Tina Louise/Sept. 1992 - A look back at Gilligan's Island, her acting, her business venture

A clip from 'The Hart File', Mary Hart's interviews with television celebrities from past successful television series - this clip from the September 15, 1992 Entertainment Tonight show episode.
I wanted to post this particular video clip today, February 11th, to remind fans of the wonderful Tina Louise on her birthday. Happy Birthday Tina - best wishes for many more.
This video clip is for the enjoyment and educational information of KZbin viewers. No copyright infringement is intended. Enjoy!

[@VolksdeutscheSS]

Wonderful show--great actors all of them.

[@TheGuillermo519]

I also recorded this ET segment back in 1992. She still was every inch "The Movie Star".

[@mbrew3244]

RIP Dawn, Tina Louise is the last castaway with us.

[@davidtaylor9219]

Tina Louise is Awesome. 2 Thumbs Up to her 👍👍

[@nunecampos9322]

I always had a crush of Tina baby

[@AndyMillerPerv]

Gosh the older this woman gets the sexier she gets I still am in LOVE with this woman

[@Izakokomarixyz]

You haven't seen her recently have you....?

[@leafyutube]

Izakokomarixyz She's 80 years old. Just so you know, people age. We're not vampires.

[@AndyMillerPerv]

I have seen her recently ..she looks like this call girl i once had I'd sure Love to sit down next to her in a park bench in the middle of the night n keep her company

[@Izakokomarixyz]

I guess some guys like the botoxed elderly zombie look...

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

She had a serious problem being so associated with Gilligan’s Island and had nothing to do with any reboot movies or reunions. She finally loosened up about the association just before cast members started passing away. Now, she is the last remaining member of the cast.

[@unknownstranger6875]

Because of the whole Ginger vs Mary Ann thing. It ended up extending to the actresses, so I can’t blame her for not wanting to be involved in the reunions.

[@no2well]

She's so beautiful, at any age!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Yep, unfortunately, when she got wrinkly, Tina isn't such a fox anymore.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

david Buchanon david buchanon That's my point.

[@jameswoods1354]

Tina Louise looks gorgeous and sexy.

[@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon]

Mary Ann or Ginger????

[@rogerrichards8101]

+mary ann

[@future4you]

+Roger Richards Only while she was tending the carrots growl.

[@future4you]

Mary Ann when she's tending the carrots! Tina when she's holding those coconuts!!!

[@dennis3065]

I know it's been two years since you asked. I've thought about this and decided Ginger was psychologically weaker and more needy. So Ginger.

[@waynej2608]

Ginger. But it is legal, and even 'nice', to like them both!

[@jakesnake6720]

Tina Louise acting. Lol lol lol bahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha

[@joeyjenks2971]

You are Truly a Movie Star Tina Louise then and now and every one else out there that agrees with me please give her a Thumbs up Thank you from Joey in Honolulu , Hawaii , Aloha 😎

[@joejoe9435]

actually she looks absolutely beautiful here....

[@ericlindal8008]

Tina Louise is right about staying out of the sun to keep your skin young looking and undamaged. I am surprised parasols are not used more often by these beautiful women to keep them young looking.

[@billlozier5551]

Nothing makes a woman look more rediculas than plastic surgery. Aloe Vera, drinking water and good genes are the best ways to stay healthy and keep a beautiful look even with wrinkles and crows feet.

[@Mr.mythbuster487]

Like it or hate it Gilligan Island is still great after all these years. I have introduced to my grandkids. Its their favorite. And you don't have to worry about sex or vilance. It was just a fun show!!

[@tina8796]

Tina Louise is gorgeous and has always taken great care of herself

[@louismartinjr1128]

As long as I live, Tina Louise will always be my Ginger Grant, a beautiful goddess

[@MH-ie8dy]

Louis Martin Jr. As long as you look at her in Gilligan's Island.

[@lloydkline6946]

Ginger was beyond gorgeous on Gilligan 🏝 Island red hair, exquisite skin, tall,etc etc

[@colinwilliams553]

And to think, She is Literally the LAST surviving cast member of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.We lost Dawn Wells months earlier or Co vid related symptoms.

[@eadecamp]

I googled "sun poisoning" and realized I got it a lot as a kid. The pain is hell if you swim in the salty ocean water (I was a kid, okay?). Unfortunately, fair-skinned "gingers" (no pun intended) like Tina Louise are the most susceptible to it.

[@trhansen3244]

It is absolutely criminal the actors in this series didn't benefit all these years financially. The show has been in reruns forever and yet the actors only got a limited amount of that over the first few runs. Sherwood Schwartz should have done right by them. They are the biggest reason for the show's success.

[@ahsoka6807]

Yeah that was wrong dude. They should have been covered for life.

[@billlozier5551]

Actually Dawn & Russell did receive benefits. They were very insightful and saw the reruns coming. They were the only two, the professor & Mary Ann to put it in their contracts.

[@TruthProvider]

But for only 2 years of residuals.

[@mariemiller1082]

Too bad she was too young when gunsmoke came out....she would've made a good miss kitty!!!

[@tina8796]

she looks like Miss Kitty's sister, actually

[@unknownstranger6875]

A lot of these comments only prove why she regrets taking on the role of Ginger…you all are vile. She is NOT Ginger. Ginger is a character she played. You like Mary Ann? Great. But why put Tina down just to elevate Dawn? What became Ginger vs Mary Ann became Tina vs Dawn. None of you all even knew these two women so how do you know Tina was stuck up? It’s no wonder she didn’t want to be a part of the reunions. Who would when you got a lot of haters telling you another woman is better than you in every way? Who wouldn’t be upset when people are judging you based on a character you played? And for those who claim she lacks talent? Have you not seen her filmography? Do you not realize she was in one of the most iconic films ever? The Stepford Wives.

[@HJohn-xn9ub]

Don’t you know? This isn’t the real Ginger Grant. It’s Eva Grubb, *posing* as Ginger Grant! Come on people! 😉

[@billlozier5551]

Funny.

[@scottiehall8695]

Most people won't know what you are referring to but since I've seen every episode of Gilligan's Island at least 20 times, I do.

[@ranman5491]

Tina Louise was gorgeous, she got me through puberty if you know what I mean, lol. Absolutely beautiful.

[@ADEehrh]

My hart belongs to Mary ann!

[@lloydkline6946]

Mary looks gorgeous today, but ginger was beyond gorgeous on Gilligan Island red hair, exquisite skin, tall

[@TheGuillermo519]

Just noticed, this video was uploaded on Tina's birthday, February 11th.

[@stacyharper7783]

Tina louise and burt Rey holds share the same birthday.

[@colinwilliams553]

And to think, She is Literally the LAST surviving cast member of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.We lost Dawn Wells months earlier or Co vid related symptoms.

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Love her beauty mark cheek😀 always thought she was a cute Giner

[@larry930legend]

I watched Gilligan when it first aired in 1964, believe it Ginger was the hottest shell on the beach,especially when CBS went color. I gotta rescue her.

[@eadecamp]

+larry930legend I like how you put that.

[@davidhunt2321]

it first aired in 1963..

[@dennis3065]

Tina Louise was also in a beginning scene of a 1997 movie called, "Welcome to Woop Woop".

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

She was 58 at the time and looked great!

[@jameswoods1354]

Still does.

[@iknow7345]

I thought she fall the map and was unhappy nice . To see the rumors were wrong way to go Tina your my favorite . Thats it live long

[@squatch545]

You can see Tina Louise in the 2014 werewolf movie Late Phases

[@billlozier5551]

Tini got a bad rap after Gilligan's Island. Truth is she was much more talented and none of the other actors went on with any success. Tina did. Her frustration was she was type cast when she knew she was so much more than Ginger Grant. Love her.

[@joejoe9435]

beautiful

[@DrRish-wx3wf]

Ginger all day over Maryann.

[@sandybrecken4583]

ALL ABOUT HER, ME ME ME ME ME

[@rossmartenak5517]

So-called "Tina Louise" wasn't even her full name. She was born Tina Louise Blackner. Anyone that sells out their heritage altering their birth name, is deceitful & disrespectful to their parents.

[@allenblack3785]

Always the sexiest.

[@erlic1967]

The one show that made her famous she hated the most, She was a very bitter person.

[@kianalove9273]

+BRAD BITTLE she was already famous she won a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for God's Little Acre in 1959 and was in demand as a leading lady way before Gilligan's Island

[@ussuperprints1821]

agreed she is a example for us all sometimes our greatess blessing is already here...always embrace what you have ,even while on the journey for more

[@jakesnake6720]

+US Superprints she was lucky however ungrateful for the role of Ginger. Anyone could have done that role.

[@MH-ie8dy]

She was upset because her agent fooled her into thinking she was the star of Gilligan's Island.

[@billlozier5551]

She is the only cast member who did anything after G.I. She was type cast. She was really the most talented of any cast member.

[@jonathankieranwriter]

She tried to start a women’s parasol company?!? I’ll bet that was a gigantic hit. 🤣 Tina Louise should have endorsed bikini-tops made out of coconut shells. She would have been able to milk that line for decades. Yuh. 🤪

[@patrickarseneault7407]

shes the last surviving cast member of the show

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

And now at 90 years 5 months and 7 days old, she surpasses Natalie Schafer as the oldest living cast member.

[@traveller4790]

Tina Louise HATES being remembered as "Ginger," and was so pissed off about it that when they held cast reunions she refused to show up - just as she refused to reprise her role as "Ginger" when "Rescue From Gilligan's Island" was made. She thinks that role typecast her and ruined her career, never taking into consideration that maybe she just wasn't all that great an actress to begin with.

[@beckytaylor9003]

as I said she's too stuck up

[@unknownstranger6875]

Or maybe, just maybe she hated the whole Ginger vs Mary Ann thing. Not only was her character frequently put down in favor of elevating Mary Ann, the actresses were frequently compared with people claiming Dawn was better. Tina and Dawn were not Ginger and Mary Ann. Ginger and Mary Ann were characters they played. How do you all even know she’s stuck up? Your comments prove my point. Poor Tina. She deserves better.

[@billlozier5551]

Your smoking crack. Never has Tina said she hated being remembered as Ginger. She actually did appear on talk show reunions. She was a tremendous actress and did work before and after G.I. The rest on the cast did nothing. Tina rocks!

[@traveller4790]

@@unknownstranger6875 What I know is from what I heard her say in an interview many years ago. When she was first signed on to the show she was under the impression that her character was going to be one of the main characters; as the show progressed Dawn Well's character became more popular, and this pissed Tina off. (Understandably so, I might add.) And all my comment proves is that she had an attitude as exemplified by her flat-out refusal to star in the sequel movie.

[@traveller4790]

@@billlozier5551 Yes, she has said that. Heard it myself in an interview she gave many years ago. And I never said she wasn't a good actress, did I? And I vehemently disagree with your bullshit comment disparaging the rest of the cast. Alan Ladd Jr and Bob Denver were two of the most talented actors to ever grace the small screen, and Tina Louise couldn't hold a candle to them. End of fuckin' story.

[@richrol58]

She still looks damn good here--unfortunately it was 23 years ago:(

[@realniggashit3]

What are you talking about? She's 86. Lucky to be even alive at that age.

[@richrol58]

@@realniggashit3 Uhh, can't disagree but what does that have to do with how she looked 23 YEARS AGO...??

[@realniggashit3]

​@@richrol58 You said "unfortunately". She was 58 here. 86 now. The odds are against a 58 years old still being alive 28 years later, so she's doing great just by staying alive and seemingly healthy. My grandma always says getting old sucks, but the alternative is worse.

[@richrol58]

@@realniggashit3I'm a little embarrassed my use of "unfortunately" derives from a shallower issue involving then and now--namely, to put it crassly, @86 I'm sure she no longer LOOKS like she did @58...of course, I'm very happy she is still among us...and, I would bet, still enjoying life!

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

@@richrol58 1992 is now 29 years ago she looks very good here and she's about 57 years old in 1992

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Was always a Mary Ann guy, but, whoa, Ginger is still smoking hot.

[@beepbeep3000]

Appeared on CHiPs in the early 1980s.

[@lloydkline6946]

Ginger,

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

She's about 57 years old here so she does look good for her age in this 1992 clip

[@trhansen3244]

I hear that Pitt tried to put the moves on her. She made it seem like he was making progress. Then pulled the rug out from under him, leaving him reeling.

[@ahsoka6807]

@@trhansen3244 yeah where'd you hear that dude lol

[@DDumbrille]

"I got sun poisoning…" No wonder she was cast as the dim-bulb Ginger…

[@DDumbrille]

***** Photodermatitis is caused by immune system abnormalities, not 'sun poisoning'.

[@DDumbrille]

***** Point taken. Just that I had never ever heard the term before, and when I googled it, it seems to be most commonly related to severe sunburns. Not sure how Tina would get this on the backlot -- she wasn't really stranded on an island. Anyway, moving on...

[@candancetalley2637]

Tina Louise is pretty

[@mimIsra1]

Everyone needs vitamin D

[@efilperpenfuhrer]

GINGER!!!! Hoho! Mein Hildeberta is a red headed KITTY, too, und, of course, being kitties, we are out of der sun mostly, just sleeping in der cool of shadows und later hunting mouses in der moonlight. Hoho!

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Whoa, Brad Pitt.....

[@rdkuless]

America/the world wouldn't know who Tina Louise today if it had not been for Gilligan's island. I was not impressed to find out that she was so unhappy on the show and that effected the cast. People who sign contracts and then make it unpleasant for everyone on the set because she cannot get out of her contract are not impressive. Again... She is known world wide for this. Any other actor would feel fortunate to have had that opportunity and not bitched so much.

[@unknownstranger6875]

If she’s bitching it’s because people are ALWAYS saying that Mary Ann and Dawn are better than she is. So I can see why she hated it. Imagine being seen as stuck up and inferior to another woman, based on a FICTIONAL character you played. That would get to anyone.

[@rdkuless]

@@unknownstranger6875 And Tina made a choice to read the reviews.. Most actors that play characters don't read them. No one wants to be compared, but that is how the world works.. Tina could have simply acknowledged that Dawn's character was a hit, and said to the writers, i want better lines.. and show that my character was human.. a humbling scene, where her character dropped the "I'm such a beautiful actress" attitude, and said, "i'm really just a simple girl, who had a dream to be a big star". "you (mary ann) and I (ginger) are really not that different. We want the same things out of life." That kind of humanizing dialogue in the script would have made her more popular.. And young boys that watched G I, wanted a nice farm girl for their wife.. It was not a personal attack.. so why did Tina act like it was..? Insecurity..?

[@unknownstranger6875]

@@rdkuless Yes it’s insecurity. I explained why in my original comment. You think it’s that easy to not read slander about you? Especially when people ask you which character is better? Jennie from K-Pop band Blackpink was literally shown screenshots where people badmouthed her out of envy and hatred. Do you also think the director and producer were going to change the personality of the character, just because Tina asked? Look what happened to Marilyn Monroe. She was a very talented woman who was exploited and taken advantage of. She didn’t want to be underpaid or be seen as a dumb blonde. So she had to create her own company as a way to escape that. Yet to this day she is seen as a whore and a dumb blonde. Interestingly, she too went through something similar to Tina. People to this day, still compare her to Audrey Hepburn and guess who is always put on a pedestal, regarded as a saint, and a better woman? Audrey. Even though she herself had affairs and was far from perfect. All of this is nothing more than a case of the Madonna-whore complex and blood sport. People need someone to scapegoat and humiliate. So they dehumanize the person, tear them down, just to put someone else on a pedestal. It’s despicable.

[@jalaneperry7643]

She is in the sweet bye and bye now

[@scottiehall8695]

She's still alive in July 2020.

[@AngryCanadian1971]

Update from the heart file.....meaning....tina louise tries to sell mini umbrellas and doesnt.

[@billlozier5551]

Tina is often called"bitter" about the show. Well, to be fair Tina was typecast like most actors are even today. She was maybe the most talented actor on the show. If She felt G.I. stalled her acting career she may have had good reason. She was thankful for the cast and was not to hard to get alone with from what I've read. Here's looking at you Tina.

[@unknownstranger6875]

Well there’s the whole Ginger vs Mary Ann thing and people always comparing her to Dawn, trying to say was Dawn, so I can’t blame her.

[@hustledude]

Wow she still looked better than ever here

[@DarkStoneCastle]

So much better than Mary Ann.

[@depleteduraniumslugs]

6 foot tall redhead,i luvv her

[@gregmccurry5619]

oh really?

[@lloydkline6946]

Love ginger too red hair, exquisite skin, tall, sexy outfits

[@TheShospitali]

Why didn't she play in the Rescue From Gilligan's Island in 1978?

[@stevenelson379]

She hated the show. She thought she was the star and she shot the moon on her contract when it came to the movies. She figured they would never meet it and she was right.

[@TheShospitali]

Makes sense, just like Little Chrissie Snow (Suzanne Somers) sued the Network when the reruns of Threes Company selled for millions of dollars, she said she learned and realized this was a business, and she was entitled to what she contributed to the show. Just like the Duke Boys that walked off the set of Dukes of Hazzard because CBS was making millions off merchandising from the car and t-shirts and toys and even video games and they felt they was not getting payed the royalties they deserved because they felt they are the ones that made that 1969 Dodge Charger (the General Lee) famous. It dragged out in court for a year, was replaced by Coy and Vance, ratings fell, and when Bow and Luke returned after working out deal with CBS the next season the ratings did not come back like they once was. And who forget JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) he demanded a raise for making Dallas popular, he bragged before his Death he was the reason the actors on the sitcom Friends made millions of dollars and episode because he claims he started the whole thing of actors being payed more.

[@stevenelson379]

The only oddity with Gilligan's Island is the network never thought it would take off and viewed it as filler. Even though the show was doing well it was dropped to keep Gun Smoke in the lineup. Dawn Wells is the only actor that made out. The network didn't have faith or like the show o she is the only one who got residuals in her contract, being the last hired. Her and husband look like geniuses on that one.

[@ghostfanX2]

Steve Nelson that story is a tv myth. Dawn has stated many times over the years that she wasn't paid any more residuas than anyone else was. If the had been, she wouldn't have gone bankrupt ru ning her actor's bootcamp.

[@waynej2608]

Because she just didn't want to. That's good enough for me.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Wasn't that movie Brad Pitt's debut?

[@martymcfly5434]

Thelma And Louise was released in 1991 which Brad Pitt was also in a year before.

[@johnsantostefano5701]

even here at 64 she was stunning!

[@johnsantostefano5701]

bad math....she was born in '34 so...58 and gorgeous!

[@realniggashit3]

She still has the same sexy voice right now at 86 years old

[@christopheralonge7758]

She was 53 there not 64. It was done in '92

[@freedapeeple4049]

I didn't know back then that she really was a rising star, but I don't understand why she would have taken this role if that was the case. Aren't sitcoms where movie stars go to die?

[@fearlessfosdick160]

Very much so. Tina Louise was putting together a career as a dramatic actress and had some excellent movie credits at the time. What seems to have happened is that her agent convinced her to take the role of Ginger in order to give her a bit more exposure. Nobody expected this silly show to last more than a single season. Natalie Schafer, for example, only took the role of Lovey Howell because it meant a free vacation in Hawaii. Schafer didn't think the show would get any farther than the pilot episode. It also seems that Louise was tricked to some extent by Schwartz, who represented to her that she would be the central character. When the show took off, Louise was stuck with it. This is why she never participated in any of the reunions or reunion episodes, as she (with a lot of justice) felt that the show had killed her career as a serious actress.

[@freedapeeple4049]

@@fearlessfosdick160 I always thought it was a sour grapes thing. Too little, too late, but I have a lot more respect for her now.

[@yevgeniyzharinov7473]

Who is more beautiful Ginger or Marilyn? To me, they are about equal.

[@waynej2608]

Catwoman, Julie Newmar. There.

[@frankburns8871]

Was Ginger the origin for calling redheads today "gingers?" Seems like a pretty new word; never heard it before the past 10 years or so

[@ashleysimmons1267]

+Frank Burns No, the name was probably chosen because she is red-headed (although it is also a shortened form of 'Virginia'. But that certainly wouldn't work for ginger Grant! Ginger is a common term for red-heads.The _Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English_ says it is used as such as early as 1823.

[@trevl8955]

@Light in the Piazza "I think so" simply means you don't know either and you're only assuming so because it just sounds good. Instead of assuming something, do some research and find out.

[@rogerrichards8101]

never did care for her.

[@lloydkline6946]

Really, ginger was gorgeous red hair,pretty skin, tall etc etc

[@greenhornet1387]

Tim Louise the Transgender

[@impassable]

Maryann who?

[@lloydkline6946]

Mary Ann ageless pretty lady, ginger was beyond gorgeous on Gilligan Island 🏝 red hair ,exquisite skin and tall

[@amer-hh6kp]

She was upset that Marry Ann was hotter.

[@dicklatamer858]

Damn who's the reporter?

[@MH-ie8dy]

November, 1963 Playboy Playmate of the month.

[@dennis3065]

Hello, I'm finding that Terre Tucker was Playmate of the month Nov.1963. Tina Louise was the Nov.1963 calendar pin-up though.

[@simonsays2967]

Did not get many acting jobs. Maybe working as a Cashier in a Burger King.

[@kianalove9273]

+Dixie May en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Louise

[@stacyharper7783]

Tina louise was on a string of TV shows after Gilligan's island. She was on bonanza, ironside,king fun, kojak and cannon, just to name a few. She found more work than her castmates.

[@kirkmoore4515]

Mary Ann still hot! Ginger not!