![]() ![]() and Stiggs" (1987), among other projects. Despite this, Louise continued to work after "Gilligan" ended, co-starring with Dean Martin in the swinging action flick "The Wrecking Crew" (1968), taking a supporting role in the seminal sci-fi thriller "The Stepford Wives" (1975), and appearing in Robert Altman's teen comedy "O.C. Louise was the only cast member who refused to return for any of the post-series TV movies, and often claimed that the show ruined her career, as she was no longer seen as a serious actress. She fought often with producers, especially creator Sherwood Schwartz, over screen time (she originally thought Ginger was supposed to be the main character) and creative freedom. Though the show was beloved by fans, Louise's tenure on the show was not a happy one. The tale of a disparate bunch of castaways attempting to survive on an abandoned desert island, with comedic results, Ginger, the movie star, was originally written as a sharp-tongued diva, but Louise instead played her as a sexed up bombshell, a la Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield. However, Louise would book the role that came to define her when she was cast as Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67). She was soon appearing in all sorts of pictures, ranging from film noir ("The Trap" ), to westerns ("The Hangman" and "Day of the Outlaw" ) to beach party comedies ("For Those Who Think Young" ). Louise made her film debut at age 24, with the drama "God's Little Acre" (1958). She soon began booking work as a model, often as a pinup girl. ![]() After attending Miami University in Ohio, Louise returned to New York, where she studied acting under the instruction of Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Louise earned her nom de fame when she complained to her high school drama teacher that she was the only girl in class who didn't have a middle name. Her parents divorced when she was 4, and she was raised mostly by her mother. Born Tina Blacker on Februin New York City to a candy store owner father and a fashion model mother, Louise began her screen career very early, appearing in an ad for her father's candy store at the age of 2. I played Appassionata Von Climax in the movie version of "Lil Abner" last year.Tina Louise was an American actress who carved out a nearly six-decade long career for herself in film in television, though to her chagrin, she was mainly remembered for playing a glamorous movie star stranded on a desert island in one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. ![]() I was attending Memphis State College when I became interested in acting and modeling. Writing, reading, collecting record albums - and men. Money in their pockets, hair on their chests, brains in their heads. Photography by Don Ornitz and Frank Schallwigįresh strawberries for breakfast in bed, and sleeping late. Looks like 1960 will be a twinkling year for Miss January, whose first name, we just remembered, means star. We've become accustomed to girls' making good in the movies, TV, and on the stage after their Playmate appearances, but this was a new twist. While the Playboy lensman was snapping away, the phone rang, and on the other end was great and giddy news for Miss Stevens - she had plucked one of the acting plums of the year, in the film version of the hit musical, Li'l Abner, playing Appassionata von Climax, the role created on Broadway by Tina Louise. Stella Stevens, an eye-filling inhabitant of Southern California, was summoned thence from Tennessee to test for the lead in a film about Jean Harlow, but the movie never came off and bella Stella had to content herself with so-so assignments in Say One for Meand The Blue Angel, films in which she appeared fleetingly and rather out of focus in the B.G., which is script talk for background, not Benny Goodman.Īt this propitious moment Playboy was prospecting the hoopla hills of Hollywood for Playmates and we came upon fair Stella, deemed her delightful to behold, and invited her to pose for our famous center spread. ![]()
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