Lana Clarkson

Phil Spector was formally charged with her murder on September 27, 2004. Her life with Bobby Darin has been told in the 2004 film, Beyond The Sea. Clarkson was found shot dead in 2003 in Phil Spector's mansion in Alhambra, California. In 2000 she reported that she had been diagnosed with throat cancer and kidney failure. She also appeared in numerous B movies as well as a range of television and commercial performances. She has admitted that for most of her life she has battled anorexia nervosa, depression and alcoholism. Her most notable appearance was in the Roger Corman film Barbarian Queen (1985). Dee's adult years have been marked by ill health.

She was born in Long Beach, California. Her 1950s persona was the inspiration for the song "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee", featured in the film Grease (1978). Lana Clarkson, (April 5, 1962 - February 3, 2003) was an American actress. During the 1970s she took very few acting roles, but made occasional television appearances. They had one son together, but in 1967 she and Darin were divorced. She was contracted to Universal Studios who tried to develop Dee as a mature actress, and the films she made as an adult, including a few with Darin, were moderately successful.

Her marriage in 1960 to singer and actor Bobby Darin, kept her in the public eye for much of the decade. Her film career flourished, and she became known for her wholesome ingenue roles in such films as Imitation of Life, Gidget and A Summer Place (all 1959). In 1958 she won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" (along with Carolyn Jones and Diane Varsi). She progressed to television commercials and then made her first film in 1957.

Born Alexandria Zuck in Bayonne, New Jersey, Dee was a professional model by the age of four. Sandra Dee (born April 23, 1944) is an American film actress.