Dawn Elberta Wells is a seasoned American actress who garnered widespread fame for playing Mary Ann Summers in the situational comedy TV series ‘Gilligan's Island’. She has also endeavoured as producer, author, teacher, motivational speaker, journalist and spokesperson. This ravishing and classy beauty was selected Miss Nevada and participated in the Miss America 1960 pageant representing Nevada before foraying into acting. Her over five decades long career in the world of glamour and entertainment saw Wells performing in various films, TV programs and onstage productions with equal elan. Her most memorable work, ‘Gilligan's Island’, emerged as the longest running sitcom shown across the globe in more than thirty languages. It not only brought her immense fame and popularity but her brilliant performance as Mary Ann also saw her reprising the role in many other reunion specials of the series. These included the flicks ‘The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island’, ‘The Castaways on Gilligan's Island’ and ‘Rescue from Gilligan's Island’; and the cartoon spin-off ‘Gilligan's Planet’ (voice role). She also co-wrote the books ‘Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook’ and ‘What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life’. Other acting pursuits of Wells include films like ‘Winterhawk’, ‘Return to Boggy Creek’ and ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’.