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Biography & career

She was born Tina Blacker, an only child, to a Jewish family in New York City. She attended the Miami University in Ohio. She started her career as a model and nightclub singer while she studied at the Actors Studio. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... , This article is about the university in Oxford, Ohio. ... A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a Gatecrasher dance music event in Sheffield, England A nightclub (or night club or club) is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. ...

In 1957, she and Julie Newmar made their Broadway debuts in Li'l Abner. Her album It's Time for Tina was also released that year, with songs such as "Embraceable You" and "I'm in the Mood for Love". Julie Newmar (born Julie Chalene Newmeyer on August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer and singer. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Lil Abner was a comic strip in United States newspapers, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the town of Dogpatch. ... Embraceable You is a popular song. ... Im in the Mood for Love is a popular song. ...

She made her Hollywood film debut in 1958 in God's Little Acre. She became an in-demand leading lady for major stars like Robert Taylor and Robert Ryan often playing somber roles quite unlike the glamorous pinup photographs she had become famous for in the late 1950's. Further roles followed, on Broadway and in films in Italy and Hollywood, but they failed to accelerate her career. Among her more notable Italian film credits was the historical epic Viva L'Italia! (1960), directed by Roberto Rossellini, that concerned Garibaldi's efforts to unify the Italian states in 1860. ... Gods Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell, which was filmed in 1958 by director Anthony Mann and lensed in black and white by master cameraman Ernie Haller [[1]]. The novel was so controversial that a literary board in New York attempted to censor it, leading to... Robert Taylor (August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969), was an American actor. ... Robert Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an Irish-American Oscar and Bafta award-nominated actor born in Chicago, Illinois. ... The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera. ... ... Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. ...

She appeared in an early 1960s "beach movie", For Those Who Think Young with Bob Denver prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. For Those Who Think Young is an album by Canadian new wave band Rough Trade, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). ... Robert Osbourne Bob Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Gilligan on the television series Gilligans Island. ...

In 1964 she left the Broadway musical Fade Out - Fade In to portray "movie star" Ginger Grant on the television series Gilligan's Island, after the part was turned down by Jayne Mansfield. Louise finally achieved a level of fame and recognition; however, she was unhappy with the role and worried that it would typecast her. The role did make her a pop icon of the era, and in 2005, an episode of TV Land Top Ten ranked her #2 as television's all-time sex symbol, second only to Heather Locklear. Original cast recording Fade Out - Fade In is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. ... Ginger Grant as portrayed by Tina Louise Ginger Grant was a nob head in the 1960s television sitcom Gilligans Island. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. ... For the British television series, see Pop Idol. ... Heather Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, primarily on soap operas, movies and television. ...

After the series ended in 1967, she continued to work in films and made numerous guest appearances in various television series. She appeared as a doomed suburban housewife in the original The Stepford Wives (1975), and both the film and her performance were well received. She attempted to shed her comedic image by essaying grittier roles, including a guest appearance as a pathetic heroin addict in a 1974 Kojak episode, as well as a co-starring role as an evil Southern prison guard in the 1976 ABC TV Movie Nightmare in Badham County. Her other TV movies of the period included Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976), SST: Death Flight (1977), and Friendships Secrets and Lies (1979). For the 1975 film see The Stepford Wives (1975 film), for the 2004 remake see The Stepford Wives (2004 film). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Spoiler warning: This film picks up around 8 years after the events of Rosemarys Baby. ... SST Death Flight is a 1977 made-for-TV movie produced by ABC Circle Films. ...

Despite this success, she has declined to participate in any of the four reunion television movies for Gilligan's Island, but did appear on a few talk shows and specials for some Gilligan's Island reunions, including Good Morning America (1982), The Late Show (1988) and the 2004 TV Land award show, with the other surviving cast members. In the 1990s, she was reunited with costars Bob Denver, Dawn Wells, and Russell Johnson in cameo appearances on an episode of Roseanne. Her relations with series star Denver were rumored to be strained, but in 2005, she wrote a brief, affectionate memorial to him in the year-end "farewell" issue of Entertainment Weekly. Robert Osbourne Bob Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Gilligan on the television series Gilligans Island. ... Dawn Wells Dawn Wells (born October 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada) is an actress, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom Gilligans Island, which ran on CBS from 1964 until 1967. ... Russell Johnson as The Professor on Gilligans Island Russell David Johnson (born November 10, 1924, in Ashley, Pennsylvania), is an American television and film actor best known as The Professor on the CBS television sitcom Gilligans Island. ... Jackie Harris redirects here. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

Louise appeared as a semi-regular character in the prime-time soap opera Dallas and made an appearance on Married... with Children. In 1985, Louise played the second and final Taylor Chapin on the syndicated soap opera Rituals. Later film roles included a co-starring appearance in the Robert Altman comedy O.C. and Stiggs (1987), as well as the independently made satire Johnny Suede (1992) starring Brad Pitt. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... This article is about the year. ... Rituals was an American soap opera that ran in syndication from September 10, 1984 to September 6, 1985 in 260 25 minute episodes. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... O.C. and Stiggs is a mid-1980s film directed by Robert Altman, based on two characters featured in a series of stories published in National Lampoon. ... Johnny Suede is a 1991 movie written and directed by Tom DiCillo. ...

She was married for several years to the radio announcer/interviewer Les Crane, with whom she had one daughter, Caprice Crane (born 1974), who became an MTV producer and a novelist. Crane's first novel, Stupid and Contagious, was published in 2006, and was warmly dedicated to her mother. Louise now resides in New York City. Since 1995, she has worked as a volunteer teacher with Learning Leaders, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing tutoring to New York City school children. In 2007, Louise released a children's book entitled "When I Grow Up". Les Crane was a San Francisco-based radio announcer and television talk show host who scored an unexpected spoken word hit with his recording of the poem, Desiderata, winning a Best Spoken Word Grammy for his efforts. ... Caprice Crane is a Writer/Novelist/Music Supervisor/Screenwriter/TV Crewperson/TV Producer. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Learning Leaders (previously the New York City School Volunteer Program) is a New York City nonprofit organization that organizes volunteers to provides tutoring and mentoring for public school children. ...

It's Time For Tina LP

Tina made four record albums, two for Concert Hall, and two for Urania Record (1958 and 1959 respectively). By far the most sought-after of these is the "It's Time For Tina" (Concert Hall 1521). With arrangements by Jim Timmens and Buddy Weed's Orchestra, 12 tracks include Tonight Is The Night and I'm In The Mood For Love. Coleman Hawkins is featured on tenor sax. A version of this album is planned by UK label Harkit Records [1]

Filmography

• God's Little Acre (1958)
• The Trap (1959)
• The Hangman (1959)
• Day of the Outlaw (1959)
• The Warrior Empress (1960)
• Siege of Syracuse (1960)
• Viva L'Italia!/Garibaldi (1961)
• Armored Command (1961)
• For Those Who Think Young (1964)
• Gilligans Island (1964-1967)
• The Seventh Floor (1967)
• The Wrecking Crew (1969)
• How to Commit Marriage (1969)
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
• The Happy Ending (1969)
• Love It or Leave It (1971) (documentary)
• Film Portrait (1973) (documentary)
• The Stepford Wives (1975)
• The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
• Mean Dog Blues (1978)
• Dog Day (1984)
• Hell Riders (1984)
• Evils of the Night (1985)
• The Pool (1987)
• O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
• Dixie Lanes (1988)
• Johnny Suede (1991)
• Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
• Little Pieces (2000)
• Growing Down in Brooklyn (2000)
• West from North Goes South (2004)

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Television Work

• Jan Murray Time (1955) (canceled after 9 months) (frequent regular)
• Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964)
• Gilligan's Island (1964-1967)
• But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
• Call to Danger (1973) (unsold pilot)
• Kojak (1974 episode - Die Before They Wake)
• Death Scream (1975)
• Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
• Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
• SST: Death Flight (1977)
• Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979)
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1981) (unsold pilot)
• Rituals (1984-1985)
• Santa Barbara (cast member in 1986)
• All My Children (cast member in 1994)
• Love, American Style, (Late 1960's)

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Trivia

• A song on The Dirtbombs' album If You Don't Already Have a Look is named "Tina Louise".
• An Asian Fusion restaurant in Carlstadt, New Jersey is named Tina Louise.

The Dirtbombs are a rock and roll band based in Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as punk rock and soul while featuring a dual bass guitar, dual drum and guitar lineup. ... If You Dont Already Have a Look is a compilation album by the American rock music group The Dirtbombs. ... Map highlighting Carlstadts location within Bergen County. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

External links

• Tina Louise fansite
• Tina Louise at the Internet Movie Database
• Tina Louise at TV.com
• Tina Louise at the Internet Broadway Database

• Clip of Tina Louise as an evil Southern prison guard from Nightmare in Badham County
• 2nd Clip of Tina Louise as an evil Southern prison guard from Nightmare in Badham County
• 1969 Bonded Gasoline Commercial
• 1974 Kojak episode with Tina Louise as dope addict on on AOL TV