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1944 - Born in Bayonne, New Jersey on the 23rd of April.
1957 - She progressed to television commercials and then made her first film, Until They Sail.
1958 - She won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer.
1959 - She became known for her wholesome ingenue roles in such films as Imitation of Life, Gidget and A Summer Place.
1960 - Her marriage to singer/actor Bobby Darin kept her in the public eye for much of the decade.
1967 - She and Darin were divorced.
1970 - She took very few acting roles, but made occasional television appearances.
2000 - She had been diagnosed with throat cancer and renal disease, but it later appeared that the throat scare was unfounded.
2005 - Her death on the 20th of February in Thousand Oaks, California. She is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
1957 - She progressed to television commercials and then made her first film, Until They Sail.
1958 - She won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer.
1959 - She became known for her wholesome ingenue roles in such films as Imitation of Life, Gidget and A Summer Place.
1960 - Her marriage to singer/actor Bobby Darin kept her in the public eye for much of the decade.
1967 - She and Darin were divorced.
1970 - She took very few acting roles, but made occasional television appearances.
2000 - She had been diagnosed with throat cancer and renal disease, but it later appeared that the throat scare was unfounded.
2005 - Her death on the 20th of February in Thousand Oaks, California. She is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
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