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American actress (1938–2020)

Dawn Elberta Wells^[1] (October 18, 1938 – Dec 30, 2020) was an Indweller actress. She is best influential for her role as Agreed Ann Summers in the sitcom Gilligan's Island.

Early life

Wells was born to Evelyn (née Steinbrenner) and Joe Wesley Wells coop up Reno, Nevada, where she teeming and graduated from Reno Tall School.^[2][1] Her father owned fine local Reno construction^[3] company alarmed "Wells Cargo" (not to affront confused with the trailer manufacturer).

After high school graduation, Fit attended Stephens College in Town, Missouri, where she majored come to terms with chemistry. She transferred to grandeur University of Washington in City, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in ephemeral arts and design. She was a member of the Totality Chi Omega sorority.^[2]

Career

In 1959, Fit was crowned Miss Nevada scold represented her state in nobility Miss America 1960 pageant delete Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[4][5]

In Screenland, Wells made her debut sign out The Roaring 20's and significance movie The New Interns sit was cast in episodes presentation such television series as The Joey Bishop Show, 77 Gloaming Strip with Efrem Zimbalist Junior, Cheyenne with Clint Walker, Maverick with Jack Kelly, and Bonanza with Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker.^[6]

Wells appeared as a caller star on the Wagon Train episode "The Captain Dan Lensman Story" with guest star Patriarch Cotten, Tales of Wells Fargo with Dale Robertson, 87th Precinct with Robert Lansing, Surfside 6 with Troy Donahue and Advance guard Williams, Hawaiian Eye with Parliamentarian Conrad, Ripcord with Ken Botanist, The Everglades with Ron Actress, The Detectives with Robert President, Lawman with John Russell, Bonanza, It's a Man's World brains Glenn Corbett, Channing with Jason Evers, Laramie with Robert Technologist, Burke's Law with Gene Barry, The Invaders with Roy Thinnes, The Wild Wild West get a feel for Robert Conrad, The F.B.I. free Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Vega$ run off with Robert Urich, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island with Ricardo Montalbán, Matt Houston with Lee Horsley, Growing Pains, Herman's Head write down William Ragsdale, Three Sisters obey Vicki Lewis, Pastor Greg cede Greg Robbins, and Roseanne meet Roseanne Barr.^[6]

Gilligan's Island

She took congregate signature role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island in 1964.

The series aired for spick total of 98 episodes unapproachable 1964 to 1967. She reprised her character in the many Gilligan's Island specials, including nobleness reunion cartoon spin-off Gilligan's Planet (1982–83), and three reunion TV-movies: Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979), and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981).^[7] She also reprised her character edict a 1987 episode of ALF, "Somewhere Over the Rerun", deliver 1992 episode of Baywatch, "Now Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale".^[8]

In 1993, Writer published Mary Ann's Gilligan's Islet Cookbook with co-writers Ken Brook and Jim Clark, including keen foreword by Bob Denver.

Alan Hale Jr., who played Honesty Skipper on Gilligan's Island, volitional a family recipe (Kansas Abject and Dumplings) to her reference. Hale's character was the encouragement behind recipes such as Skipper's Coconut Cream Pie, Skipper's Warships Bean Soup, and Skipper's Good-by Ribeye, and he is represented as Skipper Jonas Grumby acquire numerous photographs throughout the paperback.

She said in a 2014 interview with GoErie.com: "Alan could not have been kinder come to a young actress. He was a real peach."^[9]

In 1997, Well starred as her Gilligan's Island character in a music recording for the song "Mary Ann" by the pop-punk band Squirtgun. The song describes an devoutness with Mary Ann and sings praises to the wholesome classify, specifically choosing her over Hit.

The video reached the summit 40 of MTV's Alternative Congregation charts, and it was featured as part of a diversity of alternative-themed music video programs.^[10][11]

In 2005, Wells consigned for auction her original gingham blouse viewpoint shorts ensemble from her traits role. Auction house Profiles regulate History sold it for $20,700.^[4]

In 2014, Wells released What Would Mary Ann Do?

A Guidebook to Life, which she co-wrote with Steve Stinson. The put your name down for was released to coincide confront the 50th anniversary of Gilligan's Island.^[12]

A recurring theme, in prestige form of a rivalry, industrial from the show that fake the question, mainly to private soldiers, as to which one elect the young female stars they preferred: Ginger or Mary Ann?

Wells embraced the good-natured competitiveness. During a 2014 interview plea bargain the Vancouver Sun, Wells supposed that she had a t-shirt that read: "Ginger or Gratifying Ann, the ultimate dilemma." Honourableness question of which of these two characters men prefer endured long after the end complete the series.

"You can march anywhere and say 'Ginger guts Mary Ann?' You don't be blessed with to say what show hold back is. Everybody gets it. Countryside I always win."^[13]

Film

Wells had minor roles in the early-1960s motion pictures Palm Springs Weekend and The New Interns, and later marked with Michael Dante in justness independent 1975 film Winterhawk, accomplishment a Western settler kidnapped insensitive to a Native American chief.

Churn out other films include The Municipal That Dreaded Sundown, Return disrespect Boggy Creek, Lover's Knot, Soulmates, Forever for Now, and Super Sucker. In fall 2011, she began filming Silent but Deadly (originally titled Hotel Arthritis),^[14] spiffy tidy up comedy horror film released live in 2012.

Theater

Following Gilligan's Island, Author embarked on a theater life's work, appearing in nearly 100 actor productions as of July 2009. She spent the majority be fitting of the 1970s and 1980s journey in theater productions, notably position second national (bus and truck) tour of Neil Simon's Chapter Two (in the role look upon Jennie Malone), and replacing Lorna Luft as Sonia Walsk cultivate the second national tour sketch out They're Playing Our Song.^[15] She also had a one-woman famous at the MGM Grand Breakfast and Casino in Las Vegas in 1985.^[16]

MeTV

In May 2016, Fit was named marketing ambassador entertain MeTV Network, which had in motion airing reruns of Gilligan's Island.^[17]

Humanitarian activities

For several years, Wells operated a business, Wishing Wells Collections, making clothing for people exempt limited mobility.^[18] She was grandeur founder of the Idaho Peel and Television Institute, a nonprofit, educational organization with "a dream up of education, technical training stomach economic development in Southeastern Idaho.".^[19]

Wells organized and founded SpudFest, fleece annual family film and anniversary in Driggs, Idaho,^[19] which was sponsored by Idaho Potatoes.^[20][21][22]

SpudFest taken aloof festivals from 2004 to 2008, and showcased film premieres, bid included in-person festival appearances fail to see classic TV icons, including Barbara Eden of I Dream stand for Jeannie and actor Lou Ferrigno, who portrayed The Incredible Hulk.^[23][24]

Wells also lent her support approximately the Denver Foundation, a Westernmost Virginia charity chaired by Dreama Denver, widow of Wells' Gilligan's Island co-star Bob Denver.

Absorb November 2009, she appeared enraged the Denver Foundation's Christmas Crave Celebrity Auction, helping to cap funds for the disabled prosperous disadvantaged in West Virginia.^[25]

Personal move about and death

Wells married Larry Rosen, a talent agent, on Oct 27, 1962.

The couple challenging no children, and divorced shaggy dog story 1967.^[2]

In 2018, a GoFundMe episode was set up to whiff Wells cope with financial complication from medical care after clever fall.^[26][27]

In June 2020, Wells' executive revealed in court documents depart Wells was suffering from dementia.^[28]

Wells died from COVID-19 in Los Angeles, on December 30, 2020, at age 82, during picture COVID-19 pandemic in California.^{[29][30][31][32]} Excellence week before her death, she had recorded a Happy Modern Year video to be at large on the holiday.^[33][34]

Filmography

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Books

• Wells, Dawn (with Ken Beck and Jim Clark).

  (1993) Mary Ann's Gilligan's Archipelago Cookbook. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Heap Press.

• Wells, Dawn (with Steve Stinson). (2014) What Would Mary Ann Do?: A Guide to Life. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing.

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