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Tina Louise ( née Blacker; born February 11, 1934) is an American actress widely known for her role as movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. Louise is both the last surviving and longest lived cast member of the TV series.
Ginger Grant is a fictional character portrayed by actress Tina Louise in the 1964 to 1967 television sitcom Gilligan's Island. Grant was initially portrayed by Kit Smythe. She is known for casually mentioning big movie stars as her acquaintances.
Feb 6, 2023 · Tina Louise, who played Ginger on Gilligan's Island, is the only surviving star of the show, following the death of Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann, in December 2020. It's been over 50 years since Gilligan's Island was on the air, and much has changed for Louise in that time.
She continued her work in Hollywood, starring in the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964) as Ginger Grant. Moving among Broadway, television and motion pictures, she next starred in The Happy Ending (1969) , directed by Richard Brooks , The Stepford Wives (1975) with Katherine Ross and Dog Day (1984) , with Lee Marvin and French actress Miou-Miou .
Ginger Grant is one of the main characters on the CBS-TV series "Gilligan's Island." She was played by actress Tina Louise and by Judith Baldwin in the first two NBC-TV made for TV films, Rescue from Gilligan's Island and The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, followed by Constance Forslund in the...
Aug 16, 2018 · Decades after her three-hour tour went awry, Tina Louise, who famously played Ginger on Gilligan’s Island, stepped out in Los Angeles looking as youthful as ever. Louise, 84, shot to fame as...
Jul 20, 2024 · When Tina Louise was cast on Gilligan's Island, Ginger was overhauled to become a much better fit for the actress. That change had a ripple effect on Mary Ann.