Biography

A former model and nightclub singer, red-haired beauty Tina Louise trained at the Actors Studio and the Neighborhood Playhouse. After her success in the Broadway musical "Li'l Abner, " she went to Hollywood and played in a variety of films, but is best known for her comic turn as the Marilyn Monroe-ish stranded movie star Ginger in the long-running TV series "Gilligan's Island."

Filmography

Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) (TV) (archive footage) .... Herself
... aka Surviving Gilligan's Island (2001) (TV) (USA: short title)
Gilligan's Island: The E! True Hollywood Story (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Growing Down in Brooklyn (2000) .... Mrs. Pip
Little Pieces (2000)

Gilligan's Island: Underneath the Grass Skirt (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) .... Bella
"All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Tish Pridmore (1994)
... aka "All My Children: The Summer of Seduction" (2001) (USA: promotional title)
West From North Goes South (1993)
Johnny Suede (1991) .... Mrs. Fontaine

Dixie Lanes (1988) .... Violet Hunter
... aka Relative Secrets (1988) (USA: video title)
Miloha (1987)
... aka Pool, The (1987)
Evils of the Night (1985) .... Cora
O.C. and Stiggs (1985) .... Florence Beaugereaux
"Rituals" (1984) TV Series .... Taylor Chapin Field Von Platen (1984-85)
Hellriders (1984) .... Claire Delaney
Canicule (1984) .... Noémie Blue
... aka Dog Day (1984) (USA)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981) (TV) .... Diane Marsh
Day the Women Got Even, The (1980) (TV) .... Mary Jo Alfieri

Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979) (TV) .... Joan Holmes
Mean Dog Blues (1978) .... Donna Lacey
"Dallas" (1978) TV Series .... Julie Grey (1978-1979)
SST: Death Flight (1977) (TV) .... Mae
... aka Death Flight (1977) (TV)
... aka Flight of the Maiden (1977) (TV) (USA)
... aka SST: Disaster in the Sky (1977) (TV) (USA: reissue title)
Nightmare in Badham County (1976) (TV) .... Greer
... aka Nightmare (1976) (TV)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) (TV) .... Marjean Dorn
... aka Rosemary's Baby II (1976) (TV)
Death Scream (1975) (TV) .... Hilda Murray
... aka Streetkill (1975) (TV)
... aka Woman Who Cried Murder, The (1975) (TV)
Stepford Wives, The (1975) .... Charmaine Wimperis
Call to Danger (1973) (TV) .... April Tierney
Film Portrait (1972) .... Herself
Love It Or Leave It (1971) .... Woman
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970) (TV) .... Miss Spencer

Happy Ending, The (1969) .... Helen Bricker
Good Guys and the Bad Guys, The (1969) .... Mrs. Carmel Flannagan, Wilker's Mistress
How to Commit Marriage (1969) .... Laverne Baker
Wrecking Crew, The (1969) .... Lola Medina
Fischio al naso, Il (1967) .... Dr. Immer Mehr
... aka Seventh Floor, The (1967) (International: English title)
... aka Whistle in the Nose, and the Seventh Floor, The (1967)
Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964) (TV)
For Those Who Think Young (1964) .... Topaz McQueen
"Gilligan's Island" (1964) TV Series .... Ginger Grant
Assedio di Siracusa, L' (1962) .... Artemide/Lucrezia
... aka Siege of Syracuse (1962) (UK)
... aka Siège de Syracuse, Le (1962) (France)
Armored Command (1961) .... Alexandra Bastegar
Saffo, venere di Lesbo (1960) .... Sappho
... aka Warrior Empress, The (1960)
Viva l'Italia! (1960) .... French Journalist
... aka Garibaldi (1960) (USA)

Day of the Outlaw (1959) .... Helen Crane
Trap, The (1959) .... Linda Anderson
... aka Baited Trap, The (1959) (UK)
Hangman, The (1959) .... Selah Jennison
God's Little Acre (1958) .... Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law
"Jan Murray Time" (1955) TV Series .... Singer