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Career

Dromm's career began as a child model at the age of six, but she felt it interfered with her school work. She attended the

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, where she studied drama, acting in student productions of ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Romeo and Juliet''. She dropped out and hitchhiked to

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, but eventually returned for her degree, after which she began work as a New York model, signing with the Eileen Ford Agency. Her career rose dramatically after her appearance in a National Airlines

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in 1963 as the

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asking "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 a Hollywood career. Her first job was in an episode of '' Star Trek'' playing Yeoman Smith in "

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" (1965), the series' second pilot. Dromm then moved on to do ''

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'' (1966), in which she played a teenaged babysitter who falls in love with a handsome

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sailor. She then co-starred in '' Come Spy with Me'' (1967), a spy spoof that fell flat. She also appeared as hostess of a TV special on surfing. After this experience, she returned to New York modeling, and for a time was the

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"Summer Blonde" girl who appeared in television and print ads. In 1988, ''

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'' reported that she was living off real estate investments and splitting her time between homes in

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, Long Island and Palm Beach, Florida.

Filmography

* ''

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'' ** episode "

" as Yeoman Smith * ''

'' (1966) as Alison Palmer * '' Come Spy with Me'' (1967) as Jill Parsons

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dromm, Andrea 1941 births Living people 20th-century American actresses American child models American film actresses American television actresses Female models from New York (state) People from Long Island University of Connecticut alumni 21st-century American women