Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson had a special connection from the start of Gilligan’s Island. While the five other characters stranded on that uncharted desert isle were called out individually during ...

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 ...

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, ...

LOS ANGELES — Actress Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on the popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died at the age of 82. Her publicist announced her death to several media outlets and said it ...

Wells was sentenced to five days in jail and put on probation. Wells cut a deal with authorities and pleaded guilty to reckless driving, so the more serious drug counts were dropped.

DRIGGS, Idaho -- Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, is serving six months' unsupervised probation after being caught with marijuana in her car.

If you came of age watching Gilligan’s Island re-runs every day, it might come as a shock to find out that the series only aired for three seasons. But while it was in production only briefly, the ...

In the United States, the last time any of the extant cast members of "Gilligan's Island" were united on screen, specifically to reprise their characters from the show, was for a 1992 episode of ...