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Birth Name: Alexandra Zuck
Date of Birth: April 23, 1942
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Death: February 20, 2005
Place of Death: Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Carpatho-Rusyn
Sandra Dee was an American actress and model. She was also credited as Sandra Douvan.
Her parents, Mary (Cymboliak) and John Zuck/Zuch, were of Carpatho-Rusyn descent. Rusyns are an ethnic group from Eastern Europe, including Poland, where Sandra’s family was from. Her family was of the Russian Orthodox faith. Sandra had a son with her former husband, singer and actor Bobby Darin .
Sandra’s paternal grandfather was named Walter Zuck/Zuch. Walter was born in Vilna.
Sandra’s paternal grandmother was named Stella A.
Sandra’s maternal grandfather was Aleksander/Alexander Cymbaljak/Cymbalak (the son of Nicolaus Cymbalak and Fewronia Frycka). Aleksander was born in Izby, Bezirk Grybów, Poland. Nicolaus was born in Izby, the son of Daniel Cymbalak and Clara Brylińska. Fewronia was born in Izby, the daughter of Leontinus Frycki and Barbara Płaskoń.
Sandra’s maternal grandmother was named Anna/Annie Plaskon. Anna was born in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, to immigrant parents. Anna’s parents are listed in one source as Akim “Archibold” Wanko and Tacianna “Catherine”/Katie Fezbyr.
Sources: http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org
Genealogies of Sandra Dee – http://www.myrootsplace.com https://familysearch.org
Sandra’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Sandra’s maternal grandmother, Anna/Annie Plaskon, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org