Tina Louise was born Tina Blacker in New York City, the daughter of Betty and Joseph Blacker.
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She is best known for her role as the movie star Ginger Grant in the situation comedy, Gilligan’s Island (1964–1967). I get letters all the time about that.Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author.
“Fathers share it with their children now. This show is an escape from so many things going on,” she said. “We brought a lot of joy to people and still do. Louise, who went on to star in “The Stepford Wives,” “The Love Boat” and “Dallas,” said she’s grateful for the outpouring from “Gilligan’s Island” fans these past several months. “It became something I did every year at Thanksgiving,” she said.
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She invited me to her house with her mom,” said Louise, who learned how to make a potato soufflé recipe that became a holiday tradition. “I had just gotten married and it was Thanksgiving.
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Howell (Natalie Schafer) Bettmann Archive Ginger (Tina Louise), Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) and Mrs. While she said “Dawn was wonderful in her part,” she even had special moments with her late co-star, recalling her favorite memory when she was invited to Wells’ house circa 1966. Everyone can identify with a different person,” she said, noting the tight-knit kinship of the seamless cast. She also waved off any comparisons between the beloved girl-next-door Mary Ann and her less-inhibited movie star roommate, Ginger.
“A different director took over and really started to write for my character,” she added, admitting she originally thought about quitting. “Never true - I loved doing my part, especially after they really started writing for my character, originally billed as a ‘Marilyn Monroe’ type of character,” Louise told The Post.
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While she notoriously declined to appear in the 1978 TV movie “Rescue from Gilligan’s Island,” 2001’s “Surviving Gilligan’s Island” and various other revivals, she bristles at longtime rumors that she resented the role and show. “We were part of the wonderful show that everyone loves and has been a great source of comfort, especially during these times,” said Louise. The beloved show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 until 1967, and followed a shipwrecked group of stranded strangers living on an island, is as enduring as ever - especially during the lockdown, when new generations discovered its endearing charms. “I’m doing my exercise and having a vegetarian lunch today,” she said, adding somberly, “Everything’s complicated now.” “Nobody wants to get that kind of news - especially that way, with this horrible disease,” she said, adding that the health-conscious actress is doing her part to fortify herself. Louise, an enduring beauty who asked that The Post not mention her age, was shocked to hear about her friend’s death during a phone call from a Hollywood friend. Tina Louise (left) and with Dawn Wells and Bob Denver (right) Getty Images Everett Collection “Nothing is more important than family and she was family. 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. “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. 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. Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ dead at 82 after COVID-19 battle
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