Mary Ann Summers

Mary Ann Summers

Mary Ann Summers was a fictional character in the television sitcom Gilligan’s Island which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967. She was played by actress Dawn Wells. Mary Ann was an ingénue, the typical girl next door, and a foil as well as a friend to Hollywood star Ginger Grant.

About Mary Ann Summers in brief

Summary Mary Ann SummersMary Ann Summers was a fictional character in the television sitcom Gilligan’s Island which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967, and has run more or less continuously since in reruns. She was played by actress Dawn Wells. Mary Ann was an ingénue, the typical girl next door, and a foil as well as a friend to glamorous Hollywood star Ginger Grant, played by Tina Louise.

She is from Winfield, Kansas, a farm girl and a reference to Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz. She mentions her mother and father in passing and only very briefly, such as when she tells about her father going bankrupt, before the shipwreck.