Dawn Wells famously played farm girl Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," but Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch was also considered. Here's why Welch lost the role.

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" is, one could argue, a seminal text of American utopia. As we have covered in the pages of ...

Back in the 60s, when Dawn Wells played Mary Ann, everybody’s girl-next-door, on “Gilligan’s Island,” her short-shorts were considered a bit scandalous. While visiting Seattle for a book tour Monday, ...

Dawn Wells, who starred as Mary Ann in the popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died of COVID-19 complications, according to Variety. She was 82. Wells, a native of Reno, Nevada, also ...

It was on this day that those seven castaways went on a three hour tour only to have it stretched to almost three and a half years.

LOS ANGELES — Actress Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on the popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died at the age of 82. Her publicist announced her death to several media outlets and said it ...

GILLIGAN’S ISLAND sent its castaways on rescue attempt after rescue attempt, but the sitcom never got the chance to plan its own goodbye.