Turner's daughter)

"A Summer Place?"

"Gidget?"???????!!!!!

She was at her peak (US Top 10 boxoffice stars; circa 1959-1962)

Her filmography:


Lost (1983) .... Penny
Fantasy Island (1977) (TV) .... Francesca Hamilton
Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974) (TV) .... Angie Cordell
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972) (TV) .... Ada
The Manhunter (1972) (TV) .... Mara Bocock
Ad est di Marsa Matruh (1971)
The Dunwich Horror (1970) .... Nancy Wagner
Rosie! (1967) .... Daphne
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding (1967) .... Heather Halloran
A Man Could Get Killed (1966) .... Amy Franklin
... aka Welcome, Mr. Beddoes (UK)
That Funny Feeling (1965) .... Joan Howell
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964) .... Cynthia Dulaine
Take Her, She's Mine (1963) .... Mollie Michaelson
Tammy and the Doctor (1963) .... Tammy Tyree
If a Man Answers (1962) .... Chantal Stacy
Come September (1961) .... Sandy Stevens
Tammy Tell Me True (1961) .... Tammy Tyree
Romanoff and Juliet (1961) .... Juliet Moulsworth
... aka Dig That Juliet
Portrait in Black (1960) .... Cathy Cabot
A Summer Place (1959) .... Molly Jorgenson
The Wild and the Innocent (1959) .... Rosalie Stocker
Imitation of Life (1959) .... Susie, age 16
Gidget (1959) .... Gidget (Frances Lawrence)
A Stranger in My Arms (1959) .... Pat Beasley
... aka And Ride a Tiger (USA)
The Restless Years (1958) .... Melinda Grant
... aka The Wonderful Years (UK)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) .... Jane Broadbent
Snezhnaya koroleva (1957) (voice) .... Gerda in English
... aka Снежная королева (Soviet Union: Russian title)
... aka The Snow Queen (USA)
Until They Sail (1957) .... Evelyn Leslie



Filmography as: Actress, Herself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Herself - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1960s)

A&E Biography: Sandra Dee - Sophisticated Baby (2000) (TV) .... Herself


"Unseen Hollywood" (1998) TV Series .... Herself/Host


The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964) (TV) .... Herself
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961) (TV) .... Herself - Co-presenter: Music Awards

[DISCODISK]

errm :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
o.k youve shamed and humiliated me
no bells ringin' except fantasy island :lol:
any d.v.d recommendations???

[markydefad]

Sandra Dee was "perky" ; a teenage Doris Day, back when that was considered the Ideal. :roll:

I'd recommend "Imitation Of Life"---probably the best of her movies. "A Summer Place" is not bad either.

She is rather gushy--but I always thought she was really cute. :oops:

[StevenHW]

In the movie musical "Grease", there was a song titled "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee". :D

[Rab]

Maybe she can be reincarnated back to Steely Dan?

[DISCODISK]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Sandra Dee was "perky" ; a teenage Doris Day, back when that was considered the Ideal. :roll:

:o you sayin theres no vallium,gin and bar brawling in her movies :o :lol:
o.k ill try Imitation Of Life but now i know the girls in the d.v.d shop are gonna giggle when i ask :lol:

[markydefad]

"Imitation Of Life" is a big ole soap opera about a white woman (Lana Turner) and her loyal maid, a black woman (Juanita Moore) and their troubles with their daughters (Sandra Dee & Susan Kohner).

I think Dee falls in love with mama's boyfriend (John Gavin); Kohner tries to "pass" for white; melodrama ensues.

Both Moore & Kohner were nominated for Supporting Actress Oscars. They didn't win.

Film was directed by auteur Douglas Sirk ("Written On the Wind," "Magnificent Obsession")...and is a big fave of the GAYS. (for the drama, the camp & the clothes!!!) :P

[DISCODISK]

sounds good years ago when they used to show all this old stuff on t.v i used to watch it all,im sure when i see it ill rememer seeing it years ago,i was in town today and couldnt see these d.v.ds,then i was in a bookstore and saw one of those gigantic film books like a whos who in films so i picked ot up looked in the index under dee and NOTHING!! so ill have to keep looking :-?
going off topic i was in england a couple of weeks ago and noticed something,the growing space music stores are giving to music and film d.vd's. virgin in liverpool the whole of the downstairs is now d.v.d and you have to climb the stairs for c.ds :-? i suppose its due to music downloads good or bad the selection on d.v.d is incredible,we complain theres not enough disco stuff available but i think its got to be on the way 8) i did find something ive been looking for a d.v.d of janet jacksons including 'when i think of you'[which i have on video and i think is amazing] but it was an import and it was $50 :o ....pass !!

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by DISCODISK

but he is quite bona ive met him! he'll be in morning for a few days then back with a new name 'canal street cruiser' ill guess

I don't know what u mean DD, 'canal street cruiser' indeed! :o You'd never catch me cruising on canal street; these days I do all my cruising behind Piccadilly train station. :lol:

The spirit of Sandra Dee lives on at Discomusic.com! I've always seen myself as a Doris Day type (Doris Gay? :-? )

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Film was directed by auteur Douglas Sirk ("Written On the Wind," "Magnificent Obsession")...and is a big fave of the GAYS. (for the drama, the camp & the clothes!!!) :P

That brilliant film from a couple of years ago with Julianne Moore & Dennis Quaid as her closeted gay husband, the title escapes me now, was a tribute to Douglas Sirk if I'm not mistaken? I remember reading that his films were very melodramatic & OTT.

[markydefad]

Yeah, that was "Far From Heaven"; .....melodramatic and OOT..usually the leading man is GAY (ROCK HUDSON!!!); the producer of all those Sirk/Universal epics was big ole QUEEN Ross Hunter.

[SandraDee]

That's the one! I really enjoyed that film, it reminded of so many 50s films with the repressed sexuality & 'fraught' atmosphere. I expected Montgomery Clift to walk on at any minute! :lol:

[markydefad]

The "inside" joke was to have the Husband realize he was "Gay" cause the Husband in most of those Fifties films was often played by GAY actors (Rock, George Nader, Jeff Chandler (Esther Williams said he was a drag queen!!!), Tab Hunter) pretending to be "Straight"