Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which ... she received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise had starring roles in a number of Hollywood movies, including The Trap, The Hangman, Day of the Outlaw, and For Those Who Think Young. Louise later returned to film, appearing in The Wrecking Crew, The Happy Ending, and The Stepford Wives (1975). Tina Blacker was born in New York City. By the time she was four years of age, her parents had divorced. An only child, she was raised by her mother, Sylvia Horn (née Myers) Blacker (1916–2011), a fashion model. Tina's father, Joseph Blacker, was a candy store owner in Brooklyn and later an accountant. The name "Louise" was allegedly added during her senior year in high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name. He selected the name "Louise" and it stuck. She attended Miami University in Ohio. At the early age of just two years, Tina got her first role, after being seen in an ad for her father's candy store. She played numerous roles until she decided it was best to focus on school work. By the age of 17, Louise began studying acting, singing and dancing. She studied acting under Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. During her early acting years, she was offered modeling jobs, including as a rising starlet, who along with Jayne Mansfield, was a product advocate in the 1958 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, and appeared on the cover of several pinup magazines such as Adam, Sir! and Modern Man. Her later pictorials for Playboy (May 1958; April 1959) were arranged by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to further promote the young actress. Louise with Gene Barry from the television series Burke's Law (1964). Her acting debut came in 1952 in the Bette Davis musical revue Two's Company,[4] followed by roles in other Broadway productions, such as John Murray Anderson's Almanac, The Fifth Season, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? She appeared in such early live television dramas as Studio One, Producers' Showcase, and Appointment with Adventure. In 1957, she appeared on Broadway in the hit musical Li'l Abner. Her album, It's Time for Tina, was released that year, with songs such as "Embraceable You" and "I'm in the Mood for Love". Louise made her Hollywood film debut in 1958 in God's Little Acre. That same year, the National Art Council named her the "World's Most Beautiful Redhead." The next year she starred in Day of the Outlaw, with Robert Ryan. She became an in-demand leading lady for major stars like Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark, often playing somber roles quite unlike the glamorous pinup photographs and Playboy pictorials she had become famous for in the late 1950s. ] In 1962, she guest-starred on the sitcom The Real McCoys, portraying a country girl from West Virginia in an episode titled "Grandpa Pygmalion". Two years later, prior to the development of Gilligan's Island, she appeared with Bob Denver in the beach party film For Those Who Think Young. CLR
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Gilligan's Island
as Ginger Grant
Episodes: 98
First Aired: Sep 26, 1964
Dallas
as Julie Grey
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 02, 1978
CHiPs
as Edie Marshall
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
Burke's Law
as Bonnie Belle Tate
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Angie Powell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1963
Knight Rider
as Anne Tyler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Kojak
as Audrey Norris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1973
Studio One
as Dolores
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Ironside
as Candy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Climax!
as Maxene Sumner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
The New Breed
as Stella Knowland
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1961
CHiPs
as Tina Louise (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
The Love Boat
as Tina Louise
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Married... with Children
as Miss Beck
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1987
Checkmate
as Joanne Dunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1960
Bonanza
as Mary Burns
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Love, American Style
as Mrs. Michele Rossi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
The Real McCoys
as Tilda Hicks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1957
The Love Boat
as Betty Bricker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Mannix
as Linda Cole
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1967
Love, American Style
as Aubrey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Love, American Style
as Lola
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Police Story
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 20, 1973
Kung Fu
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Simon & Simon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 24, 1981
L.A. Heat
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 15, 1999
Route 66
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1960
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
Matt Houston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Blacke's Magic
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1986
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 1950
The Jackie Gleason Show
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Sep 17, 1966
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