Ginger or Mary Ann? - ECCIE Worldwide

This debate has raged for years. I found this little tidbit on Mary Ann...just thought i'd share it..

Dawn Wells was born on October 18, 1938, in Reno, which makes her 72 today.

Her father was a real estate developer who at one time owned a piece of the Thunderbird Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, but that’s pretty much the extent of her connection to the city.

She grew up in Reno and aspired to be a ballerina. Weak knees ended that dream, though she became Miss Nevada in 1959 and was one of 50 contestants in the 1960 Miss America pageant.
Dawn Wells majored in theater at the University of Washington, then moved to Hollywood where her wholesome beauty landed her the role of Mary Ann Summers in "Gilligan’s Island." That show ran for all of three seasons, but it cemented Wells’ place in the pantheon of flashes in the pan who parlayed her one hit into a lifetime of work as an actress, interviewer, and producer. She’s performed in scores of theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company of "They're Playing Our Song!" and "The Vagina Monologues."

In 1998, she founded the Dawn Wells' Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, Idaho, near where she spent summer vacations as a kid. She also has her own clothing line for the physically challenged called "Wishing Wells Collections," as well as her own skin-care line, Classic Beauty.
She was married once, to Larry Rosen, a theatrical agent (1962-1967). Rosen was her husband when she signed her contract for "Gilligan’s." According to Imdb, her original contract specified a salary of $1,200 per week, plus the residuals the six other castaways received: for only the first four reruns of each episode. But her husband/agent argued for a bigger chunk of the residuals. "Believing the show would flop, CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause, Dawn has made literally millions of dollars from syndication of ‘Gilligan's Island.’ Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only ones to profit long-term from the series."
In another bit of "Gilligan’s" trivia, reportedly Wells and Tina Louise, who played the bombshell Ginger, never liked each other and haven’t spoken for decades. They’ve turned down many of offers to appear together in TV ad campaigns and on commercials. Apparently, Mary Ann was consistently the most popular castaway, which made Louise jealous. In 1998, Bob Denver, who played Gilligan (as well as Maynard G. Krebbs on "Dobie Gillis"), was arrested after receiving a parcel containing marijuana. It was reported that Wells, rumored to be Denver’s supplier, had sent the package. Then, in 2007, Wells was pulled over near Driggs, Idaho, and a tiny amount of pot was found in the car. She denied the pot was hers, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, and was sentenced to five days in jail, fined $410.50, and placed on unsupervised probation.

BD

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BD = I think you may have a crush on the lovely Mary Ann. That's okay, I did too!

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Yea, I'm a Mary Ann fan too!

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Mary Ann all the way... gotta love those pigtails.

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Sorry Boys I always liked Ginger myself

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Sorry Boys I always liked Ginger myself Originally Posted by 36dddbrazilblondie

now this could make for a fun poll. who the guys liked. and who the girls liked.
MaryAnn was the hot one.

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Ginger reminded me of the type that was all show-no go. The type that wouldn't let you touch her hair and forget about ever getting oral.

Now Mary Ann seemed like someone who would be a true GFE. Maybe even a PSE if you took care of her.