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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BInfobox%20actor%20%5Cn%7Cname%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20Dawn%20Wells%5Cn%7Cimage%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20Dawn_Wells.jpg%7C200px%5Cn%7Ccaption%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20Dawn%20Wells%20in%20the%201970%27s%5Cn%7Cbirth_name%20%20%20%3D%20Dawn%20Elberta%20Wells%5Cn%7Cbirth_date%20%20%20%3D%20%7B%7Bbirth%20date%20and%20age%7C1938%7C10%7C18%7D%7D%5Cn%7Cbirth_place%20%20%3D%20Reno%2C%20Nevada%2C%20U.S.%5Cn%7Cseries%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20%27%27%5B%5BGilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%27%27%20TV%20series%5Cn%7Ccharacter%20%20%20%20%3D%20%5B%5BMary%20Ann%5D%5D%5Cn%7Coccupation%20%20%20%3D%20Film%20and%20television%20actress%5Cn%7Cyearsactive%20%20%3D%201961%5Cu2013present%5Cn%7Cspouse%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20Larry%20Rosen%20%3Csmall%3E%28married%201962-1967%29%3C%5C%2Fsmall%3E%5Cn%7Cwebsite%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.dawn-wells.com%5C%2F%20Official%20website%5D%5Cn%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Infobox%20actor%20%5Cn%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <table class="infobox actor" data-rte-style="background:#f2f2f2; float:right; border-radius:5px; border:3px solid #3366cc; font-size:89%; width:275px;" style="background:#f2f2f2; float:right; border-radius:5px; border:3px solid #3366cc; font-size:89%; width:275px;" data-rte-attribs=" class=infobox actor style= background:#f2f2f2; float:right; border-radius:5px; border:3px solid #3366cc; font-size:89%; width:275px;"> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <th colspan="2" data-rte-style="border-radius:5px;background-color:#344D0E; border:2px solid black; color:#F8F8F8; font-size:140%; padding:.3em;" style="border-radius:5px;background-color:#344D0E; border:2px solid black; color:#F8F8F8; font-size:140%; padding:.3em;" data-rte-attribs=" colspan=2 style=border-radius:5px;background-color:#344D0E; border:2px solid black; color:#F8F8F8; font-size:140%; padding:.3em; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">Dawn Wells </th></tr> <tr data-rte-style="text-align:center;" style="text-align:center;" data-rte-attribs=" style=text-align:center;"> <td class="sb-both" colspan="2" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-both colspan=2"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Dawn_Wells.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Dawn%20Wells%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A250%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/7/75/Dawn_Wells.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20110518030604" width="250" height="289" class="image" data-image-name="Dawn Wells.jpg" data-image-key="Dawn_Wells.jpg" type="image" /> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Dawn Wells in the 1970's </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" data-rte-style="border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#3366CC; color:#f2f2f2;" style="border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#3366CC; color:#f2f2f2;" data-rte-attribs=" colspan=2 style=border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#3366CC; color:#f2f2f2; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">Personal Information </th></tr> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Birthplace:</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right">Reno, Nevada, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Occupation/<br data-rte-washtml="1" />Career:</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right">Film and television actress </td></tr> <tr> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Years active:</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right">1961–present </td></tr> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Spouse(s):</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right">Larry Rosen <small data-rte-washtml="1">(married 1962-1967)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Website/URL</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Official%20website%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.dawn-wells.com%5C%2F%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.dawn-wells.com%5C%2F%20Official%20website%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dawn-wells.com/">Official website</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" data-rte-style="border-radius:5px; background-color:#DCDCDC; border: 2px solid black; color:#001b46;" style="border-radius:5px; background-color:#DCDCDC; border: 2px solid black; color:#001b46;" data-rte-attribs=" colspan=2 style=border-radius:5px; background-color:#DCDCDC; border: 2px solid black; color:#001b46; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">Character/Series involvement </th></tr> <tr> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Series:</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right"><i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" class="new" title="Gilligan's Island (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR2lsbGlnYW4lMjdzX0lzbGFuZD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Gilligan's Island</a></i> TV series </td></tr> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <td class="sb-left" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-left"><b>Character played:</b> </td><td class="sb-right" data-rte-attribs="class=sb-right"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mary%20Ann%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mary%20Ann%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMary%20Ann%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" href="/wiki/Mary_Ann" title="Mary Ann">Mary Ann</a> </td></tr> </table> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Dawn Wells plays the character of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mary%20Ann%20Summers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mary%20Ann%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMary%20Ann%7CMary%20Ann%20Summers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" href="/wiki/Mary_Ann" title="Mary Ann">Mary Ann Summers</a>, a sweet naive country girl modeled after Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and a well-meaning clerk from Winfield, Kansas. Her character is described as gentle, kind and exceptionally warmhearted. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">She has performed in over 66 theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company of "They're Playing Our Song!" She has done countless voice-overs, commercials and talk shows. She worked for the Australian news show "Midday" and interviewed such talents as Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks, to name a few. Dawn has also had great success as a producer and has a number of television movies to her credit. She had a new project in the works for release in 2005. Along the way, she has appeared in numerous guest roles on other successful TV shows since the 1960's, such as <i>Wagon Train</i>, <i>Bonanza</i>, <i>Tales of Wells Fargo</i>, <i>87th Precinct</i>, <i>Surfside 6</i>, <i>Hawaiian Eye</i>, <i>It's a Man's World</i>, <i>Laramie</i>. <i>Burke's Law</i>, <i>The Invaders</i>, <i>The Wild Wild West</i>, <i>The F.B.I.</i>, <i>Vega$</i>, <i>The Love Boat</i>, <i>Fantasy Island</i>, <i>ALF</i>, <i>Herman's Head</i>, <i>Three Sisters</i>, <i>Pastor Greg</i>, and <i>Roseanne</i>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">After years of touring and performing in dramas, comedies, and musical theatre, Dawn finally slowed down a bit. In 1998, she founded the Dawn Wells' Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, Idaho. The camp is for the already trained actor looking to make the transition from the amateur to the professional actor. Wells still runs the camp to this day. In 2003, Dawn did tours of the plays "Love Letters" with Adam West and Eve Ensler's Award Winning "The Vagina Monologues". In early 2004, Dawn established and founded The Spud Film Institute in Idaho and Wyoming and held the first ever Spud Drive in Film and Music Festival, of which she served as the artistic director, in the summer of 2004. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Dawan also has her own clothing line for the physically challenged called "Wishing Wells Collections" and she recently launched her own skin care line, <i>Classic Beauty</i>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">She also mentors young actors and travels to colleges all across the United States to teach <i>Master Classes</i>. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">External links</h2> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="200544-4496388405f60a2ce0f5e6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BWikipedia%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Wikipedia%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p /> Loading editor Actress Main Cast Living Actors Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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