![]() She appeared in the live television dramas Studio One and Producers' Showcase. Her acting debut came in 1952 in the Bette Davis musical revue Two's Company, followed by roles in such other Broadway productions as John Murray Anderson's Almanac, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, and the hit musical Li'l Abner. She began studying acting, singing, and dancing at age 17 under Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in Manhattan. Louise got her first role at age two after being in an ad for her father's candy store. Tina attended PS 6, Scarborough Day School and Miami University. Her father, Joseph Blacker, was a candy store owner in Brooklyn, and later an accountant. She was an only child and was raised by her mother Sylvia (née Horn, later Myers), a fashion model. She also appeared in The Wrecking Crew, The Happy Ending, and The Stepford Wives (1975).īorn Tina Blacker on February 11, 1934, in New York City, by the time she was four years old her parents had divorced. Louise had starring roles in The Trap, The Hangman, Day of the Outlaw, and For Those Who Think Young. She began her career on stage in the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise is the last surviving cast member of the TV series. Not that we wouldn't watch it! Still, we're always ready, willing and able if the original ginger jezebel wants to take us on a three hour tour.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. ![]() Recently, she starred alongside Stephen Baldwin in Tapestry (2019) but it's doubtful she'll give us a nude scene at nearly ninety years old. She appeared in All My Children, Married With Children, and Roseanne, in the 90's and has been acting in movies late into her eighties. While she hasn't had a recurring role since the short lived soap opera Rituals in 1985, Tina has remained a steady actress. ![]() Tina played the trophy wife robot we'd like to poke, prod and program, Charmaine Wimperis in The Stepford Wives (1975) but really got our gears moving with a quick glance at some side-boob as she gets a massage in Mean Dog Blues (1978). The professor never fixed the boat because he wanted to work with those coconuts! Tina didn't want to be typecast and apparently did not get along with costar Dawn Wells, so she avoided any the show's reunions and TV movies while appearing on various episodes of huge 70's and 80's television shows like Kung Fu, Kojak, The Love Boat, Dallas and Fantasy Island. Sit right back and check out her near constantly bikini clad body and see if you can keep from grabbing your little buddy watching her play the "movie star" Ginger on Gilligan's Island. Tina made her critically acclaimed feature debut in the serious drama God's Little Acre (1958), but she could not have known that her fame would be confined to Gilligan's little acreage. And with all due respect to the pig-tailed girl next door, it's red haired raven Tina Louise that always got our vote. Maryanne versus Ginger was the famous debate about who you were bating to for young men growing up in the 1960's.
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