It may be surprising to learn that actress Raquel Welch almost got the role of the sweet and good-natured Mary Ann over Dawn Wells. Gilligan’s Island creator Sherwood Schwartz revealed in a 2003 ...

From left to right, Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers, and Bob Denver as Gilligan, on set of the episode “Voodoo Something to Me” on July 9, 1964. On Aug. 12, 1964, “Gilligan’s Island” cast ...