![]() ![]() ![]() Dan's investigation leads him to Lucille's lover, financially troubled building contractor Sam Kimber (Aldo Ray). Her death leads to an investigation spearheaded by smooth private detective Dan Walsh (Clu Gulager), who is hired by Lucille's twin sister Barbara Sherwood (Burstyn again). Lucille is attacked and drowned by a mysterious scuba diving assailant. The episode opens at a lake where a blonde, shapely and youthful Lucille Benton (Ellen Burstyn then known as "Ellen McRae") is swimming. Louise's TV guest appearances was her appearance on the "Kraft Suspense Theatre" episode entitled "The Deep End" which aired on NBC on January 2, 1964. The first role that comes to mind when I think of Ms. She didn't just play "Tina Louise" in these roles-she brought nuance to each of these performances so that every one came across as a completely different individual from the other. In my humble opinion, Tina Louise made guest-starring on television almost an art form. Ashley made the joke self-servingly so that she could assert how she took those assignments more seriously than her peers, but she wasn't the only one who took advantage of such opportunities. Elizabeth Ashley once joked in her autobiography that guest-starring on television was the lowest gig imaginable for an actor because you usually just go in, hit your marks, have a couple of laughs, and then sit back and wait for the check to come in the mail. Louise had a chance to play roles she normally was not offered in feature films. Most of her best work as an actress were in the hour-long television dramatic guest appearances she made during her long career. Louise's work through the years where I thought she challenged herself to rise beyond what was expected of her and created some interesting and unique characters. Among them was Tina Louise, who I have blogged about before and acknowledge is my favorite actress (and also acknowledge I'm not being objective when writing about her). I gave examples of other actresses considered sex symbols who I felt had distinguished themselves at some stage of their careers with top-notch performances. Happy birthday to her! And many more.A couple of days ago I blogged about how I don't believe Morgan Fairchild ever got outside the box as an actress. Tina Louise moved back to Manhattan full-time in 1992, and continues to live there today. ![]() Gilligan’s Island ran from 1964 to 1967 on CBS Television, and then its 98 episodes went into reruns forever, reportedly earning $90 million for creator Sherwood Schwartz (though not for the cast). (Bonus fact: jazz legend Coleman Hawkins played tenor sax in the studio band.) Her breathy alto, and her song selection - titles like “Hold Me,” “I Wanna Be Loved,” and “Let’s Do It” - did nothing to dispel her image as a sensual beauty on the rise. She also recorded her own album of standards, It’s Time for Tina, in 1957. She starred in movies in Italy as well as the United States. ![]() She studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, which turned out megawatt thespians like Paul Newman and Al Pacino. She was in the original Broadway cast of the musical Li’l Abner, which was a huge hit in its day, running for 693 performances from 1956 to 1958. Our new biography of Tina Louise shows that the actress had a spicier game than most people realize. (Toss in Sherwood Schwartz and the Gilligan-related lifespan rises to 81.29 years.) If you prefer to rank the cast by longevity, it looks like this:Īdd them up (excluding Tina Louise), and the average lifespan of a Gilligan’s Island actor is 79.17 years. Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan’s Island (and, later, of The Brady Bunch), died on Jat the age of 94. Dawn Wells (Mary Ann): Died on December 30, 2020, aged 82.Russell Johnson (the Professor): Died on January 16, 2014, aged 89.Bob Denver (Gilligan): Died on September 2, 2005, aged 70.Howell, aka “Lovey”): Died on April 10, 1991, aged 90 (the Skipper): Died on January 2, 1990, aged 68 Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III): Died on July 3, 1989, aged 76.Here’s the full roll call of the Gilligan’s Island cast by their date of death: That became true when Dawn Wells (“Mary Ann”) died on December 30, 2020.Īll the actors lived at least 20 years past the end of the show’s network run in 1967. Tina Louise - who played movie star Ginger Grant - is the last surviving member of the cast of Gilligan’s Island. ![]()
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