![]() A unique opportunity pursued Tina in 2005 with IGT (International Game Technology) in conjunction with Warner Bros. She has made numerous television appearances, from The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) to Entertainment Tonight (1981) and Access Hollywood (1996). In 2004 she received the coveted TVLand Pop Culture Icon Award in Los Angeles, which was aired nationally. Other film and television work followed, including Stephan Elliott Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) and Growing Down in Brooklyn (2000), and she guest-starred in the syndicated television series L.A. The film marked the debut of director Tom DiCillo, and won the 1992 Gold Leopard Award for Best Picture at the 44th International Film Festival at Lorcano, Switzerland. In 1991 Tina appeared in Johnny Suede (1991), in which she co-starred with Brad Pitt. Tina was cast as a regular on the first season of Dallas (1978) and has profuse credits in made-for-TV films for ABC and NBC, including Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979), The Day the Women Got Even (1980), Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) and the famed ABC movie Nightmare in Badham County (1976). Moving among Broadway, television and motion pictures, she next starred in The Happy Ending (1969), directed by Richard Brooks, The Stepford Wives (1975) with Katherine Ross andÄog Day (1984), with Lee Marvin and French actress Miou-Miou. She continued her work in Hollywood, starring in the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964) as Ginger Grant. He influenced my life as no other man ever has." After several more films, Tina returned to Broadway to star with Carol Burnett in "Fade in, Fade Out". Lee Strasberg," says Tina, "had the most dynamic effect on me. It was at this point in her career that she began studying with Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio in New York because she believed it was "time to develop and deepen my knowledge of the craft. Stellar reviews caught the attention of Hollywood and Tina signed up for her first feature film, God's Little Acre (1958), which was an entry in the Venice Film Festival. ![]() Not that we wouldn't watch it! Still, we're always ready, willing and able if the original ginger jezebel wants to take us on a three hour tour.Born in New York City, Tina was still in her teens when she burst upon the national scene by starring on Broadway in the critically acclaimed box-office success "Li'l Abner", based on the famous comic strip character created by Al Capp. Recently, she starred alongside Stephen Baldwin in Tapestry (2019) but it's doubtful she'll give us a nude scene at nearly ninety years old. ![]() She appeared in All My Children, Married With Children, and Roseanne, in the 90's and has been acting in movies late into her eighties. While she hasn't had a recurring role since the short lived soap opera Rituals in 1985, Tina has remained a steady actress. ![]() Tina played the trophy wife robot we'd like to poke, prod and program, Charmaine Wimperis in The Stepford Wives (1975) but really got our gears moving with a quick glance at some side-boob as she gets a massage in Mean Dog Blues (1978). The professor never fixed the boat because he wanted to work with those coconuts! Tina didn't want to be typecast and apparently did not get along with costar Dawn Wells, so she avoided any the show's reunions and TV movies while appearing on various episodes of huge 70's and 80's television shows like Kung Fu, Kojak, The Love Boat, Dallas and Fantasy Island. Sit right back and check out her near constantly bikini clad body and see if you can keep from grabbing your little buddy watching her play the "movie star" Ginger on Gilligan's Island. Tina made her critically acclaimed feature debut in the serious drama God's Little Acre (1958), but she could not have known that her fame would be confined to Gilligan's little acreage. And with all due respect to the pig-tailed girl next door, it's red haired raven Tina Louise that always got our vote. ![]() Maryanne versus Ginger was the famous debate about who you were bating to for young men growing up in the 1960's. ![]()
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