Search results
People also ask
What is 'Gidget' based on?
Is Gidget a comedy?
Is Gidget a real name?
Who invented Gidget?
Why is Gidget so popular?
How old is Gidget?
Gidget (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ dʒ ɪ t /) is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu .
Mar 4, 2021 · The Real-Life Gidget Looks Back From 80: “I Lived It All”. Kathy Zuckerman inspired the iconic surfer girl, and more than 60 years later, she’s still making waves. By Donald Liebenson. March ...
- Donald Liebenson
Jul 11, 2019 · The iconic film starred Sandra Dee as Francine Lawrence, who finds her place in the sun among a tight-knit clan of Malibu surfers. Her diminutive size earns her the moniker Gidget (girl +...
- Donald Liebenson
Brian Gillogly’s 2010 documentary, Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story, features contemporary women surfers who got into the sport because of her. This despite the fact that she never capitalized on Gidget’s fame.
Gidget: Created by Frederick Kohner. With Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Pete Duel. Gidget is a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.
- (1.8K)
- 1965-09-15
- Comedy
- 30
Gidget is a 1959 American CinemaScope comedy film directed by directed by Paul Wendkos and starring [3] [4] Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren, Arthur O'Connell, and the Four Preps. The film is about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her romance with a young surfer .
Gidget is an American sitcom television series by Screen Gems about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence.
