Tina Louise
starred as a shipwrecked motion picture star
Ginger Grant on the sitcom GILLIGAN'S
ISLAND/CBS/1964-67. Ginger often referred to her
Hollywood experiences and the movies in which
she appeared. Some of the films mentioned
included:
- The Hula Girl and the Fullback
- Belly Dancers From Bali Bali
- The Rain Dancers of Rango Rango
- San Quentin Blues
- Sing a Song of Sing Sing
- Mohawk Over the Moon? (Indian
astronaut)
Like most actors, Ginger didn't get all
the roles for which she auditioned. She didn't
get the part in the western Standing Cow,
Daughter of Sitting Bull because she
couldn't shoot a gun; and for the horror film
Land of the Vampires she lost the role
because she had the wrong blood type. Before
finding work in the movies Ginger worked for
Merlin the Mindreader and Al Ben Casey, a phony
sheik.
The shapely starlet was once voted Miss Hour
Glass because "her sand was in all the right
places."
Ginger's vanity was once revealed in the
following exchange. "Oh look, Mary Ann, a framed
picture of my favorite movie star." "Really,"
said Mary Ann. "Who is it?" "Me!" quipped
Ginger.
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