Andrea Dromm

Andrea Dromm
Born	(1941-02-18)February 18, 1941 Long Island, New York,U.S.
Alma mater	University of Connecticut
Occupation(s)	Model, actress
Years active	1965–1967
Known for	ClairolSummer blondecommercial
Notable work	National Airlines

Andrea Dromm(born February 18, 1941) is a former American actress. Her father was an engineer, and she attended school inPatchogueand later inGreensburg, Pennsylvania.

Career

Dromm's career began as a child model at the age of six, but she later felt it interfered with her school work. She attended theUniversity of Connecticut,where she studied drama, acting in student productions ofThe Diary of Anne Frank,The Crucible,andRomeo and Juliet.She dropped out and hitchhiked toSan Francisco,but eventually returned for her degree, after which she began work as a New York model, signing with theEileen Ford Agency.Her career rose dramatically after her appearance in aNational Airlinestelevision commercialin 1963 as thestewardessasking "Is this any way to run an airline? You bet it is!"

On the strength of the ad's popularity, she was urged to seek aHollywoodcareer. Her first job was in an episode ofStar Trekplaying Yeoman Smith in "Where No Man Has Gone Before"(1965), the series' second pilot.

Dromm then moved on to doThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming(1966),in which she played a teenaged babysitter who falls in love with a handsomeSovietsailor. She then co-starred inCome Spy with Me(1967), aspy spoofthat fell flat. She also appeared as hostess of a TV special onsurfing.After this experience, she returned to New York modeling, and for a time was theClairol"Summer Blonde" girl who appeared in television andprintads.

In 1988,Peoplereported that she was living on real estate investments and splitting her time between homes inThe Hamptons,Long Island andPalm Beach, Florida.

Filmography

• The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming(1966) as Alison Palmer
• Come Spy with Me(1967) as Jill Parsons

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Star Trek: The Original Series	Yeoman Smith	S1:E3, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

External links

• Andrea DrommatIMDb
• Andrea Drommat theTCM Movie Database