Dawn Wells

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dawn Elberta Wells (October 18, 1938 - December 30, 2020) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island. She and Tina Louise are the last surviving regular cast members from that series. In Hollywood, Wells made her debut on ABC's The Roaring 20s and the movie The New Interns and was cast in episodes of such television series as 77 Sunset Strip, The Cheyenne Show, Maverick, and Bonanza, before she took the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island. She reprised her character in the various Gilligan's Island reunion specials, including the reunion cartoon spin-off Gilligan's Planet and three reunion movies: Rescue from Gilligan's Island, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island. She also appeared as a guest star on Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, 87th Precinct, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Ripcord, The Everglades, The Detectives, It's a Man's World, Channing, Laramie, Burke's Law, The Invaders, The Wild Wild West, The F.B.I., Vega$, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston, ALF, Herman's Head, Three Sisters, Pastor Greg, and Roseanne. Following Gilligan's Island, Wells embarked on a theater career, appearing in nearly one hundred theatrical productions as of July 2009. She spent the majority of the 1970s, and 1980s, touring in musical theater productions. She also had a one-woman show at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 1985. In 1993, Wells published Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook with co-writers Ken Beck and Jim Clark, including a foreword by Bob Denver. She was close to Alan Hale Jr., who played The Skipper in Gilligan's Island, even after the series completed its run, and he contributed a family recipe ("Kansas Chicken and Dumplings") to her cookbook. Hale's character was the inspiration behind such concoctions as Skipper's Coconut Pie, Skipper's Navy Bean Soup, and Skipper's Goodbye Ribeye, and he is depicted as Skipper Jonas Grumby in numerous photographs throughout the book. She said in a 2014 interview with GoErie.com, "Alan could not have been kinder to a young actress. He was a real peach." In 2005, Wells consigned her original gingham blouse and shorts ensemble for sale from her signature role. Beverly Hills auction house Profiles in History sold it for $20,700. In 2008, she joined Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz in Los Angeles for the celebration of Schwartz's entry into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She appeared on the "Celebrity Holiday Bash" episode of Food Network's Chopped, which first aired December 1, 2013. In 2014, Wells released What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, which she co-wrote with Steve Stinson. The book was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Gilligan's Island. Gilligan's Island co-star Russell Johnson died on January 16, 2014, and Wells and Tina Louise are the only surviving cast members of the sitcom. In May 2016, Wells was named Marketing Ambassador to MeTV Network. In January 2019, Wells was seen promoting the Gilligan's Island television series on the MeTV television network. CLR

Known For: Acting

Born: Reno, Nevada, USA, 1938-10-18

Died: 2020-12-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	The New Interns	Bobbie	50
2	1975	Winterhawk	Clayanna / Narrator	66
3	1976	The Town That Dreaded Sundown	Helen Reed	58
4	1977	Return to Boggy Creek	Jolene	40
5	1978	Rescue from Gilligan's Island	Mary Ann Summers	47
6	1979	The Castaways on Gilligan's Island	Mary Ann	66
7	1981	The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island	Mary Ann	47
8	1983	High School U.S.A.	MIss Lorilee Lee	54
9	1992	Soulmates	Lucille Perkins	32
10	1996	Lover's Knot	Mary Ann	40
11	2001	Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History	Mary Anne (Narator)	72
12	2002	Super Sucker	Super Sucker Celebrity Spokesperson	53
13	2012	Silent but Deadly	Rose	40
14	2013	This Is Our Time	Margo	52
15	2018	The Gilligan Manifesto	Herself	55

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Cheyenne	Sarah Claypool	58
2	1957	Wagon Train	Mrs. Murray	63
3	1957	Maverick	Caprice Rambeau	68
4	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
5	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Judy Rogers	67
6	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Nixie Martin	67
7	1959	Bonanza	Moon Holt	75
8	1959	Bonanza	Marty Johnson	75
9	1959	Laramie	Millie	64
10	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Lois Corey	52
11	1959	The Detectives		56
12	1960	Surfside 6		50
13	1960	Surfside 6	Consuelo Hernandez	50
14	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
15	1961	87th Precinct	Kathy Blakely	75
16	1961	Everglades		85
17	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
18	1963	Burke's Law	Wendy	60
19	1964	Gilligan's Island	Mary Ann Summers	74
20	1965	The Wild Wild West	Betsy	75
21	1965	The F.B.I.	Carol Morton	55
22	1967	The Invaders	Eileen Brown	68
23	1977	The Love Boat	Valerie Madden	63
24	1978	Vega$		70
25	1980	Hagen		50
26	1982	Gilligan's Planet	Ginger Grant / Mary Ann Summers (voices)	58
27	1982	Matt Houston		62
28	1985	Growing Pains	Myrtle Deforest	65
29	1985	Growing Pains	Casting Receptionist	65
30	1986	ALF	Mary Ann Summers	77
31	1988	Roseanne		68
32	1991	Herman's Head	Mary Ann	66
33	1992	Vicki!	Self	50
34	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
35	1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Self	78
36	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
37	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
38	2000	Girlfriends		72
39		Dawn Wells Reel Adventures		0
40	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	72
41	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
42	2018	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Gumbalina Toothington (voice)	75

Dawn Wells

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