Post by teleadm on Dec 30, 2020 21:00:21 GMT
American actress Dawn Wells has left us at the age of 82, on December 30th. (complications of COVID-19)
A former Miss Nevada of 1959.
She became well known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island 1964 - 1967.
In Hollywood, Wells made her debut on ABC's The Roaring 20s 1961 and the movie The New Interns 1964 and was cast in episodes of such television series as The Joey Bishop Show, 77 Sunset Strip, The Cheyenne Show, Maverick, and Bonanza, before landing 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 1982 and three reunion movies: Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 1979, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981.
She is remembered by Variety
R.I.P. Dawn Wells
A former Miss Nevada of 1959.
She became well known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island 1964 - 1967.
In Hollywood, Wells made her debut on ABC's The Roaring 20s 1961 and the movie The New Interns 1964 and was cast in episodes of such television series as The Joey Bishop Show, 77 Sunset Strip, The Cheyenne Show, Maverick, and Bonanza, before landing 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 1982 and three reunion movies: Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 1979, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981.
She is remembered by Variety
R.I.P. Dawn Wells