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Dawn Wells Biography
Birth Place:
Reno, NV
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
10/18/1938, Libra
Profession:
Actor; author; producer
Dawn Wells Fast Facts:
Great-great grandfather was a stagecoach driver during the Gold Rush of 1849; father once owned the Las Vegas Thunderbird Hotel.
Planned on becoming a ballerina, but bad knees prevented her from following her aspirations.
Competed in the Miss America Pageant in 1960, after having been named Miss Nevada in 1959.
Forayed into movies with a role in the 1964 flick
The New Interns
.
Had bit parts in a string of TV series, such as
77 Sunset Strip
and
Hawaiian Eye
before landing seminal role of sugary sweet castaway Mary Ann Summers on the popular '60s sitcom
Gilligan's Island
.
Performed in more than 66 theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company's production of
They're Playing Our Song!
.
Served as co-producer and star of the titular series
Dawn Wells: Reel Adventures
.
Worked for the Australian news program
Midday
, interviewing such actors as Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks.
Launched the Dawn Wells' Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, ID, in 1998, which is geared toward those with a solid acting background looking to transition from the amateur to professional world.
Owns her own clothing company, Wishing Wells Collections, which caters to the elderly and to people who are physically challenged.
Did tours of productions of the plays
Love Letters
and Eve Ensler's award-winning
The Vagina Monologues
in 2003.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Spud Drive in Film and Music Festival, in both Driggs, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Serves as President of the Idaho Film and Television Institute.
Dawn Wells Relationships:
Tom Irvin - Ex-significant Other
Evelyn Wells - Mother
Larry Rosen - Ex-husband
College:
Stephens College, Columbia, MO (AA); University of Washington, Seattle, WA (BA in Theater, 1960)
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