TINA LOUISE

Tina Louise is an American actress born in New York who portrayed the role of Ginger Grant in the comedic TV series Gilligan’s Island. After advertising in her father’s candy store, Louise took up her first role at the age of 2. She started to learn acting, singing, and dancing under Sanford Meisner in Manhattan’s Neighborhood Theater when she was 17. In 1958, the star won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer, giving due credits to her performance in the comic drama film God’s Little Acre.

She continued to appear in a couple of other movies, but her career hardly seemed to go any further, and failed to rake in any more investments. Louise believed her appearance in Giligan’s Island destroyed her career since she could no longer portray anyone else besides the comedic Ginger Grant.