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Mary Ann
of Gilligan’s Island
Dawn Wells
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Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18, 1938) is an American actress known for playing Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom Gilligan’s Island during its run from 1964 until 1967.
Early life
Wells was born in Reno, Nevada. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theater arts. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
In 1959, Wells was crowned Miss Nevada and represented her state in the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Career
After moving to Hollywood, she began appearing in guest roles in such television series as 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick on ABC, and Bonanza on NBC, before the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island. She reprised her role in the various Gilligan’s Island reunion specials.
Wells starred with Michael Dante in the independent movie Winterhawk (1975), playing a Western settler kidnapped by a Native-American chief. She continued guest starring in various television series.
Following Gilligan’s Island, Wells embarked on a very successful theater career that is still going strong to this day. She has appeared in nearly 100 theatrical productions as of July 2009. She spent the majority of the 70′s and 80′s touring in musical theatre productions. She also had a one-woman show she performed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1985.
In the 1990s, she became a spokesperson for Western Union, Cuisinart, Long John Silver’s, Coca-Cola and 1-800-COLLECT.
In 1993, Wells published Mary Ann’s Gilligan’s Island Cookbook with co-writers Ken Beck & Jim Clark, including a foreword by Bob Denver.
According to Forbes Collector, in April 2005, Wells consigned for sale her original gingham blouse and shorts ensemble from her signature role. A Beverly Hills auction house, Profiles in History, sold it for $20,700.
In 2008, Wells came to Los Angeles to join Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan’s Island for the celebration of Schwartz’ entry into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Personal life
She was married to Larry Rosen (a talent agent) from 1962–1967
Wells spent summers in her early years in the Teton Valley of eastern Idaho, and relocated there in the 1990s. In Idaho, she runs a successful business, Wishing Wells Collections, making clothing for people with limited mobility. She is the founder of the Idaho Film and Television Institute] She organized Spud Fest, a regional annual family movie festival, and has been a spokesperson for Idaho Potatoes.
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Why did the Howells ever get aboard The Minnow on Gilligans Island?.Now before you simply shrug the question off as meaningless theres actually a backstory here.
Umm…. well first of all the Howell’s didn’t get on the Minnow on Gilligan’s Island, they got on in Hawaii, and I expect they did it because they wanted to take a three hour tour!
I enjoyed GI, but also found the show frustrating because, as people say, they could build houses, vehicles, movie production studios … why couldn’t they build a boat?
Anyway, the reason I kept watching … Mary-Anne. A beautiful woman who made a huge impression on a red blooded boy in his early teens :)
The Howell’s were able to make Martini’s and put little Umbrella in em was problematic 4 me as well? Ha Ha!!
Nice old lady, we today have lady gaga, the have that woman :)
They had Ann Margaret is prolly closer, she danced and sang.
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Mary Ann >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ginger by a few hundred miles and a half.
I’ve always had a huge crush on Mary Ann and always will nothing against Ginger but l adore Dawn Wells to this day
It may seem academic at this point, but…three years on an island…and their clothing was NEVER dirty in the slightest. They were always clean-shaven, their hair was always PERFECT, and they obviously had more than ample food. The question is, why would they want to return?