actresses who played gidget in the movies
According to Ben Mankiewicz, the original character was brunette and Jewish; obviously not Sandra Dee. In the various sequels and television show the actresses were all different and played up different elements of Gidget’s appearance and personality. Sandra Dee’s acting was adorable. 15k views 8 items tags f t p @. Gidget cast list, including photos of the actors when available. This list includes all of the Gidget main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. You can various bits of trivia about these Gidget stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. Malibu Bubbe: The Real Gidget. Before the Beach Boys, before Frankie and Annette, there was Gidget, the spunky girl surfer who sparked a national obsession with beach culture. But Gidget was neither Sandra Dee, who played her in the 1959 film, nor Sally Field, who played the role on the television series that ran from 1965 to 1966. Film Editing: William A. Lyon. Original Music: Fred Karger, Stanley Styne. Cast: Sandra Dee (Gidget), Cliff Robertson (The Big Kahuna), James Darren (Moondoggie), Arthur O'Connell (Russell Lawrence), Mary LaRoche (Dorothy Lawrence), Joby Baker (Stinky), Tom Laughlin (Lover Boy), Jo Morrow (Mary Lou). C-96m. Letterboxed. 1 Contact Me!  Gidget (1959) I’m celebrating Fourth of July with Gidget Goes Fourth – a holiday weekend series reviewing all three in the Gidget franchise! My only experience with actress Sandra Dee‘s film career was through Rizzo singing “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” in Grease. Sandra Dee, the original movie Gidget, married pop idol Bobby Darin at the peak of her career in 1960. Though she continued to make movies including two of the Tammy films made popular by Debbie Reynolds and three movies with her husband, her career soon fizzled. They are played by James Darren and Michael Callan, and having the two 1960s male ingenues in the same movie suggests a weird collision of matter and anti-matter. The spark goes flat in Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), with yet another new actress (Cindy Carol) paired with a loyal James Darren. Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) puts Deborah Walley in the title role. She's no Sandra Dee, but at least there are shots of Walley doing her own surfing stunts. The action's in Waikiki, and Gidge is pursued by a confused Moondoggie and a famous dancer. In 1960, one year after the “Gidget” movie came out, Zuckerman returned to the beach. “Everybody east of the 405 freeway decided they were going to come to Malibu and find their Moondoggie,” she said. Yet it felt empty. While she had been away, her surf pals had entered the Army, married or moved. Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley and Cindy Carol light up the screen as GIDGET in this box set of all three popular movies. While the first movie (with Sandra Dee) is definitely the best, there's a lot to enjoy in the sequels. James Darren is the only mainstay in all three movies, as Gidget's croonin' and swoonin' boyfriend Moondoggie. GIDGET (1959).
Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley and Cindy Carol.