I played Appassionata Von Climax in the movie version of "Lil Abner" last year. I was attending Memphis State College when I became interested in acting and modeling. Writing, reading, collecting record albums - and men. Money in their pockets, hair on their chests, brains in their heads. Photography by Don Ornitz and Frank Schallwigįresh strawberries for breakfast in bed, and sleeping late. Looks like 1960 will be a twinkling year for Miss January, whose first name, we just remembered, means star. She released her first music album m ‘It’s Time for Tina’ in 1957. Tina started her career as a stage actress during the 1950s. We've become accustomed to girls' making good in the movies, TV, and on the stage after their Playmate appearances, but this was a new twist. Tina Louise is an actress, singer, painter, and author famous for her portrayal of Ginger Grant in the 1960s television series ‘Gilligan’s Island.’. While the Playboy lensman was snapping away, the phone rang, and on the other end was great and giddy news for Miss Stevens - she had plucked one of the acting plums of the year, in the film version of the hit musical, Li'l Abner, playing Appassionata von Climax, the role created on Broadway by Tina Louise. Tina Louise is a 89 year old American Actress. Tina Louise is rumoured to have hooked up with John F. She began appearing in film with 1958’s God’s Little Acre and most recently appeared in 2017’s Tapestry with numerous roles in between.Stella Stevens, an eye-filling inhabitant of Southern California, was summoned thence from Tennessee to test for the lead in a film about Jean Harlow, but the movie never came off and bella Stella had to content herself with so-so assignments in Say One for Meand The Blue Angel, films in which she appeared fleetingly and rather out of focus in the B.G., which is script talk for background, not Benny Goodman.Īt this propitious moment Playboy was prospecting the hoopla hills of Hollywood for Playmates and we came upon fair Stella, deemed her delightful to behold, and invited her to pose for our famous center spread. Tina Louise has had encounters with Conrad Hilton (1962), Baby Pignatari (1959 - 1960) and Ray Anthony (1959). She made her debut on stage in 1952’s Two’s Company, which was followed by several other Broadway productions, including 1957’s Li’l Abner. Modeling following which, in turn, led to acting. At the age of 17 she began studying acting, singing and dancing at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. Tina, who was born in New York City, began “acting” at the age of two when she appeared in an ad for her father’s candy store. Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligans Island. Considering the state of everything these days, we should all be happy it’s still in reruns!” Tina Louise, US actress and singer, wearing a white tope, which has fallen down from her shoulders, with a white flower on the front, circa 1960. Well done television transports people into a fantasy and no matter what turmoil exists in the world, Gilligan’s Island has provided that escape in an enduring way. This sweet, silly show provided its fans with calm and joy in a frightening time and has continued to do so. Then we lost our beloved Martin Luther King and in a time of uncertainty, Gilligan’s Island represented this great escape. The Vietnam War was escalating and I think people really needed an escape. We were just past the Cuban Missile Crisis and the tragic assassination of President John F. “When we first aired,” she continues, “our country was in turmoil.
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