Dawn Wells, the actor who portrayed Mary Ann Summers in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, has died aged 82 of causes related to Covid-19.
Wells said it herself in a 2016 interview with Forbes: “There is more to Dawn Wells than Mary Ann.
The actor also reprised the role of Mary Ann several times, in the TV movies Rescue from Gilligan’s Island (1978), The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island (1979), and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island (1981).
Wells died peacefully at a living facility in Los Angeles, publicist Harland Boll said in announcing her death.