Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TINA LOUISE!
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: tina Louise is an american actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan’s Island . she began her career on stage during the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in Tina’s father was a candy store owner in Brooklyn and later an accountant . the name Louise was allegedly added during her senior year in high school . began studying acting, singing, and dancing at age 17 under San her pictorials for Playboy in May 1958 and April 1959 were arranged by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to promote her . she appeared in the live television dramas Studio One, Producers’ Showcase, and Appoint she turned down roles in Li’l Abner and Operation Petticoat, taking roles on Broadway and in Italian cinema . Among her italian film credits were The Siege of Syracuse, directed by Pietro Francisci . in 1964, she left the Broadway musical Fade Out – Fade In to portray movie star Ginger Grant on the situation comedy Gilligan’s Island . over time, she became unhappy with the role and worried that it would typecast Louise did not appear in the movies Rescue from Gilligan’s Island or The Castaways on the island . she appeared in the spoof The Wrecking Crew (1969) with Dean Martin and in The Stepford the role of Ginger was recast with Judith Baldwin and Constance Forslund . she made brief walk-on appearances on talk shows and specials for Gilligan’s Island reunions . in the 1990s in 2005, she wrote a brief, affectionate memorial to series star Denver . in 2014, she starred in the spiritual drama, Tapestry and the horror film Late Phases. the album has been reissued on CD twice, most recently on the UK label Harkit Records . the album was released on iTunes in 2012 . Coleman Hawkins is featured on tenor sax . Louise Crane’s first novel, Stupid and Contagious, was published in 2006 . she is a member of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences . Louise has been a vocal advocate for improving the latter is a children’s book that inspires children to believe they can become whatever they choose . Louise is quoted as saying, “the best movie you’ll ever be in is your own life”