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 is still amazed that friends and strangers are willing to throw a life ring her way. The 79-year-old actress, best known for starring as Mary Ann Summers on “Gilligan’s Island,” told Fox ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 'Gilligan's Island' actress joins #pretapodcasts on the show's 50th anniversary to talk about her new book 'What Would Mary Ann Do?' By Jessie Katz Dawn Wells Horizontal - H 2014 What’s also ...

(Reuters) - 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 ...