Do you remember the Gidget TV show cast? Well those actors, and the show itself, found their inspiration in the 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. Written by author Frederick Kohner, ...

The New Gidget is an American sitcom aired in syndication from 1986 to 1988. The series was launched after the 1985 television film Gidget's Summer Reunion, starring Caryn Richman, who would go on to ...

James Darren, who went from teen idol status acting in youth-oriented movies like “Gidget” to becoming an actor in TV shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “T.J. Hooker” and a singer and ...

In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative ...

Hollywood is looking to catch a new Gidget wave. Pterodactyl Prods. and “300” producer Mark Canton are teaming to bring the sun and surf icon back to film and TV for the first time in more than two ...

James Darren, a former teen idol and pop singer known for his roles in movies and TV shows like “Gidget,” “Star Trek” and “T.J. Hooker,” died Monday, Sept. 2, The Hollywood Reporter reported. He was ...

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James Darren, who found teen heartthrob fame as Moondoggie in the 1959 surfer film “Gidget” and whose scenes of sun-kissed beaches with star Sandra Dee helped launch the California surfing craze, died ...

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