![]() Wells is still surprised by the global popularity of “Gilligan’s Island,” especially since the sitcom was roundly trounced by critics when it premiered in 1964. But it took me two years to get cast in ‘The Vagina Monologues.’ I think they think of you as a film actor who doesn’t do stage, so they don’t know your range.” “The first thing I did was ‘The Owl and the Pussycat,’ where I played a hooker. But she’s continued to work, primarily in theater. Wells admitted that she and other cast members were victims of typecasting after the series ended in 1967. “We had nothing against each other,” said Wells. Ironically, Wells hasn’t had any contact with Louise in years. Russell Johnson, who played the hunky Professor, wrote the foreword to her book he died at age 89 in January. ![]() “He would take Natalie and I to lunch and say, ‘I forgot my wallet.’ I think the first year, Natalie presented him with a bill for $300 and told him, ‘This is what you owe us.’” “Jim Backus was cheap,” she said, laughing. She also adored veterans Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer, who portrayed the über-rich Thurston and Lovey Howell. Wells speaks with great affection about her three-year “cruise” on “Gilligan’s Island.” Bob Denver, who played the bumblingly sweet Gilligan, was a comic “genius.” Alan Hale Jr., who embodied the teddy bearish Skipper, “was a wonderful man. She came to Los Angeles and began working in theater, TV and in such films as 1963’s “Palm Springs Weekend.” The actress attended the all-girls Stephens College in Missouri and the University of Washington in Seattle, where she earned her degree in theater arts. I think it’s real hard with today’s families. “They shared me,” said Wells, who was Miss Nevada in 1959. Her father, who was married four times, lived in Las Vegas. Wells’ parents divorced when she was young. “In one of my chapters, I write, ‘Does a $500 purse make you somebody?’” She laments that too many young women these days are trying to emulate the Kardashians instead of channeling their inner Mary Ann.
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