Tina Louise
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1934-02-11 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Tina Blacker
Biography
Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.
Louise had starring roles in a number of Hollywood movies, including The Trap, The Hangman, Day of the Outlaw, and For Those Who Think Young. Louise later returned to film, appearing in The Wrecking Crew, The Happy Ending, and The Stepford Wives (1975).
Tina Blacker was born in New York City. By the time she was four years of age, her parents had divorced.
An only child, she was raised by her mother, Sylvia Horn (née Myers) Blacker (1916–2011), a fashion model. Tina's father, Joseph Blacker, was a candy store owner in Brooklyn and later an accountant. The name "Louise" was allegedly added during her senior year in high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name. He selected the name "Louise" and it stuck. She attended Miami University in Ohio.
At the early age of just two years, Tina got her first role, after being seen in an ad for her father's candy store. She played numerous roles until she decided it was best to focus on school work. By the age of 17, Louise began studying acting, singing and dancing. She studied acting under Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. During her early acting years, she was offered modeling jobs, including as a rising starlet, who along with Jayne Mansfield, was a product advocate in the 1958 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, and appeared on the cover of several pinup magazines such as Adam, Sir! and Modern Man. Her later pictorials for Playboy (May 1958; April 1959) were arranged by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to further promote the young actress.
Known For
TV Shows (35)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Mary Burns
Dallas
1978
as Julie Grey
Married... with Children
1987
as Miss Beck
The Love Boat
1977
as Tina Louise / Betty Bricker
Mannix
1967
as Linda Cole
Ironside
1967
as Candy
Knight Rider
1982
as Anne Tyler
Love, American Style
1969
as Mrs. Michele Rossi / Aubrey / Lola
Climax!
1954
as Maxene Sumner
Simon & Simon
1981
Cannon
1971
Studio One
1948
as Dolores
Burke's Law
1963
as Bonnie Belle Tate
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Kojak
1973
as Audrey Norris
Matt Houston
1982
as Jessica Collier
The Real McCoys
1957
as Tilda Hicks
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Angie Powell
CHiPs
1977
as Edie Marshall / Tina Louise (uncredited)
Monsters
1988
as Mysterious Woman (voice)
Gilligan's Island
1964
as Ginger Grant
Police Story
1973
Checkmate
1960
as Joanne Dunn
The New Breed
1961
as Stella Knowland
L.A. Heat
1999
Blacke's Magic
1986
Appointment with Adventure
1955
as Eva Adams
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
Kung Fu
1972
as Carol Mercer
The Unknown Story
2022
as Self - archive footage
Movies (37)
The Stepford Wives
1975
as Charmaine Wimpiris
The Trap
1959
as Linda Anderson
The Hangman
1959
as Selah Jennison
The Wrecking Crew
1968
as Lola Medina
Death Scream
1975
as Hilda Murray
Day of the Outlaw
1959
as Helen Crane
Johnny Suede
1991
as Mrs. Fontaine
The Happy Ending
1969
as Helen Bricker
Dog Day
1984
as Noémie Blue
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Florence Beaugereaux
God's Little Acre
1958
as Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Topaz McQueen
Evils of the Night
1985
as Cora
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Bella
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Carmel
Late Phases
2014
as Clarissa
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976
as Marjean Dorn
SST: Death Flight
1978
as Mae
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Diane Marsh
Nightmare in Badham County
1976
as Greer
Tapestry
2019
as Rose
Viva l'Italia!
1961
as French Journalist
Hell Riders
1984
as Claire Delaney
How to Commit Marriage
1969
as Laverne Baker
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Donna Lacey
The Seventh Floor
1967
as dottoressa Immer Mehr
The Day the Women Got Even
1980
as Mary Jo Alfieri
Armored Command
1961
as Alexandra Bastegar
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
as Coola Hana
Dixie Lanes
1988
as Violet
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Self - Diana/Self - Artemide/Self - Lucrezia (archive footage)
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979
as Joan Holmes
Siege of Syracuse
1960
as Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Miss Spencer
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Call to Danger
1973
as April Tierney
The Warrior Empress
1960
as Sappho
About Tina Louise
Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise had starring roles in a number of Hollywood movies, including The Trap, The Hangman, Day of the Outlaw, and For Those Who Think Young. Louise later returned to film, appearing in The… With 72 credits spanning from 1948 to 2022, Tina Louise has appeared in 37 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tina Louise Movies
- The Stepford Wives (1975) — as Charmaine Wimpiris
- The Trap (1959) — as Linda Anderson
- The Hangman (1959) — as Selah Jennison
- The Wrecking Crew (1968) — as Lola Medina
- Death Scream (1975) — as Hilda Murray
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