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Tina Louise Opens Up About Why She Almost Quit ‘Gilligan’s Island’: ‘Didn’t Think Show Would Be Successful’
Tina Louise admitted that she almost quit Gilligan's Island because she 'didn't think the show would be successful.' However, it lasted for three seasons.
The CBS casting director Ethel Winant called me at the theater, ‘Do you think you could play this Lucille Ball/Marilyn Monroe-type of character?’ I said yes,” she said in a March 7 interview with Forbes while reflecting on her start on Gilligan’s Island. The God’s Little Acre actress echoed a similar sentiment when discussing her early days on Gilligan’s Island with Closer earlier this month. But beyond her acting career, which also included roles in Dallas and CHiPs, Tina said that her proudest achievement was becoming a mom to daughter Caprice Crane.
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