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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ATina_Louise.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C250px%7CTina%20Louise%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Tina_Louise.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Tina%20Louise%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Tina%20Louise%22%2C%22width%22%3A250%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Tina%20Louise%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/f/fc/Tina_Louise.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140919174321" width="214" height="317" class="image thumb alignRight withCaption" data-image-name="Tina Louise.jpg" data-image-key="Tina_Louise.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Born February 11, 1934, <b>Tina Louise Blacker</b> is an American actress, singer, and author, best known for Gilligan's Island, She was born an only child in New York City to a Jewish family. The name "Louise" was allegedly added during her senior year in high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name. He selected the name "Louise" and it stuck. She attended Miami University in Ohio where she began studying acting, singing and dancing, taking acting classes under Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. She also dabbled in modeling between acting roles, appearing on the covers of several pin-up magazines such as Adam, Sir! and Modern Man with later pictorials presented to Playboy by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to further promote her career. Her acting debut came in 1952 in the musical revue, Two's Company, followed by roles in other Broadway productions, such as John Murray Anderson's Almanac, The Fifth Season, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? During the Fifties, she appeared in such early live television dramas as Studio One, Producers' Showcase, and Appointment with Adventure while concurrently appearing on Broadway. As a singer, she released one album, "It's Time for Tina," which was released originally on Concert Hall in 1957 and later reissued on Urania Records in 1958, the same year as her Hollywood film debut was in God's Little Acre. The National Art Council named her the "World's Most Beautiful Redhead." She became an in-demand leading lady for major stars like Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark and Robert Ryan, later turning down roles in the film versions of Li'l Abner and "Operation Petticoat" to take roles on Broadway and in Italian cinema. When she returned to the United States, she began studying with Lee Strasberg and became a member of the Actors Studio. She appeared in the TV show, The Real McCoys, and the 1964 beach party film For Those Who Think Young with Bob Denver, prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. While she was staring in the Broadway musical, Fade Out – Fade In, she was called to star as the role of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ginger%20Grant%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ginger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGinger%7CGinger%20Grant%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Ginger" title="Ginger">Ginger Grant</a> in Gilligan's Island, after the part was turned down by Jayne Mansfield. It is believed her agent at the time might have lied to her about the importance of her role to get her to take the job. She also reportedly said in a magazine interview that working on TV was nothing compared to real acting. Publically, it became known she was unhappy with the role and worried that it would typecast her, but she remained cordial to her co-stars. The character did make her a pop icon of the era, and after the series ended in 1967, Louise continued to work in film, such as The Wrecking Crew in 1969 with Dean Martin and the original Stepford Wives in 1975. <!-- RTE::{"spaces":1,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->During "Gilligan's Island," She was romanced by and ultimately married radio and TV announcer/interviewer Les Crane, whom she divorced in 1974. They had one daughter, Caprice Crane in 1970, who became an MTV producer and a novelist. Tina went on to make numerous guest appearances in various television series, including "Kojak," "Dallas" and "Married With Children" as well as the TV films, Nightmare in Badham County, Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, SST: Death Flight and Friendships, Secrets and Lies. In 1978, she was asked to reprise her role as Ginger in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rescue%20From%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rescue%20From%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRescue%20From%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" class="new" title="Rescue From Gilligan's Island (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmVzY3VlX0Zyb21fR2lsbGlnYW4lMjdzX0lzbGFuZD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Rescue From Gilligan's Island</a> and turned it down, reportedly changing her mind to reunite with the cast only to decide against it once more. The role was recast with actress <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Judith%20Baldwin%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Judith%20Baldwin%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJudith%20Baldwin%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Judith_Baldwin" title="Judith Baldwin">Judith Baldwin</a>, who beat out actress Cassandra Peterson, TV's "Elvira, The Mistress of the Dark." Tina publicly never spoke of "Gilligan's Island" except to say it was a fun series to work on, but her supporters point out that she speaks very little on her old projects. She did make brief walk-on appearances on a few talk shows and specials for Gilligan's Island reunions, such as Good Morning America in 1982, The Late Show in 1988, the 2004 TV Land Awards. In the Nineties, she was reunited with costars <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bob%20Denver%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bob%20Denver%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBob%20Denver%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Bob_Denver" title="Bob Denver">Bob Denver</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dawn%20Wells%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dawn%20Wells%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDawn%20Wells%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Dawn_Wells" title="Dawn Wells">Dawn Wells</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Russell%20Johnson%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Russell%20Johnson%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRussell%20Johnson%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Russell_Johnson" title="Russell Johnson">Russell Johnson</a> in an episode of Roseanne, later choosing not to reunite with them for the television film Surviving Gilligan's Island (2001), co-produced by Wells, where was portrayed by actress <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kristen%20Dalton%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kristen%20Dalton%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKristen%20Dalton%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17495739315f60a2f965446" href="/wiki/Kristen_Dalton" title="Kristen Dalton">Kristen Dalton</a>. With Denver's passing in 2005, she wrote a brief, affectionate memorial to him in the year-end "farewell" issue of Entertainment Weekly. Tina went also starred in the syndicated serial Rituals, in 1985, O.C. and Stiggs and the independent Johnny Suede with Brad Pitt. Now living in New York City, Louise became a volunteer teacher at Learning Leaders, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing tutoring to New York City school children. It has been her passion to help young students gain not only literary skills, but also confidence, self-determination and proof of their own potential. She has written two books, "Sunday: A Memoir" and "When I Grow Up," a children's book that inspires children to believe they can become whatever they choose. She published a second children's book titled What Does a Bee Do? She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. </p><p /> Loading editor Actress Main Cast Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes