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
Dallas
1978
as Julie Grey
Bonanza
1959
as Mary Burns
Mannix
1967
as Linda Cole
Married... with Children
1987
as Miss Beck
The Love Boat
1977
as Tina Louise / Betty Bricker
Ironside
1967
as Candy
Love, American Style
1969
as Mrs. Michele Rossi / Aubrey / Lola
Knight Rider
1982
as Anne Tyler
Climax!
1954
as Maxene Sumner
Simon & Simon
1981
Studio One
1948
as Dolores
Cannon
1971
Burke's Law
1963
as Bonnie Belle Tate
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Kojak
1973
as Audrey Norris
The Real McCoys
1957
as Tilda Hicks
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Matt Houston
1982
as Jessica Collier
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Gilligan's Island
1964
as Ginger Grant
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Angie Powell
Monsters
1988
as Mysterious Woman (voice)
CHiPs
1977
as Edie Marshall / Tina Louise (uncredited)
Checkmate
1960
as Joanne Dunn
Police Story
1973
L.A. Heat
1999
The New Breed
1961
as Stella Knowland
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 Wrecking Crew
1968
as Lola Medina
Johnny Suede
1991
as Mrs. Fontaine
The Hangman
1959
as Selah Jennison
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Carmel
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Florence Beaugereaux
The Happy Ending
1969
as Helen Bricker
Day of the Outlaw
1959
as Helen Crane
The Trap
1959
as Linda Anderson
Late Phases
2014
as Clarissa
God's Little Acre
1958
as Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law
Dog Day
1984
as Noémie Blue
Evils of the Night
1985
as Cora
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Bella
Nightmare in Badham County
1976
as Greer
Death Scream
1975
as Hilda Murray
SST: Death Flight
1978
as Mae
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Diane Marsh
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Topaz McQueen
Tapestry
2019
as Rose
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979
as Joan Holmes
The Day the Women Got Even
1980
as Mary Jo Alfieri
Siege of Syracuse
1960
as Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Self - Diana/Self - Artemide/Self - Lucrezia (archive footage)
Armored Command
1961
as Alexandra Bastegar
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Donna Lacey
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976
as Marjean Dorn
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Miss Spencer
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
as Coola Hana
Hell Riders
1984
as Claire Delaney
Dixie Lanes
1988
as Violet
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Viva l'Italia!
1961
as French Journalist
Call to Danger
1973
as April Tierney
How to Commit Marriage
1969
as Laverne Baker
The Seventh Floor
1967
as dottoressa Immer Mehr
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 Wrecking Crew (1968) — as Lola Medina
- Johnny Suede (1991) — as Mrs. Fontaine
- The Hangman (1959) — as Selah Jennison
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) — as Carmel
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