She was best known for her role as mary ann summers in the sitcom gilligan's island. In this video biography, we explore the incredible life and career of dawn wells, from her early days as miss nevada to her time on the island and beyond. A wholesome beauty with comedic appeal, dawn elberta wells was born on october 18, 1938 in reno, nevada
Wells' childhood was a happy and healthy one Born dawn elberta wells on october 18, 1938 in reno. She and her mother grew their own fruits and vegetables in their gardens and dawn rode horses
Following gilligan’s island, wells embarked on a theater career, appearing in nearly one hundred theatrical productions as of july 2009 She spent the majority of the 1970s, and 1980s, touring in theater productions Her character is usually described as gentle, kind and exceptionally warmhearted
