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  1. 1 day ago · In Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley, while Cindy Carol took the title role in Gidget Goes to Rome (1963). He later described both sequels, as well as another of his beach party movies, For Those Who Think Young (1964), as “dreadful”.

  2. Sep 3, 2024 · Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley in the second film and Cindy Carol in the third. (“Gidget” later became a television show, launching the career of Sally Field.)

  3. Sep 3, 2024 · Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley in the second film and Cindy Carol in the third. (“Gidget” later became a television show, launching the career of Sally Field. “They had me under contract; I was a prisoner,” Darren told Entertainment Weekly in 2004.

  4. Sep 3, 2024 · Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley in the second film and Cindy Carol in the third. ("Gidget" later became a television show, launching the career of Sally Field. “They had me under contract; I was a prisoner,” Darren told Entertainment Weekly in 2004.

    • Sandra Dee Was The First Actor to Portray The Famed Character
    • Deborah Walley Took on The Part in The Second ‘Gidget’ Movie
    • Sally Field Starred in The Television Adaptation
    • Several More Actors Eventually Took on The Role

    Sandra Dee was the first actor to take on the role of Gidget. She appeared in the first film adaptation of the bestselling book. By the time Dee landed the role in Gidget, she was a veteran in the entertainment industry. According to The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties,Dee earned the equivalent of nearly $1 million as a child model ...

    Deborah Walley was the second actor to become Gidget. She took on the title role in the follow-up movie, Gidget Goes to Hawaii. It was the actor’s breakout role at just 20 years old. While Walley considered the film her big break, she also realized that taking on the part of Gidget changed everything for her, and it was not all positive. In a 1999 ...

    Sally Field is known now for her movie roles, but her breakout role came in the 1960s TV series Gidget. Field portrayed the title character for all 32 episodes of the show’s single season. Field had just a single, uncredit acting role before starring in the show. Considering the success of the movies, the TV series should have been an instant succe...

    Despite the belated success of Gidget, Field did not return to reprise the role in subsequent TV movies and other projects. Karen Valentine was the next actor to portray Gidget. Valentine appeared as an adult version of the title character in Gidget Grows Up, the 1969 TV movie. Monie Elis took on the part in Gidget Gets Married in 1972. The most re...

  5. Sep 3, 2024 · Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley in the second film and Cindy Carol in the third. (“Gidget” later became a television show, launching the career of Sally Field. )

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  7. Sep 3, 2024 · James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film Gidget, died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los Angeles hospital, his son Jim Moret told news outlets.