Posted on 12/31/2020 6:58:42 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
Dawn Wells, the real-life Mary Ann Summers of “Gilligan’s Island,” was just as sunny and down-to-earth off-screen as she was on-screen, her co-star Tina Louise, the show’s only surviving cast member, told The Post Wednesday.
Louise, who played the indelible flame-haired Ginger Grant on the CBS show, spoke fondly of Wells, who died at age 82 Wednesday in Los Angeles after battling COVID-19.
“I’m very sad,” said Louise, who infamously declined to appear in revivals and reboots or discuss the show over the decades since it ended in 1967.
“Dawn was a very wonderful person. I want people to remember her as someone who always had a smile on her face,” said Louise, who lives on Manhattan’s East Side. “Nothing is more important than family and she was family. She will always be remembered.”...
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Okay. I haven’t seen that one.
I’ll keep my eye out for it.
I remember Tina Louise guested on “The Magician” (73-74) with Bill Bixby as an actress who was typecast and couldn’t get any parts.
My Tractor Supply doesn’t have any.
My mother is her age and just got through COVID. (As we all did at Christmas, but she started it.)
Kinda mesmerizing...
Zithromax is supposed to be part of that regimen.
“Bob had 3 ex-wives. He had to worry about money.”
No one’s perfect, and my 4th is better than all 3 combined.
That’s Excellent. I’m sure you feel a lot safer now. It’s criminal that the medical authorities and the state is not doing anything to get these medications available to everyone. It’s unheard of. We have turned into an evil society. I’m afraid it’s going to get even worse after Jan 20
I’m afraid it’s going to get even worse after Jan 20
Same here....if a miracle doesn’t happen :-(
My Ivermec pills are a ‘script, but....you can get the paste, as many others have stated. Might not be a bad idea, as a just in case back up.
We keep it on hand (by the gal!) for our cows, and in tubes, for the horses.
Dawn Wells said some snarky things about Ginger / Tina Louise in the movie below.
Surviving Gilligan’s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (TV Movie) (co-executive producer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM4MfrBh59w
Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Gilligan%27s_Island
Real good point I have to look up her filmography.
She appeared in a Married With Children episode, that I know.
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