Gidget — Gidget Character Profile

About Gidget

California surfer girl navigating romance and growing up.

Gidget — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Surfing, Adaptability, Optimism, Social navigation

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 6/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 7/10

Quick Facts about Gidget

Full Name

Franziska Hofer ''(novels)''<br />Frances Elizabeth Lawrence ''(TV and film)''

Character Facts

Played by

Sandra Dee

Appears in

Gidget (1959)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Gidget — Social Mascot & Leader — The Big Kahuna (Cliff Robertson)

  Gidget is welcomed into the surfing gang as a symbolic figurehead.

• Gidget — Romantic Crush — Moondoggie (James Darren)

  Initial unrequited attraction that drives early social interactions.

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More characters from Gidget

• Moondoggie (James Darren)
• The Big Kahuna (Cliff Robertson)
• Russell Lawrence (Arthur O'Connell)
• Nan (Yvonne Craig)
• Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence (Mary LaRoche)
• Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited) (Dick Clark)
• Waikiki (Doug McClure)
• Stinky (Joby Baker)
• Patti (Patti Kane)
• Lord Byron (Burt Metcalfe)
• Lover Boy (Tom Laughlin)
• Betty Louise aka B.L. (Sue George)