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 parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died ...

Dawn Wells, who starred as “good girl” Mary Ann in popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82. Pig-tailed and attired in her ...

She may have been relegated, along with Russell Johnson's the Professor, to part of "and the rest" on the season 1 theme song of Gilligan's Island, but Dawn Wells' Mary Ann Summers instantly became ...

Between Ginger and Mary Ann, there was one star who received more fan mail on the set of "Gilligan's Island." "That’s the easiest question," TV producer Lloyd J. Schwartz told Fox News Digital. "Dawn ...

First of all, Mary Ann was never "and the rest." She was much more than that. That dismissive "Gilligan's Island" theme-song lyric popped into my head when I heard the sad news that Dawn Wells, who ...

GILLIGAN’S ISLAND, the a beloved TV show from the '60s, followed seven cast-aways on an island, a plot that executives of ...

Dawn Wells, best known for playing eternal good girl Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island, has died. She was 82. Wells died Wednesday as a result of complications from COVID-19. Her publicist ...