[DallasBiff]

Well Tina, being bitter is not a good look at 90. You had a role that made you a star and icon.

All the rest of the cast embraced their roles, anyway I was a Mary Anne guy.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Not surprising.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, sure.

Look at who she was competing against!

(Why pay for “a movie star” when you could go out with MaryAnn?)

[T.B. Yoits]

Well now we know who sabotaged the SS Minnow.

[Farmerbob]

I read somewhere that Mary Ann negotiated for lower pay but withresiduals and did well.

[enumerated]

Her plastic surgeon needs to take an art class or two.. that’s not what people look like.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

No money at all from residuals? She must have had the worst agent in the world, by a considerable margin.

[Magnum44]

I was a Mary Anne guy

+1

[Jamestown1630]

$1500 in 1965 amounts to $15,127.19 today, according to my search.

Pretty good money for basically dressing up and looking nice.

[sit-rep]

Guilty!!

[albie]

Mary Anne was super hot! Her and Ellie May were my fantasy babes!

[Fledermaus]

Residuals were rare in those days.

[scouter]

Those "of a certain age" will appreciate this: Stairway to Gilligan's Island

[packrat35]

Tina actually had a career in movies, that literally screeched to a halt after Gilligan.

I know where she is coming from. Also, the earlier shows like this were notorious for cheating the people in them out of residuals.

[Seruzawa]

$1500 an episode was really good money back then. A week of groceries was about $7 per person.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I read that Dawn Wells was the only one with enough foresight to ask for and receive royalties on reruns.

[DiogenesLamp]

All the rest of the cast embraced their roles, anyway I was a Mary Anne guy.

Mary Anne (Dawn Wells) got residuals written into her contract, so she was getting paid for the series every time it ran. If I recall correctly, she was the only cast member that thought to do that.

Sadly she passed away awhile back. Tina Louise is the last surviving main cast member.

Of course some guests are still around. Kurt Russel appeared in an episode.

[Apparatchik]

From Wiki: Louise campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.

So IDGAS what she thinks is right - she’s a dumba$$ and a mediocre talent.

[GingisK]

The Three Stooges weren’t paid very well; and, then got nothing for the syndicated showings.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Instead of money she got paid in coconuts

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Reminds me a little of Leonard Nimoy, after Star Trek ended. Not regarding the royalties, because I have no idea what sort of deal he had. But he was concerned about being typecast by such an iconic and popular role, so he immediately got on the Mission:Impossible cast in a completely different kind of role.

TV history is filled with co-stars who struggled to emerge from a popular sitcom role. Just look at the entire cast of Happy Days, with the exception of Ron Howard.

Many people have made it work. Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammar from Cheers come to mind.