2001 Death Deborah Walley, actress, the second movie Gidget, dies at 57 1997 Death Don Porter, actor, Gidget, dies at 84 1971 Death Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31 1971 Birthday Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children 1946 Birthday Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1942 Birthday Sandra Dee, Zuck, Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Gidget, Imitation of Life 1938 Birthday Johnny Tillotson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, singer, Gidget, Poetry in Motion 1921 Birthday Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome
