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 ...

Gilligan’s Island fans likely can’t imagine a scenario in which Mary Ann wasn’t part of the group stranded on a deserted island. Mary Ann, played by Dawn Wells, stole the hearts of fans for all three ...

Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson had a special connection from the start of Gilligan’s Island. While the five other characters stranded on that uncharted desert isle were called out individually during ...

More than 60 years ago, seven castaways arrived on a deserted island. Find out what happened to the cast of 'Gilligan’s Island' after the series finale in 1967 CBS Photo Archive/Getty In 1964, a ...

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, 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 ...