In her picture book When I Grow Up, Louise encourages young readers to pursue their own career goals by examining the wondrous things that even animals can achieve. After leaving the show, Louise enjoyed a long career in film and television, and she also became an advocate for literacy. The episodes revolved around the castaway's comic efforts to leave the island and return to civilization. The series, which also featured Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale as the Skipper, and Jim Backus as millionaire Thurston Howell III, centered on a group of seven castaways shipwrecked on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. SIDELIGHTS:Īctress and model Tina Louise is best known for her role as Hollywood starlet Ginger Grant in the popular 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island. When I Grow Up, illustrated by Oliver Corwin, Abrams (New York, NY), 2007. Sunday: A Memoir, Golden Books (New York, NY), 1997. Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer, 1959. Singer, It's Time for Tina, Urania Records, 1957. and Stiggs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987 and Welcome to Woop-Woop, Goldwyn Films, 1997. Actor in feature films, including God's Little Acre, United Artists, 1958 How to Commit Marriage, Cinerama, 1969 The Stepford Wives, Columbia, 1975 O.C. Actor in television movies, including But I Don't Want to Get Married, ABC, 1970 Call to Danger, CBS, 1973 Dallas, CBS, 1978-79 Friendship, Secrets, and Lies, NBC, 1979 The Day the Women Got Even, NBC, 1980 and Advice to the Lovelorn, NBC, 1981. Actor in television shows, including The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS, 1952-55 Studio One, CBS, 1956 The Phil Silvers Show, CBS, 1957 Tales of Wells Fargo, NBC, 1961 The Real McCoys, CBS, 1962 The Doctors, NBC, 1963 Burke's Law, ABC, 1963 Route 66, CBS, 1963 Gilligan's Island, CBS, 1964-67 Bonanza, NBC, 1967 It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1968 Ironside, NBC, 1970 Love, American Style, ABC, 1971, 1972, 1973 Kojak, CBS, 1973 Police Story, NBC, 1974 Cannon, CBS, 1975 CHiPs, NBC, 1979 Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980 Knight Rider, NBC, 1983 The Love Boat, ABC, 1987. Actor in plays, including Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, 1955-56 Li'l Abner, 1956 and Fade Out, Fade In, 1964. Education: Attended Miami University (OH) trained at Actors Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse. Born Tina Blacker, February 11, 1934, in New York, NY married Les Crane, 1966 (divorced, 1970) children: Caprice.
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