The latter, as a movie star, had a full name we all knew: Ginger Grant. I bet you don't even know Mary Ann's last name. It was Summers, which fits her girl-next-door image. And that's probably why ...

Mary Ann resonated because, as Wells said, "She either would have been the girlfriend, (or) she’d have been your best friend. I wouldn’t have tried to take your boyfriend away from you.

Dawn Wells, who played farm girl Mary Ann Summers on “Gilligan’s Island” from 1964 to 1967 — alongside Tina Louise’s movie star Ginger Grant, one of the two “eligible” women on the ...

Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers, the ponytailed innocent trapped for years on "Gilligan's Island," turns 74 Thursday. Stop a minute, build a radio out of coconuts and let that sink in ...

Gilligan’s Island cast members, from left, Dawn Wells (as Mary Ann Summers), Bob Denver (as Gilligan) and Tina Louise (as Ginger Grant), on set of episode “Voodoo Something to Me.” Image ...

I'm in the Mary Ann camp of the "Ginger or Mary Ann?" debate and was fortunate to meet Dawn Wells at a "Gilligan's Island" DVD boat party. Watch Party Newsletter Best TV shows of 2025 📺 Win ...

Ginger, Mary Ann and Mrs. Howell ... What was Mary Ann’s backstory? Mary Ann Summers was a young woman from Kansas who jumped aboard the S.S. Minnow for a three-hour tour.

Dawn Wells, who played the lovable castaway Mary Ann Summers on “Gilligan’s Island,” died in Los Angeles on Wednesday from Covid-19 complications, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN.

Dawn Wells, the girl-next-door actress and former beauty queen who played the sweet Mary Ann Summers on the iconic CBS sitcom 'Gilligan's Island,' has died. She was 82. Skip to main content ...

Alongside Ginger Grant, the late performer's Mary Ann Summers left a mark in the collective pop consciousness that long outlasted "Gilligan's Island" itself.

Dawn Wells, best known for playing the girl-next-door castaway Mary Ann on the iconic CBS comedy series Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles of complications due to Covid-19 ...

Dawn Wells, the girl-next-door actress and former beauty queen who played the sweet Mary Ann Summers on the iconic CBS sitcom ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ has died. She was 82.