Re “Respect, Please, for Malibu’s Best Gal,” Commentary, May 2: I’m not taking anything away from the novella “Gidget.” In fact I’m thrilled that “the whole town” (Malibu) is ...

After the original “Gidget” movie, in 1959, Hollywood churned out any number of sequels. “Gidget Grows Up.” “Gidget Goes to Rome.” “Gidget Gets Married.” And so on. Half a century ...

James Darren, who played the dreamy surfer Moondoggie in Gidget movies before starring on TV on The Time Tunnel and T.J. Hooker, has died at 88.

There was a made-for-TV movie, “Gidget Grows Up,” in 1969, and sequels and reboots continued through the 1980s. But the original film remains, as Gidget might say, the absolute ultimate.

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.

The teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a handsome beach boy in the "Gidget" movies, James Darren has died at 88. Latest U.S.

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 ...

Actor and singer James Darren, who became famous after starring the Gidget movies and on TV in shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and T.J Hooker, has died.He was 88 years old, per TMZ.. Darren ...

Gabrielle Upton, who wrote the screenplay for the classic California surfing movie Gidget, starring Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson and James Darren, has died.She was 101. Upton died Sept. 13 in Santa ...

Francie ‘Gidget’ Lawrence was the main focus of the 1959 movie Gidget and the 1965 TV show of the same name. The famed film and series followed the adventures of a teenage Francie as she ...

It was an overcast morning by the Sunset Cliff stairs when Michael Curtis and I started to chat. Curtis has been surfing since 1954. “I was probably six when I started. When they came out with ...