Tina Louise
Tina Louise (* 11. February 1934 in New York City as Tina Blacker ) is an American actress .
Life
After finishing school, Tina Louise initially worked as a photo model and night club singer; she learned acting at Elia Kazan's Actory Studio . In 1957, she celebrated her first success as an actress at the side of Julie Newmar in the Broadway adaptation of the comic book Li'l Abner . Her first record, It's Time for Tina , was released in the same year .
She made her Hollywood debut in 1958 in Anthony Mann's Erskine Caldwell film adaptation of God's Little Acker , for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress . In the meantime she moved to Italy. There she played in 1960 in the sandal films Archimedes - the lion of Syracuse and Sappho, Venus of Lesbos and in Roberto Rossellini's Viva l'Italia! (1961).
1964–67 she played the role that has shaped her image to this day. In the CBS - sitcom Gilligan's Island she played the bitchy starlet Ginger Grant. She often fell out with the producers of the show.>! - prove: Ginger was originally planned as a cynical diva; Louise refused to play the role that way and instead gave a full woman reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe and Myrna Loy . After the fame that the series brought her, Louise found herself committed to this role and blamed her for the failure of her further career. She was also the only member of the series cast who refused to star in the various follow-up productions to the series in the 1970s and 1980s.
From 1966 to 1970 she was married to talk show host Les Crane . The daughter Caprice (* 1970) emerged from the marriage and is now a successful MTV producer and writer. In the 1970s and 1980s, Tina Louise appeared in various television and Hollywood productions. She earned praise especially for her performance in Bryan Forbes The Women of Stepford (1975). In addition, she had guest appearances in various television series; Among other things, she played 1978-79 in five episodes of Dallas and 1990 in an episode of A Terribly Nice Family . In the last episode of the 7th season of the sitcom Roseanne , she appeared again for the first time in 1995 with her former colleagues from Gilligan times. In the episode dedicated to Sherwood Schwartz , the inventor of Gilligan's Island , the two fictional worlds mix. While the actors of Roseanne find themselves on Gilligan's Island, the Gilligan actors take on the roles in the Roseanne Barr house. Tina Louise took on the role of Roseanne.
In 2005 she became a permanent role in the NBC - soap opera Passions .
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: The Executioner ( The Hangman )
- 1959: Day of the wicked ( Day of the Outlaw )
- 1961: tanks forward (Armored command)
- 1969: Happy End for a marriage ( The Happy Ending )
- 1969: Rollkommando ( The Wrecking Crew )
- 1969: The Last of the Red River ( The Good Guys and the Bad Guys )
- 1975: The Stepford Wives ( The Stepford Wives )
- 1984: Dog Day - A man runs for his life ( Canicule )
- 1997: Welcome to Woop Woop
- 2000: Little Pieces
- 2000: Growing Down in Brooklyn
- 2004: West from North Goes South
- 2014: Late Phases
Web links
- Tina Louise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tina Louise in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Tina Louise in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louise, Tina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |